WH COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Seeks Broad Data Collection

The Biden administration’s COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force’s inaugural meeting featured calls from experts for a massive data collection campaign that includes real-time COVID-19 outcomes divided by zip codes, individual-level education and occupation data, and data from insurance companies on COVID-19 testing and treatment coverage, among other information. President Joe Biden created the task force the day after assuming office, and at its first meeting Friday (Feb. 26) the group heard from two experts about the lack of detailed data...