CIDRAP's curated list of trustworthy sources on all things COVID-19.
Last updated: Dec 5, 2022
General COVID-19 information
- COVID-19 (CDC)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) (NIH)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Government of Canada)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) (PHE)
- COVID-19 pandemic (ECDC)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (PAHO)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (WHO)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) resources (ASM)
- COVIDGuidance.org (APHA)
- Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) resources (SHEA)
- COVID-19 resource center (IDSA)
- COVID-19 (Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security)
- SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus portal (Global Biodefense)
- The Coronavirus outbreak (New York Times)
- The Coronavirus crisis (NPR)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) (New England Journal of Medicine)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) (JAMA)
- COVID-19 resource centre (Lancet)
- Coronavirus: latest news and resources (BMJ)
- Coronavirus (Nature)
- Novel coronavirus information center (Elsevier)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (UpToDate)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public (WHO infographics and videos)
- COVID-19: videos (CDC)
- COVID-19 communication resources for travelers (CDC)
- COVID-19: communication materials (PAHO)
- COVID-19 fact sheets (Johns Hopkins)
- COVID-19 infographics (Lancet)
- Posters on COVID-19 (Govt of Singapore fact sheets, multiple languages)
- Videos on COVID-19 (Govt of Singapore videos, multiple languages)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) training: online training (OpenWHO free online courses, registration required)
- SHEA/CDC outbreak response training program (online course, registration required)
- LitCovid bibliography (NIH NLM)
- Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (WHO)
Supply chain issues
- Abbott's medical device sales hit by China curbs, supply chain issues (Reuters, Jan 25)
- As antibiotics run scarce, Europe outlines drug shortage countermeasures (Fierce Pharma, Jan 23)
- Chinese turn to traditional remedies to fight COVID amid drug shortage (NDTV, Jan 20)
- Easing inflation and 9 more supply chain updates (Becker's ASC Review, Jan 19)
- Pfizer pledges to sell all its products at cost to poor countries (Fierce Pharma, Jan 17)
- As COVID-19 barrels through China, some are turning to black market amid drug shortages (Time, Jan 16)
- Frustration is rising over COVID drug shortages in China, and there are no easy answers (CNN, Jan 13)
- Sen. Bernie Sanders urges Moderna not to hike price of COVID-19 vaccines (CNBC, Jan 10)
- Federal COVID vaccine mandate didn't cause staffing shortages: Research (McKnights Long-Term Care News, Jan 10) [link]
- China's COVID wave threatens another snarl of US medical supply chain (NBC, Jan 8)
- China approves Merck's COVID therapy amid shortage of drugs (Supply Chain Brain, Jan 6)
- Combining hospitals and combining supply chains (Health Leaders, Jan 4)
- How China's 'zero-COVID' reversal is playing out on the ground (Japan Times, Dec 28)
- Big bonuses, extreme rationing: How COVID-hit China is coping with its drugs shortage (CNN, Dec 22)
- BioNTech ready to ship first mRNA vaccine factory kit to Africa (Reuters, Dec 21)
- China's COVID 'chaos': How a shortage of fever drugs is sparking a global run on medicines (CNN, Dec 21)
- Taiwan multinationals eye new markets amid supply chain fracturing and talent shortage (South China Morning Post, Jan 25)
- FourKites in 'vigilance' warning on China supply chains (Supply Chain Digital, Jan 23)
- Economic woes hitting global supply chains, says Tradeshift (Supply Chain, Jan 19)
- US importers shipping more to America's east coast ports than west coast amid global supply chain shifts (South China Morning Post, Jan 18)
- Retailers wrestle with holiday inventory leftovers as supply chain disruption continues (Forbes, Jan 12)
- India, US establish new trade group to bolster supply chains (Reuters, Jan 12)
- How COVID changed supply chains forever, according to a distinguished professor in the field who's studied them for the last 2 decades (Fortune, Jan 11)
- Biden quietly urges Mexico to pounce on US shift from Asia chips (Bloomberg, Jan 10)
- German carmakers signal easing of supply chain woes (Financial Times, Jan 10)
- NY Fed says China COVID woes are pressuring supply chains (Reuters, Jan 6)
- Australia braces for supply chain hit from China COVID surge (Bloomberg, Jan 3)
- Why the US won't chase the cheapest supply chains (Mint, Jan 2)
- China reopening earlier than expected could hit supply chains in the short term, but boost growth in 2023 (CNBC, Dec 29)
- Viewpoint: Supply chain tells the truth about China's COVID problem (FreightWaves, Dec 27)
- In China's Zhejiang, 1 million daily COVID cases raise supply chain concerns (Nikkei Asia, Dec 26)
- Chinese business charm offensive aims to rebuild supply chains with human touch after 3-year isolation (South China Morning Post, Dec 21)
- China COVID: Coffins sell out as rural losses mount (BBC, Jan 25)
- Pandemic continues to affect healthcare jobs, tracker finds (Healthcare Dive, Jan 23)
- Mass tech layoffs unwind only about a year of pandemic hiring (Bloomberg, Jan 19)
- China's reopening is the boost the flagging world economy needs (Bloomberg, Jan 18)
- COVID-19 policy U-turn leaves workers in China's massive testing industry in the lurch (ABC News, Jan 12)
- OSHA is finalizing COVID-19 rule for health care employers (SHRM, Jan 11)
- China economy recovering but hampered by virus outbreaks (AP, Jan 10)
- Airlines grumble over 'knee-jerk' COVID measures on Chinese travelers (Politico, Jan 5)
- EU advises pre-flight COVID tests on passengers from China (ABC, Jan 4)
- Battered by COVID, China hits pause on giant chip spending aimed at rivaling US (Bloomberg, Jan 3)
- Travel nurses took high-paying jobs during COVID. But then their pay was slashed, sometimes in half. (NBC, Dec 28)
- China's move to ease COVID travel restrictions lifts hopes for global economy (The Guardian, Dec 27)
- Why 2023 could be another difficult year for the auto industry (CNBC, Dec 27)
- Child care faces $24 billion fiscal cliff as pandemic aid ends (Bloomberg, Dec 20)
- Out of COVID shadow, textile industry still struggling against all odds (The Statesman, Dec 19)
- This chart shows how the airline industry will return to profit next year (World Economic Forum, Dec 16)
Healthcare preparedness resources
- Infection prevention and control and preparedness for COVID-19 in healthcare settings - sixth update (ECDC, Feb 9, 2021)
- Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)–fighting products (Center for Biocide Chemistries)
- Infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic (CDC)
- COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for non-aerosol generating procedures (PHE)
- COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for aerosol generating procedures (PHE)
- Collection and submission of postmortem specimens from deceased persons with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 (CDC)
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) burn rate calculator (CDC)
- WHO recommendations on mask use by health workers, in light of the Omicron variant of concern (WHO)
- Elastomeric respirators: strategies during conventional and surge demand situations (CDC)
- Elastomeric half mask respirator resources (NIOSH)
- Respirator exhale valve research (NIOSH)
- Facial hairstyles and filtering facepiece respirators (NIOSH infographic)
- What are air-purifying respirators? (NIOSH infographic)
- NETEC: personal protective equipment for COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV) (NETEC video)
- Assessing risk for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (BMJ, Mar 15, 2021)
- Facility planning and operations for COVID-19 (CDC)
- Guidance for health system contingency planning during widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with high impact on healthcare services (ECDC, Mar 17, 2020)
- Considerations for inpatient obstetric healthcare settings (CDC)
- Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (ECDC)
- Emergency responders: tips for taking care of yourself (CDC)
- COVID-19 resources for first responders and other partners (DHS)
- COVID-19 resources for fire and EMS (US Fire Administration)
- Burnout, self-care, and COVID-19 exposure for first responders (ACEP)
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COVID-19 resources for EMS & fire first responders and clinicians (University of Pittsburgh Dept of Emergency Medicine)
- Clinical care guidance for healthcare professionals about coronavirus (CDC)
- COVID-19: Evidence-based medicine (U of M)
- Interim clinical guidance for management of patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection (CDC)
- Healthcare professionals: frequently asked questions and answers (CDC)
- COVID-19: guidance for health professionals (PHE)
Support for public health workers and health professionals (CDC)
COVID-19 public health toolkit (CDC Foundation)
COVID-19 (American Public Health Association)
Mental well-being tips, resources, and tools to share with public health responders and employees (Minnesota Department of Public Health)
Community preparedness resources
- COVID-19 one-stop shop toolkits (CDC)
- Vaccine central (National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants, UMN)
- Communication resources (CDC)
- Communication toolkit for migrants, refugees, and other limited-English-proficient populations (CDC)
- Spanish communication resources - Recursos de comunicacion (CDC)
- Health departments (CDC)
- Global surveillance for human infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (WHO)
- COVID-19 contact tracing communication toolkit for health departments (CDC)
- Information for health departments on reporting a person under investigation (PUI) or laboratory-confirmed case for COVID-19 (CDC)
- Contact tracing (CDC)
- HIPAA and COVID-19 (US HHS)
Higher education resources
- Guidance for institutes of higher education (CDC)
- COVID-19 ('coronavirus') information and resources for schools and school personnel (US Department of Education)
- Key planning recommendations for mass gatherings in the context of the current COVID-19 outbreak: interim guidance (WHO)
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Communication resources (CDC)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings (PHE)
- Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers (PHE)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): travel advice for educational settings (PHE)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on isolation for residential educational settings (PHE)
- COVID-19 information and resources (Massachusetts Dept of Higher Education)
- Arizona State University
- Ball State
- Baylor University
- Harvard University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Pepperdine
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- University of Arizona
- University of California
- University of Houston
- University of Minnesota
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Washington
- Yale University
- Chronicle of Higher Education: List of colleges' plans for reopening in the fall
- College Crisis Initiative: Database of fall plans
- Outbreak of COVID-19 (American College Health Association [ACHA] resource page)
- Encouraging protective COVID-19 behaviors among college students (National Academies)
- COVID-19 planning guide and self-assessment for higher education (OpenSmartEDU)
- Coronavirus information for higher ed (American Association of University Professors)
- Research and higher education in the time of COVID-19 (publication in Lancet, Aug 29, 2020)
- COVID-19: consequences for higher education (publication in Lancet, May 21, 2020)
- Five tips for moving teaching online as COVID-19 takes hold (Nature, Mar 24, 2020)
Lab guidance & diagnostics
- Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) technical guidance: laboratory testing for 2019-nCoV in humans (WHO)
- Interim guidelines for collecting, handling, and testing clinical specimens from patients under investigation (PUIs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
- Interim laboratory biosafety guidelines for handling and processing specimens associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (CDC)
- Laboratory guidelines for detection and diagnosis COVID-19 infection (PAHO)
- COVID-19: guidance for sampling and for diagnostic laboratories (PHE)
- Policy for diagnostics testing for coronavirus disease-2019 during the Public Health Emergency (FDA)
- Diagnostic tools and virus: questions and answers (CDC)
- Disease commodity package - novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (WHO)
- Responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (APHL)
- CDC diagnostic test for COVID-19 (CDC)
- Information for laboratories (CDC)
- FAQs on diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 (FDA)
- How to obtain a nasopharyngeal swab specimen (NEJM, Apr 17, 2020)
- Research use only 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) real-time RT-PCR primer and probe information (CDC)
- Testing in the US (CDC)
- Serology-based tests for COVID-19 (Johns Hopkins)
- PCR diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Johns Hopkins fact sheet)
- Serology testing for COVID-19 (Johns Hopkins fact sheet)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) R&D (WHO)
- Emergency Use Authorizations (FDA)
