08/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center for Health Security [Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Published: 8/19/2020. This 46-page document provides an ethical framework to guide discussion and inform decisions about COVID-19 vaccine allocation. It compares the implications of the framework to the prior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for prioritization of pandemic influenza vaccine allocation, and suggests candidate groups who should be given serious consideration for inclusion in the top allocation tier when vaccine availability is limited and in a second tier (those also prioritized before the general public) if/when more vaccine supply becomes available. (PDF)
08/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 8/19/2020. This web page provides operational considerations for CDC Country Offices, Ministries of Health, and partners about establishing and operating community isolation centers (CICs) for people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 who are remaining in the CIC voluntarily, and ensuring that people in CICs are safe and have access to adequate healthcare, food, water, sanitation, and hygiene products and services. (Text)
08/19/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 8/19/2020. This guidance has been issued to provide recommendations to health care providers and investigators on the administration and study of investigational convalescent plasma collected from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 (COVID-19 convalescent plasma) during the public health emergency. (Text)
08/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 8/18/2020. This flowchart provides information on manufacturing and distributing respirators for health care use in the United States under an existing emergency use authorization (EUA) during the COVID-19 public health emergency. It also provides links to detailed information provided by the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). (PDF)
08/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Published: 8/18/2020. This flowchart and the information on this web page illustrate which Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) applies to specific respirator types, and provide links to information on performance factors for each type to consider when selecting respirators for use in health care facilities in the United States. (PDF)
08/18/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Physicians Foundation. Published: 8/18/2020. Part One of The Physicians Foundation’s Survey of America’s Physicians: COVID-19 Impact Edition focuses on how the coronavirus has affected physicians’ practices and their patients. Among the findings in this 20-page report is that nearly 50 percent of physicians believe the coronavirus pandemic will not be under control until sometime after June 1, 2021. (PDF)
08/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Brennan Center for Justice. Published: 8/12/2020. The Brennan Center and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have issued these four-page joint guidelines to minimize the risk of transmitting COVID-19 at the polls this November. (PDF)
08/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC). Published: 8/12/2020. This one-hour, 33-minute webinar for educational leaders offers considerations for conducting systematic screenings for internalizing and externalizing behaviors in the COVID-19 era. (Video or Multimedia)
08/05/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Duke University. Published: 8/5/2020. This 13-page report outlines legislative actions and federal appropriation targets that Duke-Margolis and its collaborating experts believe are needed to get a robust, diversified COVID-19 testing strategy in place for the nation by fall 2020. (PDF)
08/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 8/2020. In this course, participants will learn about how disease-causing microbes, called pathogens, are classified, identified and transmitted. Participants will be introduced to basic microbiological principles, fundamental laboratory diagnostics, and mechanisms by which microbes transmit and cause diseases. (Video or Multimedia)
08/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 8/2020. This tracker map provides local heat and health information so communities can better prepare for and respond to extreme heat events. The search function allows users to explore how extreme heat affects a specific county, populations that are at risk, and resources for response. (Text)
08/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Published: 8/2020. This curated COVID-19 resource center is updated daily to reflect rapidly emerging literature. It provides must-have information to clinicians and decision-makers, including COVID-19 clinician calls in the Latest Media section. (Video or Multimedia)
07/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 7/30/2020. This web page reports on an antibody study, undertaken by UK Biobank, to help understand the extent of previous infection with SARS-CoV-2 in different populations across the UK and whether they persist over time. (Text)
07/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Published: 7/9/2020. This two-page guide highlights resources and planning considerations that will enhance emergency services organizations’ ability to develop or improve community planning and preparedness for active shooter incidents. (PDF)
06/30/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center for Health Security [Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Published: 6/30/2020. The accomplishments of Uganda during 2019-2020 in preventing an Ebola outbreak and detecting cases, despite foundational challenges facing Uganda’s health system, prompted Makerere University School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to conduct this eight-page study, based on an in-depth gray literature review and key informant interviews. (PDF)
03/24/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Center for Health Security [Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health]. Published: 3/24/2020. The purpose of this 27-page report is to characterize the origin and implications of the disconnect between modelers and public health decision-makers, and to develop a plan for the expansion of outbreak science as a capability to support public health, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)
03/01/2020 12:00 AM EST
Source: University of Washington (UW). Published: 3/2020. This web page provides policies and protocols developed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Western Washington. Resources are added periodically. (Text)
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