Questions and Answers on the COVID-19
05/13/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Published: 5/13/2020. This web page provides answers to questions about COVID-19 and animals, including if animals are responsible for COVID-19 in people, if animals can be infected with COVID-19, measures regarding service or companion animals, and precautions to take with live animals or animal products. The page includes three short videos. (Video or Multimedia)
05/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Published: 5/12/2020. This three-hour, 45-minute Congressional hearing focuses on updates from officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and Food and Drug Administration, who discuss what federal, state, and local governments are doing to help Americans go back to work and back to school as rapidly and safely as possible. (Video or Multimedia)
05/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Published: 5/12/2020. This five-page report details how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has revealed deep-seated inequities in health care for communities of color and amplifies social and economic factors that contribute to poor health outcomes. Recent news reports indicate that the pandemic disproportionately impacts communities of color, compounding longstanding racial disparities. (PDF)
05/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 5/12/2020. This web page provides healthcare systems with a framework to deliver non-COVID-19 health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides background information about COVID-19 and healthcare systems, and key considerations. (Text)
05/12/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Imperial College London. Published: 5/12/2020. This 21-page report draws on data from nationally representative population surveys to explore a subset of health inequities, how they relate to wealth, and the way in which they may drive variation in COVID-19 risk. (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. Published: 5/8/2020. This one-page fact sheet details how the adverse health effects of hot weather are largely preventable through good public health practice, while also following the advice to protect yourself from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 5/8/2020. This one-hour, 32-minute webinar from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) features speakers from some of the hardest hit hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, Louisiana, and Arizona, who share their hospital operations experiences and logistics strategies (with space, staff, and stuff) with the current COVID-19 response. (Video or Multimedia)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Published: 5/8/2020. As Continuums of Care (CoCs) across the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, many are asking about the role of Coordinated Entry (CE) in their response efforts. This three-page document answers several of those questions, and details how HUD strongly encourages CoCs to contact local public health departments, Healthcare for the Homeless agencies, and other local health partners to ensure the unique needs and opportunities related to the homeless service system are incorporated. (PDF)
05/08/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 5/8/2020. This 27-page document contains a sample case investigator training plan, including training topics that may be helpful for state and local public health jurisdictions to consider when designing their own training plan for COVID-19 case investigators. Each heading represents the learning objective for that section. (PDF)
05/07/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 5/7/2020. This four-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides general and funding information about alternate care sites (ACSs), which are one of many alternate care strategies intended to provide additional hospital surge capacity and capability for communities overwhelmed by patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PDF)
05/06/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 5/6/2020. Functioning critical infrastructure is imperative during the response to the COVID-19 emergency for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. This web page provides information about creating a COVID-19 Critical Infrastructure Response Plan, and CDC Interim Guidance for Critical Infrastructure Workers Exposed to COVID-19. (Text)
05/06/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University. Published: 5/6/2020. This one-hour webinar tackles the difficult but central issue of how to manage COVID-19 patients in humanitarian responses and low-income settings. It discusses decision-making on which services to offer and dilemmas to consider, and discusses a real-life scenario treating patients in Sudan. (Video or Multimedia)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 5/1/2020. This one-page fact sheet from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides answers to frequently asked questions about the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and lists telehealth facts in a COVID-19 and Telehealth Snapshot. (PDF)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Published: 5/2020. This web page provides answers to frequently asked questions about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and agriculture, food safety, and fisheries and aquaculture. (Text)
05/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: RAND Corporation. Published: 5/2020. To address the ventilator allocation problem during the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors of this 16-page report designed a model that can be used to calculate the number of ventilators and respiratory therapists needed to achieve a target wait time — the average delay for a ventilator experienced by a new patient. The target wait time corresponds with a probability that any wait is experienced: If the average wait is small, most patients would in fact experience no wait at all. (PDF)
04/28/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Infectious Diseases (CDC OID). Published: 4/28/2020. This web page provides training resources about contact tracing for COVID-19 in several categories: Topic areas and training resources, a training catalog of seven courses about COVID-19 and contact tracing, and a list of relevant Centers for Disease Control and Prevention coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) web pages. (Text)
04/21/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 4/21/2020. This three-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides tips and general guidance on how to reduce negative behavioral health impacts for mortuary and death care workers in a COVID-19 environment. Workers and leadership are encouraged to adapt these recommendations to meet individual needs and situational considerations. (PDF)
04/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Published: 4/15/2020. This one-hour, 11-minute webinar highlights several policy options to ensure a safe and adequate health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include examining health care provider licensure requirements, leveraging telehealth to increase access to care while limiting exposure, expanding the pool of clinical and non-clinical health care workers, and supporting the direct care workforce who meet the continued need for home- and community-based services for vulnerable individuals. (Video or Multimedia)
04/01/2020 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Published: 4/2020. This web page provides American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) COVID-19 webinars, starting on April 3, 2020. Information is provided about Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. The page is updated with new webinars as they take place. (Video or Multimedia)
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