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)
- 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 materials (PAHO)
- 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)
Employer & business preparedness resources
Supply chain issues
- Bill would give Biden new powers to prepare for the next pandemic (WSILTV, Jun 22)
- Senators offer legislation to address drug shortages, supply chain problems (Fierce Pharma, Jun 20)
- Senators propose 'first step' to address US drug shortages by examining supply chains (ABC News, Jun 15)
- Post-COVID challenges linger for supply chain leaders (Becker's Hospital Review, Jun 8)
- Drug shortages: Why supply chains fall short (Modern Healthcare, May 30)
- FDA teams with Veterans Health Administration to make medtech supply chains more resilient (MedTechDive, May 24)
- Healthcare supply chains still in survival mode, report finds (HIT Consultant, May 23)
- Biden drug czar: 'All options are on the table' for expanding methadone access (Stat, May 18)
- Pharmaceutical experts weigh in on strengthening supply chain: 3 takeaways (Becker's Hospital Review, May 18)
- FDA: Health care supply chain troubles existed before COVID-19, and they could get worse (Becker's Hospital Review, May 5)
- Pfizer reducing risk of supply chain disruptions through scale (HealthLeaders, May 3)
- Preparing for the next pandemic (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, May 3)
- EU capitals propose Chips Act for medicines (Politico, May 2)
- Third round of the global pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: November 2022-January 2023-Interim report (Relief Web, May 1)
- The end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency is near: What to expect as HHS transitions beyond the emergency phase (Mintz, Apr 27)
- EU outlines plan to take control of medicine production in health crises (Financial Times, Apr 24)
- As supply chain disruptions return, the 2021 logistics playbook won't work this time (BisNow, Jun 25)
- Global supply chain pressures and US inflation (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Jun 20)
- US slips in supply-chain ranks after child-labor violations (Bloomberg, Jun 14)
- Reshoring isn't the only change taking place in supply chains (Supply Chain Management Review, Jun 12)
- Report card: Two years of building stronger supply chains and a more resilient economy (The White House, Jun 8)
- Airbus predicts supply crunch with widebodies as travel rebounds (Bloomberg, Jun 5)
- The supply chain demons have been (mostly) banished (Financial Times, May 30)
- COVID-induced supply chain concerns to continue in aviation sector, industry experts say (National News, May 23)
- What bananas can tell us about supply chains (MIT, May 22)
- US manufacturers can't shake that inflation feeling even as supply snarls ease (Reuters, May 18)
- US supply chain woes shift and persist in 2023 (Reuters, May 17)
- Supply chain has excess capacity for first time since early stages of pandemic (Consulting.us, May 16)
- China flags supply chains, population as top policy priorities (Nationwide, May 8)
- Biden administration ramps up data exchange program to boost US supply chains (Reuters, May 2)
- Apple and 10 other stocks tied to China at risk, Morgan Stanley says (Market Watch, May 2)
- Taiwan sees accelerating shift of production away from China (Bloomberg, May 1)
- United Airlines' plan to revamp narrow-body cabins faces supply chain delays (CNBC, Apr 28)
- How COVID rewired markets and the economy (Bloomberg, Jun 22)
- European businesses in China fight post-COVID blues (Barron's, Jun 20)
- China's rebound hits a wall, and there is 'no quick fix' to revive it (New York Times, Jun 19)
- How billions in COVID-19 pandemic relief aid was stolen or wasted (PBS News Hour, Jun 14)
- Inflation since COVID: Supply versus demand (Center for Economic Policy Research, Jun 12)
- Investors are eyeing China's neighbors as the recovery from 'zero-COVID' slows (CNBC, Jun 11)
- China's recovery is 'sputtering.' Consumers are keeping the economy afloat (Barron's, Jun 4)
- Investors have soured on China's stocks, renewing fears about economy (New York Times, Jun 2)
- Historic gains: Low-income workers scored in the COVID economy (Politico, May 29)
- Why haven't workers returned to the labor force after COVID-19? (Brookings, May 25)
- Landmark report charts route for reorienting economies to deliver health for all (World Health Organization, May 23)
- Federal contractors' COVID-related changes likely to linger (Law360, May 18)
- Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19's sting (UN News, May 16)
- COVID-19's total cost to the economy in US will reach $14 trillion by end of 2023--New research (The Conversation, May 16)
- The US caring economy was broken long before COVID-19 (Bloomberg, May 9)
- The most important thing Warren Buffett said Saturday, and it isn't good news for the economy (CNBC, May 8)
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)
- COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for non-aerosol generating procedures (PHE)
- COVID-19: personal protective equipment use for aerosol generating procedures (PHE)
- WHO recommendations on mask use by health workers, in light of the Omicron variant of concern (WHO)
- 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)
- Guidance for health system contingency planning during widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with high impact on healthcare services (ECDC, Mar 17, 2020)
- Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (ECDC)
Support for public health workers and health professionals (CDC)
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
- Vaccine central (National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants, UMN)
- Spanish communication resources - Recursos de comunicacion (CDC)
Higher education resources
- 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
- Baylor University
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- University of Arizona
- University of California
- University of Houston
- 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
- Encouraging protective COVID-19 behaviors among college students (National Academies)
- 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)
- Disease commodity package - novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (WHO)
- Information for laboratories (CDC)
- FAQs on diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 (FDA)
- How to obtain a nasopharyngeal swab specimen (NEJM, Apr 17, 2020)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) R&D (WHO)
- Emergency Use Authorizations (FDA)
