Keywords covid-19

Wastewater Monitoring Dashboard for Canada (NEW 1/11, Website, Regulatory)

Governement of Canada- National Collaboration Centre for Infectious Diseases

This dashboard provides data about COVID-19, flu, RSV and mpox virus levels in wastewater.

keywords: covid-19, Influenza Virus, MPOX, poxvirus, water surveillance

CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised (NEW 11/11, Website, News)

CDC Newsroom

23 October 2024

CDC endorsing that people 65 years and older and those who are moderately or severely immunocompromised receive a second dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine six months after their first dose.

keywords: covid-19, vaccination

Strategies for Conserving the Supply of N95® Filtering Facepiece Respirators (Website, Regulatory)

CDC / NIOSH

Key Points include strategies for contingency capacity

keywords: covid-19, facemask, N95, respirators

Infection Control Guidance: SARS-CoV-2 (Website, Regulatory)

CDC

18 March 2024

This guidance applies to all U.S. settings where healthcare is delivered, including nursing homes and home health. The recommendations in this guidance continue to apply after the expiration of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

keywords: covid-19, healthcare, return to work

Providing Clarity Regarding the Regulation of Respirators Used in Health Care Settings (NEW 9/14, Website, Publication, Regulatory)

CDC / NIOSH Science Blog

15 July 2024

Currently there remains a lack of regulatory alignment among OSHA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) regarding respirator approval for use in health care.

keywords: covid-19, healthcare, respirators

Interim Guidelines for Biosafety and COVID-19 (Website, Regulatory)

CDC

10 July 2024

This guidance is intended for clinical laboratory and support staff who handle or process specimens associated with COVID-19.

keywords: biosafety, covid-19, FAQ, laboratory

Long COVID Basics (NEW 7/8, Website, Regulatory)

CDC

Discusses the disease, prevention via vaccination, signs and symptoms, complications, testing and diagnosis, who is most at risk, etc.

keywords: covid-19, Long COVID, vaccination

The COVID pandemic spurred a revision of US pathogen research rules. Will it help? (NEW 7/8, Website, News)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

17 June 2024

Gillum D, et al.
The US government issued a long-awaited policy update last month intended to better manage the hazards associated with risky biological research.

keywords: biosecurity, covid-19, Dual Use, DURC, pandemic, Wuhan lab

Bat species assemblage predicts coronavirus prevalence (Document, Publication)

Nature Communications

19 May 2023

Meyer M, Melville DW, Baldwin HJ, et al.
In line with the One Health framework, our work supports the notion that biodiversity conservation may be the most proactive measure to prevent the spread of pathogens with zoonotic potential.

keywords: community, covid-19, ecological epidemiology, ecology, viral infection

WHO Technical Document: Global technical consultation report on proposed terminology for pathogens that transmit through the air (NEW 5/10, Website, Regulatory)

World Health Organization (WHO)

18 April 2024

International experts reach consensus on a set of descriptors to describe how pathogens are transmitted through the air and the related modes of transmission.

keywords: aerosol transmission, anthrax, covid-19, direct deposition, droplets, fungi, Infectious Respiratory Particles, Influenza Virus, IRP, measles

Resources with keywords: covid-19