06/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Published: 6/30/2020. This three-hour, 22-minute Congressional hearing features testimony from officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about the progress on COVID-19 that federal, state, and local governments are making to help Americans go back to work and back to school in the fall as safely as possible. (Video or Multimedia)
06/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/29/2020. This 13-page guidance, updated on June 29, 2020, provides interim guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies during health care when coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is suspected or confirmed. It is intended for health workers, including healthcare managers and IPC teams at the facility level, but it is also relevant for the national and district/provincial levels. In this updated version, the scope and structure of the earlier guidance have been expanded with several new or revised sections, bringing together other interim recommendations as well as considerations and advice from international experts. (PDF)
06/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 6/29/2020. This three-page fact sheet informs healthcare providers of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test called the LifeHope 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. (PDF)
06/25/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: University of Chicago. Published: 6/25/2020. This map provides county-level visualizations and analytics that reveal a more detailed pandemic landscape with local hotspots of surging COVID-19 cases that are missed by state-level data. The web page also provides a searchable database by county and other variables. (Text)
06/25/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 6/25/2020. This web page provides links to pregnancy data and guidance, and race and ethnicity data for COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Text)
06/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Published: 6/24/2020. Speakers in this one-hour, 29-minute webinar discuss COVID-19 transmission through drinking water and wastewater; COVID-19 surveillance and sewage systems; reopening buildings and preventing Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks; cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic; and preparing for hurricane season. (Video or Multimedia)
06/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Congressional Research Service [Library of Congress] (CRS). Published: 6/24/2020. The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may complicate efforts to provide sheltering in typical congregate settings. This three-page report discusses potential emergency sheltering models previously used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as policy considerations. (PDF)
06/22/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Published: 6/22/2020. In order to facilitate disaster preparedness, the Census Bureau has developed new small area estimates of community resilience, identifying communities where resources and information may effectively mitigate the impact of disasters. This web page provides a searchable database of information and data by state and county. (Text)
06/20/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 6/20/2020. This web page details the steps for investigating a COVID-19 case: Step 1: Case Identification and Prioritization; Step 2: Rapid Notification of Results or Diagnosis; Step 3: Case Interview; Step 3a: Monitoring and Isolation Instructions; Step 3b: Assessing Self-Isolation Support Needs; Step 3c: Eliciting Contacts; Step 4: Case Follow-Up and Medical Monitoring; Step 5: Additional Case Follow-Up; and Step 6: Discontinuation of Self-Isolation. (Text)
06/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). Published: 6/19/2020. This tracking poll found that two-thirds of Californians are worried that COVID-19 infections will increase as local shelter-in-place orders are relaxed, and 43 percent of residents think the rules are being relaxed too quickly. More than three-quarters of state residents would support a new shelter-in-place order in their county if health officials determined COVID-19 cases were rising to a dangerous level. (Text)
06/18/2020 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: 6/18/2020. This six-page document was written in response to a request for information on COVID-19 testing. ASPR TRACIE compiled and synthesized information on testing for COVID-19 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other open sources. (PDF)
06/17/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). Published: 6/17/2020. Speakers in this one-hour, 48-minute webinar discuss the COVID-19 homeless response in Seattle and King County, Los Angeles and Los Angeles County, and Houston and Harris County, and lessons learned from these responses. (Video or Multimedia)
06/05/2020 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: 6/5/2020. This two-page document was written in response to a request for guidance related to hospital infrastructural damage considerations after a disaster. These resources may assist hospitals plan for and assess infrastructure damage/structural integrity after a disaster. (PDF)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Sphere Project. Published: 6/2020. This web page provides information and links for a series of webinars to share good practice and technical guidance on humanitarian standards in the COVID-19 response. (Video or Multimedia)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). Published: 6/2020. This spreadsheet tool was designed to help hospitals and health systems evaluate piped medical gas system capacity to treat patients afflicted with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The tool is able to show the usage of a particular medical gas system while different types of therapies are in use. (Text)
06/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). Published: 6/2020. This course and video series on ventilator use address the urgent need for medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will help these professionals better understand the basic concepts of mechanical ventilation and support the care for the patient receiving mechanical ventilation. (Video or Multimedia)
04/29/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 4/29/2020. This eight-page health advisory provides guidance to countries on adapting all existing preparedness and response plans and procedures for cyclones, tropical storms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and potential outbreaks of other diseases to their COVID-19 strategic preparedness and response plans. It also provides advice on how to test the required capacities through simulation as and when necessary to ensure the strategic objectives of pandemic response. (PDF)
04/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: CartONG. Published: 4/7/2020. This 19-page note is intended for headquarters and field teams in charge of monitoring and evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and aims to help them adapt by summarizing the possible technological alternatives concerning data collection mechanisms, ways information is exchanged with communities, and related data protection issues. (PDF)
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