From the course: Using Public Health Data Sources

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Using BNO News

Using BNO News

- [Instructor] BNO News, which is a source listed on the John Hopkins University data repository website shows the cases, deaths, recovered and unresolved cases for the U.S. as well as foreign countries and by state as well. There's a link for the direct state-by-state breakdowns, but what's also a bit confusing is that there's a note that says this chart is no longer being updated and was last updated on August 7th, 2020. Hence, it's unclear as to whether this information is accurate and if I were to click on the link for the U.S., you also see that there is a note that says the chart is no longer being updated. Given that BNO News provides no additional information as to why the updates have stopped occurring, and in the past have also announced that the updates would no longer be coming only to then later on update the website again. One useful feature of this website is that the links on the right side in the U.S.A. view…

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