Boom and Bust Funding for Coronavirus Research Leaves Knowledge Gaps
The coronavirus research field is small and modestly funded, and until very recently, was not viewed as a fertile patch ...
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What Does the Illegal Wildlife Trade Have to Do With Spreading Epidemics?
From live monkeys smuggled through customs to tigers shot or bred for their bones, soaring demand for wildlife, dead or ...
Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rapid Research Funding
The Government of Canada is launching a special funding call for a rapid research response to contribute to global efforts ...
CDC Expedites Request Process Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement Funds during COVID-19 Response
CDC has reduced the normal 30-day request process to one to three business days for urgent requests. The Division of ...
Life and Death in a Wuhan Coronavirus ICU
In the coronavirus epidemic, doctors on the front lines take on the greatest risk and best understand the situation. Dr. ...
Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Suggests We Aren’t Ready for a Pandemic
A top biosecurity expert says the US and the world aren’t ready for a big, mass-casualty pandemic. In this interview, ...
Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Leahy and Others Press Trump Administration to Fully Fund Pandemic Preparedness
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and three other senators Friday urged the Trump Administration to fully fund pandemic preparedness and response ...
Protein Data Bank Archive Adds New Coronavirus Protease Structure
The Protein Data Bank archive, which contains more than 160,000 3D structures for proteins, DNA, and RNA, this month released ...
Coronavirus Surveillance: The Team Behind the Unique Coding System for Disease Tracking
The Regenstrief Institute provides the backbone of the LOINC terminology system and jumped into action to help case tracking for ...
WHO Asks for $675 Million in Q1 to Stop Coronavirus Epidemic
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community for $675 million to boost international ...
DoD Identifies 11 Backup Quarantine Sites Near Commercial Airports
In a statement issued on Feb 6, the Department of Defense identifies tertiary quarantine installations should the primary and secondary ...
Senators Urge Comprehensive Response to Ensure Veterans Health Administration Prepared for Coronavirus Case Surge
Following surge in coronavirus cases, Senators lead effort to ensure preparedness and response from Veterans Health Administration In response to ...
Fighting Coronavirus Fear with Empathy: Lessons Learned from How Africans Got Blamed for Ebola
With coronavirus cases exploding in China, the U.S. is once again responding to a global epidemic. Five years ago, when ...
Insilico Medicine Publishes Molecular Structures for Key Protein Target of SARS-CoV-2
Insilico Medicine announced today that it will publish structures of small molecules targeting the key protein SARS-CoV-2 (formerly 2019-nCoV) 3C-like ...
Steroids Could Do More Harm Than Good in Treating Coronavirus
Steroids should be avoided in the treatment of the current novel coronavirus, experts have advised. A commentary article published in The ...
CMS Issues Guidance for Healthcare Facility Coronavirus Threat Preparedness
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced steps to ensure America’s health care facilities and clinical laboratories ...
Streamlined EZ-BAA Released for COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the opening of an Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) ...
NOSI – Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants, CRADAs to Support COVID-19 Response
A Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) was issued on Feb. 6 to highlight the urgent need for research on the ...
CDC Novel Coronavirus Diagnostic Ships Out to Public Health Labs
The CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel is ready for distribution to qualified laboratories for detection of 2019 ...
HHS, Regeneron Collaborate to Develop COVID-19 Treatment Using VelociSuite Technology
To develop therapeutics to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the newly emerging coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The U.S. Department of Health ...
