Coronavirus news, funding and resources for global health researchers

NIH Resources

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) research information from NIH
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) information from NIAID/NIH
• National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine/NIH
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (2 SARS-CoV-2) data hub
• LitCovid - a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus

US Government Resources

• Coronavirus.gov
• Coronavirus information and resources from CDC
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from FDA
• FDA issues guidance for conduct of clinical trials
  FDA news, March 18, 2020
• Coronavirus rumor control from FEMA
• U.S. Federal Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19 from USA.gov

Global Health Resources

• Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC):
  COVID-19 news and resources
• African Academy of Sciences:
  Global Health Security: COVID-19 in Africa
• African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth):
  AFREhealth COVID-19 Monthly Webinar Series
• COVID-19 Clinical Research Coalition - individuals and institutions working to fast-track research that will provide evidence on COVID-19 prevention, diagnosis and case management in resource-limited settings
• Elrha:
  Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources for humanitarians
• Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND):
  COVID-19 diagnostics
• FIND call for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics performance data
• Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R):
• GloPID-R novel coronavirus response
• COVID-19 Research Project Tracker from the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and GloPID-R
• World Health Organization (WHO):
• Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from WHO
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO):
• PAHO COVID-19 guidance and the latest research in the Americas em Português, en Español, in English, en Français
• Ethics guidance on issues raised by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
  Orientación ética sobre cuestiones planteadas por la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus (COVID-19)

Fogarty in the News

News featuring scientists from Fogarty's Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, which conducts research in epidemiology and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.

• Coronavirus death toll: Americans are almost certainly dying of covid-19 but being left out of the official count, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Washington Post, April 5, 2020
• How US coronavirus diagnoses are lagging behind the outbreak, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  New York Times, April 1, 2020
• Fact Checker: Those covid-19 death figures are incomplete, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Washington Post, March 27, 2020
• New analysis suggests months of social distancing may be needed to stop virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  NPR, March 17, 2020
• Are suburbs safer from coronavirus? Probably not. featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  City Lab, March 13, 2020
• Children less sick from COVID-19, but still spread the virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Agence France Presse via Jamaica Observer, March 13, 2020
• Une modélisation informatique du coronavirus dans le monde, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Radio-Canada's Midi Info, March 6, 2020
• How computer modeling of COVID-19's spread could help fight the virus, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  NPR health news, March 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: Fears and facts, featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Science Vs podcast, March 4, 2020
• Le coronavirus Covid-19 se propagera-t-il plus que la grippe? featuring Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
  Sciences et Avenir, February 28, 2020

Other news on Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV).

• 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

More Research News

• Call to action to the tech [and research communities] on new machine readable COVID-19 dataset
  White House Office of Science and Technology Policy statement, March 16, 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
• Early release: Evaluation of the effectiveness of surveillance and containment measures for the first 100 patients with COVID-19 in Singapore - January 2-February 29, 2020
  CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 13, 2020
• NIH mobilizes research to address new coronavirus
  January / February 2020 Global Health Matters
• COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
  NIAID/NIH news, February 28, 2020
• Related publication: Covid-19 - navigating the uncharted, authored by NIAID/NIH and CDC scientists
  New England Journal of Medicine, February 28, 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
• 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
• 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
• Travellers give wings to novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) [Free access], co-authored by Fogarty Advisory Board member Dr. Mary Wilson
  Journal of Travel Medicine, February 3, 2020
• Coronavirus and low-income countries: Ready to respond?
  Center for Global Development blog post, January 31, 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