10/02/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform. Published: 10/2/2020. This two-hour, 53-minute Congressional hearing of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis features Secretary Alex Azar, who responds to questions about the Department of Health and Human Services’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Video or Multimedia)
10/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 10/1/2020. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated this Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on October 1, 2020, to permit the emergency use of the unapproved product remdesivir for treatment of suspected or laboratory confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and children hospitalized with severe disease. (PDF)
09/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Published: 9/30/2020. This 16-page guide details practices that organizations should continuously engage in to help manage the risk posed by ransomware and other cyber threats. It provides actionable best practices for ransomware prevention, as well as a ransomware response checklist that can serve as a ransomware-specific addendum to organization cyber incident response plans. (PDF)
09/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Published: 9/30/2020. This nine-page worksheet presents guidance for surveyors, as well as providers and suppliers, with relevant scenarios on meeting the emergency preparedness testing requirements in light of many of the response activities associated with the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS regulations for emergency preparedness require specific testing exercises be conducted to validate a facility’s emergency program. (PDF)
09/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Mathematica. Published: 9/30/2020. This 157-page report assesses the COVID-19 outbreak in long-term care (LTC) facilities in Connecticut. It recommends ways to help the state and LTC facilities prevent future infectious disease outbreaks, and identifies immediate and achievable steps the state and LTC industry can take to prepare for a second wave of COVID-19. (PDF)
Considerations for the Use of Real-World Evidence to Assess the Effectiveness of Preventive Vaccines
09/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 9/30/2020. This two-day workshop, held on September 17-18, 2020, was organized to exchange information with stakeholders from industry, academia, and government about the scientific, clinical, and regulatory challenges and opportunities in using real-world evidence to assess the effectiveness of preventive vaccines. It included a discussion of emerging infectious diseases (e.g., coronavirus, Ebola, influenza pandemics) and other scenarios (e.g., maternal immunization to prevent disease in infants through the use of licensed/recommended vaccines) in which traditional clinical trials could be impractical or ethically unacceptable. (Video or Multimedia)
09/28/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 9/28/2020. These print and video guidance materials for those working in care homes provide information on how to work safely during this period of sustained transmission of COVID-19, including information about personal protective equipment and case studies. (Video or Multimedia)
09/28/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 9/28/2020. This guidance provides advice on the management of staff and patients or residents in health and social care settings according to COVID-19 exposures, symptoms, and test results. It includes guidance for staff with symptoms of COVID-19, and staff return to work criteria. (Text)
09/25/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC). Published: 9/25/2020. This 53-minute webinar describes the current COVID-19 pandemic hotspots in the U.S. and globally, including the epidemiology of the current wave of infections. It also discusses country-wide testing needs to mitigate and suppress COVID-19 infections, reviews the evidence regarding possible re-infections of COVID-19, and interprets the data behind the newest therapeutic guidelines for COVID-19. (Video or Multimedia)
09/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Government of Canada. Published: 9/18/2020. This report is a comprehensive knowledge product concerning key issues that inform the provision of oral health care by relevant providers in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be updated several times over the course of 2020-2021. (Text)
09/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 9/16/2020. In this one-hour, four-minute webinar, leaders and scientists in the international vaccine field discuss the barriers to vaccine access that must be overcome and avoided, and the role the international community will play in promoting equity in delivering a COVID-19 vaccine. (Video or Multimedia)
09/16/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Child Care Aware of America. Published: 9/16/2020. This one-hour webinar features a discussion of the experiences of child care providers who have been impacted by emergencies, the ways Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) agencies support their work, and the concrete steps agencies and child care providers can take to address the safety and wellbeing of infants and toddlers in emergencies. (Video or Multimedia)
09/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 9/10/2020. This one-hour presentation discusses the potential for diverse, real-world data sources such as electronic health records, insurance claims, patient registries, and lab results to further inform the science-based, all-of-America response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. These data can inform ongoing work to evaluate potential therapies, vaccines, or diagnostics for COVID-19. (Video or Multimedia)
09/04/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 9/4/2020. This guidance provides advice to assist people who are involved in managing or organizing a funeral related to a death from any cause during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Text)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Cornell University. Published: 9/2020. This eight-page report summarizes a study that identifies the most prominent misinformation topics that appeared in traditional and online media in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, from January 1 to May 26, 2020. The results come from a sample of 38 million articles published in English-language media around the world. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW). Published: 9/2020. This 19-page document provides practical guidance to conceptualize and operationalize community health worker (CHW) and CHW Network engagement in COVID-19 response. A matrix of areas of engagement and a continuum of engagement (low/harmful to robust) are offered for local, state, and national actors to consider who want to amplify the roles and capacity of the CHW workforce. It was developed in partnership with the Community Based Workforce Alliance. (PDF)
09/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Network for Public Health Law. Published: 9/2020. This two-day summit, held on September 16-17, 2020, featured experts who presented their key findings from the report on Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19, and proposed paths forward to more effective and equitable response and recovery efforts. This web page provides links to recordings of all sessions. (Video or Multimedia)
08/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Commonwealth Fund. Published: 8/20/2020. This report assesses how nursing home policies might be strengthened to improve health outcomes and experiences for residents, and improve the work environment for staff post-COVID-19 pandemic. It provides a number of possible nursing home reform options to better protect nursing home residents and the individuals who care for them. (Text)
07/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 7/29/2020. In this one-hour webinar, disease modeling and humanitarian health experts at Johns Hopkins University discuss what impact COVID-19 will have in terms of infections and outcomes in refugee camps, and the response needed to protect children with routine immunizations and a potential COVID-19 vaccine. (Video or Multimedia)
07/02/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 7/2/2020. These print and video guidance materials show to use swab testing kits in order to collect samples for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) testing. (Video or Multimedia)
06/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 6/17/2020. This web page provides guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) and their management in England, including information about the status of COVID-19, and a definition of HCIDs. (Text)
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