Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Research Guide: News and GW Resources

• FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines, June 23, 2021
• Scientist Finds Early Virus Sequences That Had Been Mysteriously Deleted, New York Times, June 23, 2021
• Multiple nations battle COVID-19 surges as Delta variant advances in Israel, CIDRAP News, June 22, 2021
• Lived Experiences of Family Members of Patients With Severe COVID-19 Who Died in Intensive Care Units in France, JAMA Network Open, June 21, 2021
• Rapid displacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 by B.1.617.2 and P.1 in the United States, medRxiv, June 21, 2021
• COVID19 Recommendations - Search or use the living map to find guidelines and recommendations for treatment, diagnosis, and infection control. From the Canadian Institute of Health Research.

• CDC COVID-19 Situation Summary, CDC Newsroom, COVID-19 Science Updates, and COVIDView
• Novel Coronavirus Reports - All the latest COVID-19 related reports from MMWR in one place.
• WHO Situation Reports (updated weekly)
• NIAID News Releases - latest drug and vaccine trials news and more.
• NEJM Journal Watch and Physician First Watch COVID-19 Coverage
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Situation Reports  Global and US updates on epidemiology and response. 
• Kaiser Health News COVID-19 News
• COVID-19 coverage from the Washington Post  (free access)
• The Coronavirus Outbreak from NY Times - free access (requires email registration); maps, breaking news, FAQ

• MMWR COVID-19 Weekly Briefing podcast - Highlights the latest scientific information from the COVID-19 response
• ​COCA Calls (Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity Office, CDC) - The most up to date information and guidance for clinicians. Join the email list for notification of new webinars.
• COVID-19 Q&A from JAMA Network - On demand video interviews. CME credits
• Bioethics Interest Group: A Webinar Series on COVID-19 Ethical Concerns, GW Public Health webinars on ethical issues surrounding Covid-19
• Surviving a Pandemic, a series of COVID-19 episodes of Healthy You: A GWSPH Podcast  
• Public Health On Call podcast (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) - Evidence-based insights on the public health news of the day. The current focus is the COVID-19 vaccines.  Daily podcast available on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and YouTube. 
• Epidemic, a weekly podcast about infectious disease epidemics, hosted by Dr. Celine Gounder and Ronald Klain. On Apple, Google, Spotify and other services.

This guide is a resource for health care and public health professionals. Many resources listed are freely available.  Every attempt is made to keep the list current and complete but the guide is not comprehensive.

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