Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Get comprehensive access to the NLM’s literature, sequence, and clinical studies information at the NCBI SARS-CoV-2 Resources page.
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In the News
- INSDC Statement on SARS-CoV-2 sequence data sharing during COVID-19 - NCBI Insights
(08/17/2020) - NIH launches preprint pilot to expand discovery of NIH-funded research - First phase on COVID-19 related preprints
(06/09/2020) - The National Library of Medicine is Expanding Access to Coronavirus Literature through PubMed Central®
(03/25/2020) - COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) OSTP Release
(03/16/2020)
Additional NLM Resources:
- Clinical studies related to the coronavirus disease (ClinicalTrials.gov)
- LitCovid - a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus
- Find Latest Journal Article Citations (PubMed)
- Search the text mining collections (PubMed Central)
- Search, retrieve, and analyze SARS-CoV-2 GenBank data (NCBI Virus)
- Find COVID-19 standard terminology value sets (Value Set Authority Center)
- Find data on chemicals and potential drugs in ChemIDplus and PubChem
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NLM Lindberg-King Lecture & Scientific Symposium on September 1, 2021. This all-day event – Science, Society and the Legacy of Donald AB Lindberg, MD will be in honor of Dr. Lindberg who passed away in August 2019. More details to follow soon.
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