The Understanding America Study, created and managed by the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research, enables scholars at USC and other institutions to quickly take the pulse of the country.
A study by USC Dornsife researchers finds that the order of symptoms in the first wave of COVID-19 varied among virus strains. [2¼ min read]
Nearly 1 million Los Angeles County residents are still food insecure, according to a new report spearheaded by USC Dornsife’s Public Exchange. [2¾ min read]
Laura Isabel Serna of history and Latin American Iberian Cultures at USC Dornsife is committed to making sure that Latinx stories become part of the pandemic’s historical record. [3¼ min read]
Slightly more than a quarter of residents made improvements to their diet, while just under a quarter reported a move to less healthy nutrition. [2¾ min read]
The COVID-19 pandemic upended lives around the world. Where do we go from here? [12¼ min read time]
With Americans having saved an extra $1.7 trillion during the pandemic, the economy is about to get a jolt of consumer spending. But big questions remain about how the spending spree will alter our economy. [8¼ min read]
Data collected about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. residents shows that 80% experienced some sort of hardship and that those hardships are not equally distributed across groups. [5 min read]
Darby Saxbe, founder of the Center for the Changing Family at USC Dornsife, shares why the era of COVID-19 is the perfect time to focus on families, stress and health. [4¼ min read]
