The CDC flu statistics: a new dataset
source Time article The CCDC statistics are being used by doctors, students, and the general public for the first time to help understand the causes and impacts of the pandemic.The statistics have been produced in collaboration with the American Association of Public Health Statistics (AAPHS) and the National Institute of Health (NIH), which are both […]
CDC to release data on deaths of babies born alive after abortion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release a new dataset on the number of babies who died in the United States before birth.The new data will be used to calculate the death rate of live-born infants born alive in the US, which is a measure of the number who died during pregnancy, according […]
How to model the effects of a natural disaster on the stock market
Posted by Bloomberg Businessweek on March 1, 2019 04:08:00In recent years, the stock markets have seen an extreme downturn.Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 has shed more than 5% of its value.But while stocks are down, so are the value of the U.S. economy.In the first quarter, the economy added just 0.5% […]