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• NIH-funded team develops method to identify future SARS-CoV-2 mutations that could affect rapid antigen test performance
  NIH/NIBIB news, September 15, 2022
• SARS-CoV-2 antigen levels linked to patient outcomes
  NIH/NIAID news, August 29, 2022
• WHO releases global COVID-19 vaccination strategy update to reach unprotected
  WHO news, July 22, 2022
• Perspective: Syndemics and clinical science authored by former Fogarty Scholar Emily Mendenhall
  Nature Medicine, July 21, 2022
• Compliance with Health Recommendations and Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID Pandemic in Nine Countries authored by Fogarty grantee Jennifer Lansford
  Prevention Science, July 20, 2022
• Global influenza surveillance systems to detect the spread of influenza-negative influenza-like illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Time series outlier analyses from 2015-2020, Fogarty Fellow Sigrid Collier co-author
  PLOS Medicine, July 19, 2022
• Vaccine-Induced Immune Response to Omicron Wanes Substantially Over Time
  NIH/NIAID news, July 19, 2022
  
• Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
  NIH/NINDS news, July 5, 2022
• Projecting the SARS-CoV-2 transition from pandemicity to endemicity: Epidemiological and immunological considerations, co-authored by Fogarty’s David J. Spiro and Cécile Viboud
  PLos Pathogens, June 30, 2022
• NIH-funded project offers efficient approach when tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants
  NIH/NIBIB news, June 29, 2022
• Projected resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States in July-December 2021 resulting from the increased transmissibility of the Delta variant and faltering vaccination, co-authored by Fogarty’s Cécile Viboud
  eLife, June 21, 2022
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 6-Country Retrospective Cohort Analysis, Fogarty grantees Jean Nachega, Nadia Sam-Agudu, Rhoderick Machekano, and Philip J. Rosenthal lead authors
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 8, 2022
  • Related commentary: Prioritizing Pregnant Women for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination in African Countries
    Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 8, 2022
• Food allergy is associated with lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
  NIH/NIAID news, June 1, 2022
• WHO validates 11th vaccine for COVID-19
  WHO news, May 19, 2022
  
• Scientists identify characteristics to better define long COVID
  NIH/NCATS news, May 16, 2022
  
• NIH Licenses COVID-19 Research Tools and Early-Stage Technologies to WHO Program
  HHS news, May 12, 2022
• Unique binding of Delta variant may explain high transmissibility
  NIH news, May 11, 2022
  
• Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in China, co-authored by Fogarty’s Kaiyuan Sun
  Nature, May 10, 2022
  
• WHO launches first ever global report on Infection Prevention and Control
  WHO news release, May 6, 2022
  
• Managing Post-Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Tertiary Care Level Hospital in Peru Fogarty Scholar Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka lead author
  Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, April 2022
• Updated Guidance for COVID-19 and People with HIV
  from the NIH Office of AIDS Research, February 22, 2022
• WHO prequalifies first monoclonal antibody - tocilizumab – to treat COVID-19 
  WHO news release, February 11, 2022
  
• Multiple expansions of globally uncommon SARS-CoV-2 lineages in Nigeria 
  co-authored by Fogarty grantee Dr. Babafemi Taiwo
  Nature Communications, February 3, 2022
• The direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on private healthcare utilization in South Africa, March 2020 – September 2021, co-authored by Fogarty's Amanda Perofsky and Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 27, 2022
  
• Hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin does not improve outcomes for adults hospitalized with COVID-19
  NIH news release, January 27, 2022
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Care in India, China, Hong Kong, Korea, and Vietnam, Fogarty grantee Kavita Singh lead author
  Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, January 24, 2022
• Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries, co-authored by former Fogarty grantee Dr. Jean Nachega
  JAMA Pediatrics, January 19, 2022
  • Related commentary: Global Representation During a Global Pandemic
    JAMA Pediatrics, January 19, 2022
• WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19
  WHO news release, January 14, 2022
• Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa 
  co-authored by former Fogarty fellow Dr. Sikhulile Moyo
  Nature, January 7, 2022
  
• NIH scientists urge pursuit of universal coronavirus vaccine
  NIAID news release, December 16, 2021
  
• Landmark COVID-19 vaccine trial in sub-Saharan Africa is the first to study the efficacy of MRNA COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV
  HVTN/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center news release, December 13, 2021
  
• SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020-2021, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Kaiyuan Sun and Dr. Cecile Viboud
  medRxiv, December 4, 2021
  
• Lung Autopsies of COVID-19 Patients Reveal Treatment Clues
  NIAID/NIH news, November 17, 2021
  
• Synergistic interventions to control COVID-19: Mass testing and isolation mitigates reliance on distancing, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  PLoS Comput Biol., October 28, 2021
  
• Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the first COVID-19 wave
  Nature, October 25, 2021
  
• Recommended reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: The EPIFORGE 2020 guidelines, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  PLoS Medicine, October 18, 2021
  
• Projected resurgence of COVID-19 in the United States in July-December 2021 resulting from the increased transmissibility of the Delta variant and faltering vaccination, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  medRxiv, September 2, 2021
  
• Opportunities and challenges in North-South and South-South global health collaborations during the COVID-19 pandemic: The AFREhealth-CUGH experience (as reported at the CUGH 2021 Satellite Meeting), includes Fogarty author 
  Annals of Global Health, September 2021
  
• A comprehensive look at the COVID-19 pandemic death toll, co-authored by Dr. Cecile Viboud,
  eLife, August 12, 2021
  
• Building global health research capacity to address research imperatives following the COVID-19 pandemic authored by Fogarty's director and deputy director
  PLOS Medicine, August 2021
  
• Genetic and evolutionary analysis of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the region surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan, co-authored by Fogarty's Nidia Trovao
  Infection Genetics and Evolution, July 14, 2021
  
• DFC, IFC, EIB, and AFD Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Production in Africa with Senegal-based Vaccine Manufacturer IPD
  U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) news, July 9, 2021
  
• Joint investment plan to boost vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa
  Statement by USAID Administrator Samantha Power
  USAID news, June 30, 2021
• Adjuvant developed with NIH funding enhances efficacy of India’s COVID-19 vaccine
  NIAID/NIH news, June 29, 2021
  
• Strategic testing approaches for targeted disease monitoring can be used to inform pandemic decision-making, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  PLoS Biology, June 17, 2021
  
• NIH researchers identify potential new antiviral drug for COVID-19
  NICHD/NIH news, June 3, 2021
  
• Modeling of Future COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Rates and Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Scenarios - United States, April-September 2021, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  MMWR, May 14, 2021
  
• The impact of relaxing interventions on human contact patterns and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in China, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Science Advances, May 7, 2021
• Model-based evaluation of alternative reactive class closure strategies against COVID-19, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  medRxiv, April 23, 2021
  
• A risk assessment tool for resumption of research activities during the COVID-19 pandemic for field trials in low resource settings, co-authored by Fogarty's Joshua Rosenthal
  BMC Medical Research Methodology, April 12, 2021
  
• NIH experts call for accelerated research to address concurrent HIV and COVID-19 pandemics
  NIAID/NIH news, April 8, 2021
  
• Critical findings on COVID-19: Select publications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
  NASEM, March 2021
• T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants
  NIAID research suggests protective effects of vaccination remain intact
  NIAID/NIH news, March 30, 2021
  
• Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the first COVID-19 wave in Europe and the United States, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Kaiyuan Sun and Dr. Cecile Viboud
  medRxiv, March 26, 2021
  
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the extramural scientific workforce - outcomes from an NIH-led survey
  NIH Intramural Research Program blog post, March 25, 2021
  
• Genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 during early introduction into the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, co-authored by Fogarty's Nidia Trovao
  JCI Insight, March 22, 2021
  
• Infectivity, susceptibility, and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 transmission under intensive contact tracing in Hunan, China, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Kaiyuan Sun and Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Nature Communications, March 9, 2021
  
• Serological evidence of human infection with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr. Cecile Viboud
  Lancet Glob Health, March 8, 2021
  
• South Africa study shows power of genomic surveillance amid COVID-19 pandemic
  Blog post by NIH Director Dr Francis S Collins, February 18, 2021
  
• Contact tracing and the COVID-19 response in Africa: Best practices, key challenges, and lessons learned from Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Drs Cecile Viboud and Peter H Kilmarx
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 11, 2021
  
• Forward-looking serial intervals correctly link epidemic growth to reproduction numbers [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Kaiyuan Sun
  PNAS, January 12, 2021
• Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2, featuring Fogarty's Dr Kaiyuan Sun as lead author, and Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud as co-senior author
  Science, November 24, 2020
  • Related news: Study examines measures to slow COVID-19 spread
    NIH Research Matters, February 2, 2021

Bioethics News

• COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Joseph Millum
  Science, December 3, 2020
• New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
  WHO news, July 22, 2020
  • COVID-19 Law Lab, a joint project of WHO, UNDP, UNAIDS, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Georgetown University
    
• Guidance on COVID-19 human subjects protection
  HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), April 8, 2020
  

News for Low- and Middle-income Countries (LMICs)

• Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries
  co-authored by former Fogarty grantee Dr. Jean Nachega
  JAMA Pediatrics, January 19, 2022
  • Related commentary: Global Representation During a Global Pandemic
    JAMA Pediatrics, January 19, 2022
• Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on routine immunisation services: evidence of disruption and recovery from 170 countries and territories
  The Lancet, December 21, 2021
• Perspective: Scaling up COVID-19 vaccination in Africa - Lessons from the HIV pandemic, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Dr Jean B Nachega New England Journal of Medicine, March 31, 2021
• Pragmatic recommendations for the management of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries [Open access]
  Supplement to The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 10, 2021
• Contact tracing in the COVID-19 response: Best practices in Africa
  Recorded webinar presented by AFREhealth and Fogarty, October 5, 2020
  
• From easing lockdowns to scaling-up community-based COVID-19 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa - shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality, featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Jean Nachega as lead author
  Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2020
• Mobile health technology for enhancing the COVID-19 response in Africa: A potential game changer?
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 29, 2020
• COVID-19: Shining the light on Africa, co-authored by Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 5, 2020
• Curriculum for youth: COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? available in 15 languages
  Smithsonian Science Education Center, May 2020
• Comment: Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries, co-authored by Fogarty grantee
  The Lancet Global Health, April 28, 2020
• The potential impact of health service disruptions on the burden of malaria: A modelling analysis for countries in sub-Saharan Africa
  WHO, April 23, 2020
• Strategies combining self-isolation, moderate physical distancing and shielding likely most effective COVID-19 response for African countries
  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine news, April 21, 2020
• Correspondence: Global rheumatology in the time of COVID-19, co-authored by former Fogarty Fellows Drs. Laura B Lewandowski and Evelyn Hsieh
  The Lancet Rheumatology, April 6, 2020
• Comment: Global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings
  The Lancet, April 2, 2020
• Gene studies grow in Nigeria [Audio]: Local researchers trained through H3Africa help trace source of first confirmed case of coronavirus in Nigeria
  The World, Friday, March 13, 2020
• Children's picture book: My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19! available in more than 80 languages
  Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), March 2020
• Viewpoint: Characteristics of and important lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China [Free access] featuring Fogarty trainee Dr Zunyou Wu as lead author
  JAMA, February 24, 2020
• Coronavirus and low-income countries: Ready to respond?
  Center for Global Development blog post, January 31, 2020
  

Updated September 16, 2022