Coronavirus news and resources for global health researchers

In December 2019, an outbreak of COVID-19, an acute respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (also known as 2019-nCoV) was detected in mainland China. Researchers have been tracking the spread of the virus, have developed a diagnostic test for 2019-nCoV and are working on a number of vaccines to protect against 2019-nCoV.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) leads NIH's research and response on coronaviruses.

Updated February 19, 2020

Top resources for COVID-19

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from WHO
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) R&D, including a report and slides from a February 2020 WHO meeting on research priorities
• Coronavirus information and resources from CDC
• Coronavirus disease 2019 from CDC
• Coronaviruses information from NIAID/NIH
• Coronavirus infections from Medline Plus/National Library of Medicine/NIH
• Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from FDA

Mapping of COVID-19

• Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation dashboard
  WHO
• Visualization: COVID-19 global cases
  Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
• Related blog post: Mapping 2019-nCoV
  Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, January 23, 2020

Free access and free services for researchers related to COVID-19

• Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, with NIH as a signatory to the statement
  Wellcome Trust news, January 31, 2020
• American Journal Experts (AJE): Free editing and translation services for 2019-nCoV articles
• The BMJ: Coronavirus
• Chongqing VIP Information, a Chinese journal database
• Elsevier: Novel coronavirus information center
• Global Health Network: Coronavirus outbreak knowledge hub
• The Lancet: COVID-19 resource centre
• New England Journal of Medicine: 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Coronavirus free collection
• Springer Nature, the publisher of Nature: Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19)
• Wiley Online Library: COVID-19 resources and news
• WHO: OpenWHO free online course
• English: Emerging respiratory viruses, including nCoV: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
• French: Virus respiratoires émergents, y compris le nCoV : méthodes de détection, de prévention, de réponse et de contrôle

Research News

• NIAID’s multi-pronged response to the COVID-2019 outbreak
  NIAID Funding News, February 19, 2020
• NIH scientists identify atomic structure of novel coronavirus protein
  NIAID Now blog, February 19, 2020
• Remdesivir prevents MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
  Results support testing antiviral against 2019 novel coronavirus
  NIAID/NIH news, February 13, 2020
• New images of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 now available
  NIAID Now blog, February 13, 2020
• World experts and funders set priorities for COVID-19 research
  WHO news, February 12, 2020
• Early release: Initial public health response and interim clinical guidance for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak - United States, December 31, 2019-February 4, 2020
  CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 5, 2020
• Flu and HIV drugs show [some signs of] efficacy against coronavirus, further research is needed
  The Scientist, February 3, 2020
• Coronavirus and low-income countries: Ready to respond?
  Center for Global Development blog post, January 31, 2020
• Early epidemiological analysis of the 2019-nCoV outbreak based on a crowdsourced data, authored by Fogarty scientists
  Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-technical Systems (MOBS Lab), analysis as of January 29, 2020
• Perspective: A novel coronavirus emerging in China - Key questions for impact assessment, co-authored by NIAID scientists
  New England Journal of Medicine, January 24, 2020
• Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
  The Lancet, January 24, 2020
• NIAID officials discuss novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China
  Research underway to address latest viral threat
  NIAID/NIH news, January 23, 2020
• Related publication: Coronavirus infections - more than just the common cold [Free access], co-authored by NIAID Director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
  JAMA, January 23, 2020
• Vaccine development news:
• Moderna announces funding award from CEPI to accelerate development of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against novel coronavirus, NIAID/NIH collaborated with Moderna to design the vaccine
  Moderna news, January 23, 2020
• CEPI to fund three programmes to develop vaccines against the novel coronavirus, nCoV-2019
  CEPI news, January 23, 2020

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Scientists aim to defeat Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV)
  July / August 2015 Global Health Matters
• Chinese bats likely source of SARS-CoV, researchers report
  September / October 2013 Global Health Matters

NIH News and Resources

• Coronaviruses information from NIAID/NIH
• Coronavirus infections from Medline Plus/National Library of Medicine/NIH
• Coronavirus resources from the National Library of Medicine
• Novel coronavirus data hub from the National Center for Biotechnology Information/National Library of Medicine

Other Online Resources

• Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from WHO