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The emergence of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease, as a global pandemic is a clear reminder of the importance of investment in research to better understand how to prevent and treat disease. It also underscores why we need to greatly strengthen our public health capacity against such threats. We know COVID-19 is top of mind for you, and it is for us, too. Research!America is working hard to assure federal funding and policy actions are evidence-based and match the urgency needed.  We will continue to keep you up-to-date about important advocacy opportunities so you can join with us. Let’s call on policymakers to match the abundance of caution we are all so importantly practicing now with an abundance of research.  

This page features resources from Research!America and our many expert partners. Please use and share these trusted resources in your own work, for advocacy, on social media, and with neighbors, family, and friends.

U.S. Government Resources

• Title-by-title summary of the $8.3 billion Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (PDF)

• The House Oversight Committee hearings on coronavirus preparedness and response: 

• CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary 

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General COVID-19 Portal

• NIH Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Summary and Resources 

• NCI: Coronavirus: What People with Cancer Should Know

• NSF Coronavirus Information Guidance and Rapid Research 

• FDA Resources, including What’s New, FAQ’s, FDA’s Role, Medical Countermeasures, Health Fraud, and more 

• FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control

• CDC: Know the facts about coronavirus disease 2019

• BARDA 2019 nCoV Market Research: BARDA is providing a portal for the U.S. government 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) medical countermeasures task force to provide a single point of entry for the submission of market research packages from interested stakeholders.

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Research!America Resources

Public Opinion Survey Data 

• 2020 National Survey with vaccine questions
• 2018 Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Fact Sheets

• Vaccines
• Infectious Diseases​

Previous events

• Teleconference on March 24, 2020 (viewers will need to provide basic registration information to access) with Dr. David Skorton, president of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Dr. Skorton and members of his team discussed strategies academic health centers are employing to address COVID-19 and answered questions from the audience.

• Teleconference on March 16, 2020 (viewers will need to provide basic registration information to access) with Dr. Larry Tabak, Principal Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research. The topic was NIH’s efforts to ensure research institutions and scientists are accorded the flexibility needed as they confront COVID-19-related research disruptions.

• 2019 National Health Research Forum: Centers for Disease Control Mission and Public Health Priorities | Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was one of many keynote speakers at a day-long forum hosted by Research!America. Dr. Redfield focused on his agency’s mission and public health priorities.: 

• 2018 Briefing by Research!America and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM): Vaccines and stronger public health infrastructures are critical to tackle global health threats, said experts at a briefing hosted by Research!America and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2018: 

• Health experts talked about the spread of infectious diseases and what the U.S. is doing to prevent potential outbreaks on May 21, 2018. Speakers included the head of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the director of the National Institutes of Health. Includes Dr. Anthony Fauci (NIAID), Dr. Nancy Messonier (CDC) Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry (American Society for Virology)

Other Resources

• Research!America Statement on Bipartisan COVID-19 Response, March 26, 2020

• General Global Health Resources: Global Health R&D 

• Disease Prevention and Public Health

• Chemical and Engineering News: $8.3 Billion Allocated for U.S. Coronavirus Response Featuring Ellie Dehoney, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

• Bloomberg Government: Agencies Fighting Coronavirus to See Cuts Under Budget Request Featuring Jenny Luray, Vice President of Strategy and Communications

Partner Resources

Universities and Research Institutions

• Coronavirus Information Portal • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

• Emory University Rollins School of Public Health FAQs and Resources: COVID-19

• Johns Hopkins live-updated map of COVID-19 cases Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (digital library): COVID-19: School of Public Health Digital Library

• Harvard School of Public Health: The latest on the coronavirus | News | Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Key Facts and What It Means for People with Cancer

• Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University campus advisories and information: COVID-19

• Milken Institute COVID-19 Vaccine tracker

• University of California, San Francisco COVID-19 Response and Experts

• University of Maryland School of Public Health community guidance and information: Coronavirus Information

Nonprofits, Science Societies and Associations

• AdvaMed: Learn more about how medical device industry is responding to COVID.

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (Science): Coronavirus

• American Public Health Association: COVID-19

• Association of Public Land-Grant Universities: Includes guidance, university research, and examples of university communications. University Responses to the Coronavirus 

• American Thoracic Society Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): The ATS Response (at bottom of page, see "other" for a listing of journal article collections relating to COVID-19 research)

• American Society for Clinical Oncology: Coronavirus 2019: What People With Cancer Need to Know

• American Society for Microbiology: Includes background information, updates, toolkits, resources, and more

• CDC Foundation: Responding to Coronavirus

• Federation of American Scientists: Coronavirus Project – Federation Of American Scientists

• FAS website on COVID-19 including their "ask a scientist" function. The website is now available in English and Spanish and will soon be Alexa/Amazon enabled.

• Federation of American Scientists: Resources with a focus on debunking misinformation 

• Global Health Technologies Coalition COVID-19 R&D Tracker
• Infectious Disease Society of America: IDSA Home

Industry Resources

• Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center
• Pfizer Outlines 5-Point Plan to Battle COVID-19
• JLABS Invisible Shield QuickFire Challenge