Disease and outbreak signals in Ann Arbor's news coverage, with the state as context for thin city-level signals.
The local news offers no disease-specific signal. That is a blind spot in this evidence, not proof that residents face no health risks; the research base remains deeply engaged with children's, women's and mental health.
| Signal | News Reported | Recent (2024–26) | Prior (2021–23) | Trend |
|---|
| Signal | News Reported | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Disease Outbreak | 798 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Outbreak | 249 | ▼ receding |
| Viral Outbreak | 78 | ▼ receding |
| Coronavirus Outbreak | 62 | ▲ rising |
| Water Borne Disease Outbreak | 46 | — flat |
| Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreak | 40 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Relief | 34 | ▼ receding |
| Pandemic Response | 23 | ▼ receding |
| Pneumonia Outbreak | 20 | ▲ rising |
| Outbreak | 18 | ▲ rising |
| Covid Outbreak | 16 | — flat |
| Influenza Outbreak | 14 | ▲ rising |
disease signals drawn from local news coverage
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