Objective With an eye toward possible public policy implications, our objective is to identify
the socio-economic and demographic factors that drive the large variation in COVID-19 …

Background Multiple reports have pointed towards involvement of community and
socioeconomic characteristics of people in the United States may be associated with COVID …

Physical distancing has been argued as one of the effective means to combat the spread of
COVID-19 before a vaccine or therapeutic drug becomes available. How far people can be …

Introduction This study aims to determine whether subway ridership and built environmental
factors, such as population density and points of interests, are linked to the per capita COVID …

This paper estimates the link between population density and COVID-19 spread and
severity in the contiguous United States. To overcome confounding factors, we use two …

This paper revisits the debate around the link between population density and the severity of
COVID-19 spread in the USA. We do so by conducting an empirical analysis based on …

A growing line of research underscores that sociodemographic factors may contribute to
disparities in the impact of COVID-19. Further, stages of disease theory suggests that …

Objective To investigate how racial/ethnic density and residential segregation shape the
uneven burden of COVID-19 in US counties and whether (if yes, how) residential …

Background Inequities in the burden of COVID-19 were observed early in Canada and
around the world, suggesting economically marginalized communities faced …

Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has already caused significant mortality worldwide. As
the epidemic accelerates, understanding the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 is crucial …