09/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 9/17/2020. This 34-page report provides updated 30-day projections that illustrate potential future trends in COVID-19 transmission in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries and the United Kingdom. They are presented with the inherent model assumptions and uncertainties. (PDF)
09/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 9/17/2020. This 32-page report discusses how adults aged 20-49 are a main driver of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States; yet, in areas with resurging epidemics, opening schools will lead to more COVID-19-attributable deaths, so more targeted interventions in the 20-49 age group could bring epidemics under control, avert deaths, and facilitate the safe reopening of schools. (PDF)
09/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations. Published: 9/16/2020. This three-hour, 12-minute Congressional hearing features witnesses who discuss the Department of Health and Human Services’ ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and address how each of their agencies and offices are harnessing innovation to prevent, diagnose, and treat the novel coronavirus SARs-CoV-2. (Video or Multimedia)
09/14/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 9/14/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B Nucleic Acid Test for use on the cobas Liat System. Testing is to be conducted on specimens from individuals suspected of respiratory viral infection consistent with COVID-19 by a healthcare provider. Symptoms of respiratory viral infection due to SARS-CoV-2 and influenza can be similar. (PDF)
09/11/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Wheaton College, Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI). Published: 9/11/2020. This one-hour webinar presents a panel of experts who offer insight for addressing spiritual and mental health needs for the long haul during the COVID-19 pandemic, and understanding why it's important that we acknowledge our collective grief and look toward endurance. (Video or Multimedia)
09/11/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 9/11/2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the research publishing landscape as scientists investigate and try to understand the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the complex disease it causes. This has led to unprecedented volume and speed in scientific publishing. This one-hour, 15-minute video presents speakers who discuss the risks and rewards of scientific publishing in this urgent and fast-paced environment. (Video or Multimedia)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 9/2020. This one-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides links to a series of short presentations featuring healthcare professionals sharing their experiences as they work through the operational realities of maintaining and prioritizing healthcare safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Wheaton College, Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI). Published: 9/2020. This 195-page handbook covers a range of topics that live at the intersection of COVID-19 and mental health. This resource brings to attention the myriad mental health needs COVID-19 has brought to the surface while also suggesting ways to cope, move forward, and become more resilient. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Wellcome Trust. Published: 9/2020. This seven-page document discusses how COVID-19 is an opportunity to learn about mental health. It lays out a commitment by Wellcome, UNICEF, WHO, the World Economic Forum, and the Office of the UN Secretary General to embark on a learning journey on how best to embed the following three principles across all our mental health work: Putting lived experience at the heart of policy and practice; positioning local innovation as a focus for learning and funding; and envisioning mental health as larger than healthcare. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Policy Cures Research. Published: 9/2020. This 79-page report provides a comprehensive look at R&D to fight emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), covering global funding for WHO priority EIDs between 2014 and 2018. The funding data included in the report covers a range of pathogens with recognized pandemic potential, including coronaviruses, Ebola, Zika, and as-yet-unknown pathogens captured under the heading of Disease X. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Published: 9/2020. The United Nations and all member organizations of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) collect and make available a wealth of information for assessing the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This 80-page report updates some of the global and regional trends presented in Volume I and offers a snapshot of how COVID-19 continues to affect the world today across multiple domains. (PDF)
08/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Published: 8/19/2020. The purpose of this plan is to provide federal, provincial, and territorial public health officials; Indigenous partners; health system partners; and other stakeholders with a common forward planning approach for ongoing management of COVID-19 in Canada. It promotes a long-term approach that covers immediate planning imperatives for the fall/winter 2020 period and thereafter until population herd immunity in one form or another is sufficient to bring the pandemic activity in Canada to an end. (Text)
07/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 7/2020. The checklist is divided into seven sections. Part One is intended as a diagnostic tool to help schools evaluate the status of their students and families following school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. The remaining six sections are categorized into the priority areas of continuity of learning, facilities restructuring and infection control, food security, health, supervision, and housing/safety. (Text)
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