Research Guides: Pandemics and COVID-19: Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

The illness caused by the novel coronavirus has been named CoViD-19 by the World Health Organization. The virus has been renamed "SARS-CoV-2" (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30419-0/fulltext).

WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard
Novel Coronavirus 2019 - World Health Organization
WHO has been working with Chinese authorities and global experts to learn more about the virus, how it affects the people who are sick with it, how they can be treated, and what countries can do to respond. This site provides situational updates, technical information, travel advisories, and information on protecting yourself from the virus.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (CDC)
State of California COVID-19 resource page
California Dept of Public Health COVID-19 Updates
Stay informed! The California Department of Public Health (the Public Health Department) understands there are concerns about novel coronavirus, and understandably so.

CIDRAP's Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
CIDRAP is tracking and analyzing the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The CIDRAP COVID-19 Resource Center provides a deep well of information for public health experts, business preparedness leaders, government officials, and the public.
Study: Half of COVID-19 survivors have at least 1 symptom a year later
Article by Mary Van Beusekom, News Writer at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) reporting on a study published in the Lancet on August 28, 2021 (the DOI of the Lancet study: DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01755-4)
Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report
State-level reports are the best publicly available and timely data on child COVID-19 cases in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.

Academic/Scholarly Resources for Research

National Institutes of Health Coronavirus Update
Updates from the NIH on COVID-19 research
Articles from PubMed
A preformulated search will bring up the latest research from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Database.
Annotated genome sequence of the 2019 novel coronavirus in GenBank
Novel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak is available in the NCBI database GenBank
New England Journal Of Medicine - 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
A collection of articles and other resources on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary
JAMA Coronavirus Resource Center
Diagnosis and treatment information updated as published. CDC and WHO guidance
DynaMed Novel Coronavirus
Summary information, diagnosis, management, patient info. and more.
This Week in Virology Podcast
MicrobeTV was founded in 2015 by Vincent Racaniello, a professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University. Vincent began his first podcast, This Week in Virology, in September 2008.

Post COVID Condition
From The Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging Diseases (2023)
Postinfectious COVID Symptoms (Long COVID)
From The Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders (2023)

As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen
People of color get sick and die of COVID-19 at rates higher than whites and higher than their share of the population. This report examines the data.
Resources on Health Disparities & COVID-19
Harvard Medical School Office For Diversity Inclusion And Community Partnership
Pandemics: A History of Discrimination
by Anna Cheng, August 6, 2021. A compendium of data supporting the fact that the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on communities of color. From discrimination against Asian-Americans to the outsized impact of COVID-19 on Black Americans, Cheng examines pandemics in relation to racism/systemic racism.

COVID-19 Resources in Multiple Languages
The California Endowment offers downloadable fact sheet, proper hygiene precautions poster, and a Stop! poster you can post at the entrances of your organizations to alert those not feeling well to reconsider entering your facility. In English, Spanish, Chinese, and Hmong.