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Latest Research News
- Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2, featuring Fogarty's Dr Kaiyuan Sun as lead author, and Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud as co-senior author
Science, November 24, 2020
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Treatments for people with early COVID-19 infection is an urgent research focus
NIAID/NIH news, November 11, 2020
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NIH calls on clinical researchers to swiftly share COVID-19 results
NIH news, November 10, 2020
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NIH begins large clinical trial [at medical facilities in the US and Latin America] to test immune modulators for treatment of COVID-19
NIH news, October 16, 2020
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Accommodating individual travel history and unsampled diversity in Bayesian phylogeographic inference of SARS-CoV-2 [Open access], co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
Nature Communications, October 9, 2020
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Investigational COVID-19 vaccine well-tolerated and generates immune response in older adults
NIAID/NIH news, September 29, 2020
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Scientists discover genetic and immunologic underpinnings of some cases of severe COVID-19
NIAID/NIH news, September 24, 2020
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NIH expands clinical trials to test convalescent plasma against COVID-19
NIAID/NIH news, September 22, 2020
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NIH ACTIV initiative launches adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19, with trials conducted at more than 100 sites around the world
NHLBI/NIH news, September 10, 2020
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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Martha Nelson
Science, September 10, 2020
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Opinion: Coming to terms with the real bioterrorist behind Covid-19: nature, co-authored by NIAID's Dr David M Morens and Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
STAT, September 9, 2020
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In preparation for a COVID-19-influenza double epidemic featuring Fogarty's Dr Nidia Trovao
The Lancet Microbe, September 1, 2020
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NIH-supported study to track prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries
NICHD/NIH news, September 1, 2020
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Phase 3 clinical testing in the US of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins
NIAID/NIH news, August 31, 2020
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Emerging pandemic diseases: How we got to COVID-19, co-authored by NIAID Director Dr Anthony S Fauci
Cell, August 15, 2020
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HIV and COVID-19 Virtual Issue
Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), continuously updated, released July 11, 2020
Training Resources for Researchers
Bioethics Resources and News
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Ethics Network (PHEPREN) - Led by WHO and supported by key partners including Fogarty/NIH. Currently focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic, offers resources, policy briefs, webinars and an ethics advisory platform.
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COVID-19 resources - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
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Pandemic ethics resources - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Center for Bioethics
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COVID-19 vaccine trial ethics once we have efficacious vaccines, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Joseph Millum
Science, December 3, 2020
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New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
WHO news, July 22, 2020
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COVID-19 Law Lab, a joint project of WHO, UNDP, UNAIDS, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Georgetown University
- Guidance:
English: Guidance and strategies to streamline ethics review and oversight of COVID-19 related research
Spanish: Orientación y estrategias para agilizar la revisión y supervisión éticas de investigaciones relacionadas con COVID-19
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), updated April 10, 2020
- News:
Guidance on COVID-19 human subjects protection
HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), April 8, 2020
- News:
FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, March 2020
Research Projects and Clinical Trials
Fogarty, NIH Global Health Communities
Respond to COVID
Scientific Publications
News for Low- and Middle-income
Countries (LMICs)
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Contact tracing in the COVID-19 response: Best practices in Africa
Recorded webinar presented by AFREhealth and Fogarty, October 5, 2020
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Correspondence: Facing the monster [COVID-19] in Haiti, authored by NIH grantees, includes advice for low-income countries on managing COVID-19
New England Journal of Medicine, June 16, 2020
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From easing lockdowns to scaling-up community-based COVID-19 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa - shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality, featuring Fogarty grantee Dr. Jean Nachega as lead author
Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 31, 2020
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Mobile health technology for enhancing the COVID-19 response in Africa: A potential game changer?
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 29, 2020
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COVID-19: Shining the light on Africa, co-authored by Fogarty senior scientist emeritus Dr Joel Breman
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 5, 2020
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Curriculum for youth: COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? available in 15 languages
Smithsonian Science Education Center, May 2020
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Comment: Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries, co-authored by Fogarty grantee
The Lancet Global Health, April 28, 2020
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The potential impact of health service disruptions on the burden of malaria: A modelling analysis for countries in sub-Saharan Africa
WHO, April 23, 2020
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Strategies combining self-isolation, moderate physical distancing and shielding likely most effective COVID-19 response for African countries
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine news, April 21, 2020
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Correspondence: Global rheumatology in the time of COVID-19, co-authored by former Fogarty Fellows Drs. Laura B Lewandowski and Evelyn Hsieh
The Lancet Rheumatology, April 6, 2020
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Comment: Global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings
The Lancet, April 2, 2020
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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
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Children's picture book: My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19! available in more than 80 languages
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), March 2020
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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
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Coronavirus and low-income countries: Ready to respond?
Center for Global Development blog post, January 31, 2020
Research Data and Tools
- News:
Sharing, discovering and citing COVID-19 data and code [Video]
National Library of Medicine/NIH, April 24, 2020
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Rapidly share, discover, and cite COVID19 research results generated by NIAID awards
NIAID Now blog, March 23, 2020
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COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19)
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Open-access data and computational resources to address COVID-19
NIH Office of Data Science Strategy
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) data hub
National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine/NIH
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NIH Public Health Emergency and Disaster Research Response, including data collection instruments for assessing COVID-19-relevant behavioral and social science domains for clinical or population research
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COVID-19 protocols from PhenX Toolkit, supported by NIH
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COVID Digital Pathology Repository (COVID-DPR), hosted at NIH
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COVID-19 genome-wide association studies (GWAS) results for public download and use
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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COVID-19 Data Portal
European Molecular Biology Laboratory European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and partners
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COVID-19 diagnostics from the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
- COVID-19 Seroprevalence Studies Hub from NIH and CDC
Mapping and Modeling
- WHO:
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) dashboard
- Center for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University:
COVID-19 dashboard
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME):
COVID-19 projections by country
- Global Epidemic and Mobility Model (GLEAM) Project:
Modeling COVID-19 in the United States
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Estimation of excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
JAMA Internal Medicine, July 1, 2020
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Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
Science, April 29, 2020
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Comment: Impact of contact tracing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission, authored by Fogarty scientists
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 27, 2020
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Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2020
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The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, co-authored by Fogarty's Dr Cecile Viboud
Science, March 6, 2020
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Early epidemiological analysis of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak based on crowdsourced data: a population-level observational study, authored by Fogarty scientists
The Lancet Digital Health, February 20, 2020
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