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

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) News

Breaking News

Gilead Announces Results From Phase 3 Trial of Remdesivir in Patients With Moderate COVID-19, Gilead Press Release, June 1, 2020
Is America's Pandemic Waning or Raging? Yes, New York Times, June 1, 2020
Latino homes report serious COVID-19 symptoms nearly twice as often, survey of 1.6 million shows, USA Today, June 1, 2020
C.D.C. Recommends Sweeping Changes to American Offices, New York Times, May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Has Killed Close To 300 U.S. Health Care Workers, New Data From CDC Shows, NPR, May 28, 2020
Join Us! GW Blood Drive - June 24 & 25, 2020, GW MFA, May 20, 2020

New Resources

Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis, The Lancet, June 1, 2020
100,000 deaths later, we know what we need to do. There are no more excuses, Opinions: Washington Post, May 29, 2020
Prescription Fill Patterns for Commonly Used Drugs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, JAMA, May 28, 2020
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Series, J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, May 28, 2020
Clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer (CCC19): a cohort study, The Lancet, May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Clinical Update (slide deck), May 28, 2020, Hana Akselrod, MD, MPH, GW Division of Infectious Diseases

Newsfeeds and Sources

CDC COVID-19 Situation Summary page and WHO Situation Reports (updated daily)
NIAID News Releases - latest drug and vaccine trials news and more.
CDC Newsroom, including summary of people under investigation (PUI) in the United States and transcripts of CDC telebriefings
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Dashboard Track cases around the world with data from WHO, CDC, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, China's National Health Commission, and ncov.dxy.cn.
NEJM Journal Watch and Physician First Watch COVID-19 Coverage
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Situation Reports Daily global and US updates on epidemiology and response. Sign up for email distribution.
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, FAQs
Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Special Edition coverage from Atypon aggregates content from over 30,000 authoritative sources across the web.

COVIDView (CDC)
This CDC report provides a weekly summary and interpretation of key indicators being adapted to track the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. This includes information related to COVID-19 outpatient visits, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths, as well as laboratory data.

Conference Sessions, Webinars, and Podcasts

A Webinar Series on COVID-19 Ethical Concerns, Bioethics Interest Group, GW Milken Institute School of Public Health
Surviving a Pandemic, a series of COVID-19 episodes of Healthy You: A GWSPH Podcast
Emergency Workforce Policies to Address COVID-19, webinar series from the Mullan Institute at GW "This webinar series will focus on actions that we can take now to avoid entering a vicious cycle of staffing shortages."
GWU SMHS COVID-19 Virtual Symposium: March 27, 2020: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences linical Public Health Faculty provide a comprehensive exploration of COVID-19 and related issues.
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
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 novel coronavirus spreading around the world. 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.

GW Coronavirus Information

GW COVID-19 Information
Travel advisories, prevention, symptoms and treatment, testing, and University response. GW COVID-19 Information Line is 1-855-GWU-INFO (855-498-4636) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, M-F.
COVID-19: GW Health Updates
Daily digest for providers and staff.
GW COVID-19 Testing Options
GW MFA Re-opening Plan
GW COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Gifts support the clinical, educational and medical research priorities of our GW academic medical enterprise
GWU COVID-19 Research Fund
Provides support for new research projects and scholarly activities in the exploration and understanding of COVID-19 through the use of GW shared facilities and resources.

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Priority will be given to projects that result in applications to externally funded opportunities or bring external recognition to the PI and university.
Light a Virtual Candle, GW SMHS
Light a virtual candle to honor or remember a loved one at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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.

Questions/Comments

For questions or comments about this Research Guide, contact JoLinda Thompson (jlt@gwu.edu), at Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.

About This Guide

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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