Research Guides: Pandemics and COVID-19: Novel coronavirus

Introduction

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).

Important to Know

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)
Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Landscape: How the Pandemic Now Ends
by Pulitzer-winning science writer Ed Yong for The Atlantic. Examines how the delta variant and vaccine hesitancy has changed how the pandemic will play out.
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.
US pediatric COVID-19 cases now match winter surge
Reporting on pediatric COVID cases by Stephanie Soucheray at CIDRAP; Aug 25, 2021. References a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics, who are keeping state-level data on child COVID cases.
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.

Updates from Health Agencies

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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.
Situation Summary - CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The site provides situational updates and guidance to state and local health departments and health care providers.
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.

Resources for Research

Resources from Disaster Lit
Disaster Lit is a guide to disaster medicine and public health emergency literature and related information produced by the National Library of Medicine.
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
Elsevier - Novel Coronavirus Information Center
For the benefit of healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public, Elsevier has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with freely available information in English and Mandarin Chinese on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
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.

Recursos

Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades Recursos para COVID-19 / CDC Resources for COVID-19
Esta guía de recursos está destinada a proporcionar recursos informativos de los CDC relacionados con COVID-19 en español.
This resource guide is intended to provide informational resources from the CDC related to COVID-19 in Spanish.
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.

Pandemics and COVID-19

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