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

• U.S. Plans to Fast-Track Revamped Covid-19 Vaccines, Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2021
• Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says, Washington Post, December 4, 2021
• Safety and immunogenicity of seven COVID-19 vaccines as a third dose (booster) following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCov-19 or BNT162b2 in the UK (COV-BOOST): a blinded, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial, Lancet, December 2, 2021
• Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of the Omicron variant in South Africa, medRxiv, December 2, 2021
• Comparative Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines in U.S. Veterans, NEJM, December 1, 2021
• COVID-19 Post-acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk, Frontiers in Medicine, December 1, 2021

• CDC Newsroom and COVID-19 Science Updates
• 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.
• AMA COVID-19 Update podcast - The latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines, and variants.
• 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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