We Must Protect the Frontline Warriors Against COVID-19 by Ensuring Health Care Workers Have Necessary PPE
We are no more prepared to deal with the rapid increases in coronavirus patients needing hospitalization in the United States ...
Tag: Frontline Responders
CDC Update: Failed Roll-out of Diagnostic Due to Faulty Reagent; Sample Prioritization Mishap Delayed COVID-19 Diagnosis
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted its most recent 2019 novel coronavirus response update call on February ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sepsis Alliance and Children’s Hospital Association Release Sepsis: Pediatric First Response Training Module
Today, Sepsis Alliance and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) released the results of their Pediatric Sepsis and ...
Declaration of Public Health Emergency Clears Path for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Rapid Diagnostic
On January 30, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public ...
County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Reports First Case of Novel Coronavirus
The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department received confirmation today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
Oxford Nanopore Sequencers Have Left UK for China, to Support Rapid, Near-sample Coronavirus Sequencing for Outbreak Surveillance
Following extensive support of, and collaboration with, public health professionals in China, Oxford Nanopore has shipped an additional 200 MinION ...
UK Chief Medical Officer Confirms Cases of Coronavirus in England
In a 31 January statement, Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty confirmed two cases of novel coronavirus in England. "We ...
UPS To Airlift More Than 2 Million Masks And Protective Gear To China
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS, announced today it is providing free air transportation of ...
UNICEF Ships 6 Metric Tons of Supplies to Support China’s Response to Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
On 28 January 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark, protective equipment is loaded on a truck at UNICEF’s global supply hub in ...
Perspectives from Kenya and Ghana on Novel Coronavirus Preparations
Countries across the world have heightened their disease surveillance systems and, in some cases, issued travel advisories. These experts from ...
DoD: Take Common Sense Measures Against Novel Coronavirus
With news of the contagious and potentially deadly illness known as novel coronavirus grabbing headlines worldwide, military health officials say ...
Toronto Public Health Reports First Presumptive Confirmed Case of Novel Coronavirus
Toronto Public Health (TPH) has received notification of Toronto's first presumptive confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a resident who ...
PBS Filmmaker Q&A on Covering Ebola Response in North Kivu
When Ben C. Solomon, FRONTLINE’s filmmaker-in-residence, went to North Kivu province to document the Ebola outbreak, he was drawn to ...
USAID Podcast: Strengthening Our Capabilities for Relief and Response
In this USAID Podcast episode, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Admiral Tim Ziemer ...
Getting to Zero Ebola Cases: Better Communication to Overcome Community Mistrust
Ebola-specific terms like EDS (“safe and dignified burial”) and “swab” are in French or English and are not consistently translated and explained ...
