COVID

Chapter 7a – What to Do When There are Not Enough Lab Tests/Test Sites It’s pretty amazing how circumstances have changed in the past couple of weeks, and I’m sure the readers of this blog are adapting to the necessary changes to protect our communities. You may have...

Chapter 7b - R&D for COVID-19 - Treatments and Vaccines Are in Development At the time of this post, there are no approved treatments for COVID-19. Severe cases are being treated with currently available respiratory standard of care, and companies with antiviral...

Chapter 5 - Stay Up-To-Date Using Public Health Web Sites You may feel stressed and anxious about the COVID-19 outbreak. Staying informed using reliable sources is a good way to protect yourself and reduce stress. The best source in the US remains the COVID-19...

Chapter 4 - Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 - Our Actions Help It’s important to keep in mind that the risk of COVID-19 for most people outside of China is low. If you have not traveled from China or been in contact with a laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19, you...

Chapter 3 - Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 - Global Response Reports of a new and severe respiratory infection first started emerging from China in early December 2019. On February 11, 2020, WHO gave the new coronavirus its official name of COVID-19. Public health...

Chapter 2 - Emergency Use Authorization of a Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 Many of us want to understand what our governments are doing in response to the public health emergency presented by COVID-19. As part of the US response, on February 4th the FDA authorized...

Chapter 1 - What is a Coronavirus? A coronavirus is a virus that typically causes respiratory symptoms in affected persons. It’s name comes from the tiny projections extending from the membrane that contains the viral DNA, which have the appearance of a crown, or...