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

Breaking News ​

• Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks, Nature Medicine, April 3, 2020
• You may be able to spread coronavirus just by breathing, new report finds, Science, April 2, 2020
• Cellex Receives First FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Serology Test, April 2, 2020
• Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve, editorial, H Feinberg, NEJM, April 1, 2020
• MFA advice on COVID-19 related drug shortages, March 31, 2020
• Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis, Lancet, March 30, 2020
• Use of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Every Clinician Should Know, Annals of Internal Medicine, March 31, 2020
• Maryland, DC, Virginia Stay at Home Orders: What you need to know, Washington Post, March 30, 2020.

New Resources

• COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics (CHIME) - tool was developed by the Predictive Healthcare team at Penn Medicine to assist hospitals and public health officials with hospital capacity planning.
• DC Covid Connect: COVID-19 Washington, DC Community Resources, "mass resources in Washington, D.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic" Compiled by GWSMHS medical students.
• COVID-19 Projected Hospital Resource Use, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Breakouts by state.
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients, FAQs, new funding opportunities, and video message from Mike Lauer, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, March 26, 2020
• HIPAA, Civil Rights, and COVID-19, The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided guidance that helps explain civil rights laws as well as how the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patient information to be shared in the outbreak of infectious disease and to assist patients in receiving the care they need.

 This guide is a resource for health care and public health professionals. Most resources listed are freely available to the public, with the exception of print and e-books in the Himmelfarb Library collection.

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