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Puerto Rico Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the Introduction: "The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDoH) COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccination Plan is an Annex of Puerto Rico Pandemic Preparedness Plan. The primary purpose of this plan is to establish the strategy to reduce COVID-19-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths and to help restore societal functioning. The strategic and implementation has been delegated to the Under-Secretary of Health which has already established direct communications with top officials, external organizations and community partners. Both, internal and external committees have been appointed and execution planning will start as early as next week."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-16
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State of Hawaii COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the Executive Summary: "The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH), as the lead state health agency and lead state agency for State Emergency Support Function 8 (SESF #8) Public Health and Medical Services, formed a Core Planning Team with representatives from local, state, and federal levels as well as private sector partners under the leadership of the Disease Outbreak Control Division (DOCD) Immunization Branch (IMB) to develop the state's COVID‐19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccination Plan. The purpose of the HDOH COVID‐19 Vaccination Plan is to provide an operational plan that will support the state's efforts to implement a comprehensive vaccination program to reduce COVID‐19‐related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths, and to help restore societal functioning. This plan provides operational and logistical guidance for planning and coordinating a statewide COVID‐19 vaccination effort to effectively request, secure, receive, store, stage, distribute, dispense, and recover vaccine assets. It describes the concept of operations and identifies anticipated roles and responsibilities of organizations supporting this effort."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-16
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Overview of Accreditation of Higher Education in the United States [Updated October 16, 2020]
From the Summary: "The federal government provides varying types of support to postsecondary students and schools, including student financial assistance (e.g., Pell Grants and Direct Loans) authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Postsecondary schools seeking to participate in these federal programs must meet a variety of requirements, including being accredited by an agency recognized by the Department of Education (ED) as a reliable authority on the quality of the education being offered. The United States does not have a centralized authority exercising singular national control over postsecondary educational institutions. Consequently, the character and quality of postsecondary schools and their programs can vary widely. The role of accreditation in higher education is to serve as a marker of a level of acceptable quality across the wide array of postsecondary schools and educational programs. The federal government has come to rely on accrediting agencies recognized by ED to help ensure the postsecondary institutions and educational programs to which federal funds are provided meet a minimum quality level."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hegji, Alexandra
2020-10-16
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Update: Section 230 and the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship [Updated October 16, 2020]
From the Document: "'Update: On October 15, 2020, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC will adopt rules interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. FCC General Counsel Tom Johnson confirmed that his office has advised Chairman Pai that "the FCC has the legal authority to interpret Section 230." Chairman Pai's statement comes after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration petitioned the FCC for rulemaking. On August 3, 2020, the FCC invited public comment on the petition for 45 days and received more than 20,000 comments in response.'"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Brannon, Valerie C.; Hart, Nina M.; Holmes, Eric N. . . .
2020-10-16
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Protection of Federal Government Officials [Updated October 16, 2020]
From the Overview: "Due to attempted attacks on current and former government officials (and others) and increased political tension across the nation, there may be congressional interest in protective details for government officials. An example of such attacks are the October 2018 attempted bombings on a number of current and former officials. Congress may also be interested due to media reports of costs or budgetary requests associated with funding security details for the Secretaries of some departments or agencies, including the Department of Education, the Department of Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Attacks against political leaders and other public figures have been an ongoing security issue in the United States. Since the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) started protecting Presidents in 1906, seven assaults or assassination attempts have occurred, with one resulting in a death (President John F. Kennedy). Prior to USSS protection, three sitting Presidents had been assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley). In addition, official records and news accounts show that there have been at least 20 attacks against Members of Congress since 1789."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Reese, Shawn; Nagel, Jared C.
2020-10-16
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U.N. Ban on Iran Arms Transfers and Sanctions Snapback [Updated October 16, 2020]
From the Overview: "A 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA), provides for limits on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Annex B of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 (July 17, 2015), which endorsed the JCPOA, provided for a ban on the transfer of arms to or from Iran until October 18, 2020. The Trump Administration, supported by many in Congress, sought to extend the ban in order to try to prevent Iran from acquiring new conventional weaponry. On August 14, the U.N. Security Council, including two key potential arms suppliers of Iran--Russia and China--voted down a U.S. draft to extend the arms transfer ban. An overwhelming majority of the Council also has refused to recognize a U.S. assertion that it had standing to implement the provision of Resolution 2231 that enables JCPOA participants to snap back all U.N. sanctions on Iran, including the arms transfer ban. The dispute over the U.S snapback request remains unresolved. Annex B also contains a ban, until October 18, 2023, on supplying equipment with which Iran could develop nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and calls on Iran not to develop ballistic missiles designed to carry nuclear weapons."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Katzman, Kenneth
2020-10-16
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Fetal Viability and Judge Amy Coney Barrett [October 16, 2020]
From the Document: "The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett has prompted greater scrutiny of her judicial opinions, academic writing, and statements to discern how she might decide future cases if she were confirmed to the High Court. With cases involving the Affordable Care Act, the First Amendment, and civil rights on the Court's docket in its current term, Judge Barrett's views on these subjects are being carefully reviewed. Commentators are also examining Judge Barrett's background and writing to try to gauge her views on the Court's seminal 1973 abortion decision, 'Roe v. Wade'. Although the Supreme Court's docket does not include any cases involving abortion at the moment, the Court is considering whether to review 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization'. 'Dobbs' implicates one of 'Roe's' 'essential holdings': that a state may not completely prohibit abortion before fetal viability, a point in fetal development when a fetus is able to live outside of the mother's womb with or without artificial assistance. Judge Barrett joined a dissenting opinion in a 2018 case involving an Indiana law that would have restricted abortions based on fetal characteristics such as sex or a Down syndrome diagnosis. While joining a judicial opinion authored by another judge does not necessarily reflect full agreement with the underlying opinion, it may grant some insight into Judge Barrett's views. This Sidebar examines that 2018 dissent and discusses 'Dobbs' as it awaits further consideration by the Court."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Shimabukuro, Jon O.
2020-10-16
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Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress [Updated October 15, 2020]
From the Summary: "Three new ship-based weapons being developed by the Navy--solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the gun-launched guided projectile (GLGP), also known as the hypervelocity projectile (HVP)--could substantially improve the ability of Navy surface ships to defend themselves against surface craft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and eventually anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs). The Navy has been developing SSLs for several years, and in 2014 installed on a Navy ship its first prototype SSL capable of countering surface craft and UAVs. The Navy since then has been developing and installing additional SSL prototypes with improved capability for countering surface craft and UAVs. Higher-power SSLs being developed by the Navy are to have a capability for countering ASCMs."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2020-10-15
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Covid Economics Vetted and Real-Time Papers: Issue 52, 15 October 2020
This October 15, 2020 edition of 'Covid Economics Vetted and Real-Time Papers' contains the following articles: "Uncertainty and lockdown in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]: An incomplete information SIR [Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered] model" by Oliver Forsyth; "'Heard' immunity: Messages emphasizing the safety of others increase intended uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine in some groups" by Nicolas Duquette; "The geography of pandemic containment" by Elisa Giannone, Nuno Paixão and Xinle Pang; "Pandemics and income inequality: A historical review" by Adham Sayed and Bin Peng; "Worker productivity during lockdown and working from home: Evidence from self-reports" by Ben Etheridge, Li Tang and Yikai Wang; and "The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on labor market flows: Evidence from administrative data" by Alessandra Casarico and Salvatore Lattanzio.
Centre for Economic Policy Research
2020-10-15
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SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Development Enabled by Prototype Pathogen Preparedness [video]
From the Webpage: "Perhaps now more than ever, it is undeniable how integral vaccines have become to public health. Vaccines protect us from a whole host of infectious diseases, including chickenpox, measles and the seasonal flu. With a new threat at hand, scientists at the NIH [National Institutes of Health] swiftly developed a vaccine candidate against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. The pre-clinical effort was driven in part by Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett." The duration of this video is 1 hour, 1 minute and 1 second.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
2020-10-15
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Considerations for Monitoring and Evaluation of Mitigation Strategies Implemented in Institutions of Higher Education
From the Overview: "As institutions of higher education reopen for in-person instructions, it is important to have systems in place for the monitoring and evaluation of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mitigation strategies. This resource provides example evaluation questions, indicators, and data sources to help institutions of higher education, their administrators, public health agencies, and evaluation professionals to monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of COVID-19 mitigation strategies in institutions of higher education on transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-15
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COVID-19, Economic Pressure and Americans' Mental Health
From the Document: "The combined health and economic shocks of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]) pandemic have led to an unprecedented mental health crisis. A recent poll finds that two-thirds of Americans fear that they or their loved ones will be exposed to the virus. More than 12 million Americans are unemployed and since February, over 5 million more have given up looking for work. Almost one-third of adult Americans are having trouble paying for usual household expenses. This economic reality may worsen when emergency unemployment benefits expire at the end of the year. As a result of these pressures, a recent online survey of 99,000 households by the U.S. Census Bureau found that more than one-third of American adults report symptoms of depressive and/or anxiety disorder -- triple the rate reported in 2019. In June, another well-regarded survey found that more than 1 in 10 U.S. adults had considered suicide in the past 30 days, more than double what was reported in 2019. Tragically, confirmed COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases and deaths in the United States continue to grow, with no clear end to the pandemic in sight. The nation's failure to contain the coronavirus and stabilize the economy likely will have a deep and lasting impact on Americans' mental health."
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
2020-10-15?
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Economic Impact of America's Failure to Contain the Coronavirus
From the Document: "In the early months of the coronavirus crisis, prominent former officials from both Democratic and Republican administrations released a public letter stating that 'saving lives and saving the economy are not in conflict right now; we will hasten the return to robust economic activity by taking steps to stem the spread of the virus and save lives.' However, the Trump administration did more to unleash the coronavirus than contain it--telling Americans that the virus was no more dangerous than the flu, delaying action, denying responsibility, failing to implement sufficient testing or contact tracing and discouraging the use of masks. The result by the end of April was more than 60,000 American deaths and 22 million jobs lost. To rescue his record on the economy, the President goaded governors into prematurely reopening their economies even as the nation's leading public health experts warned that it would lead to increased spread of the virus and while 8 of 10 leading economists surveyed said that reopening too soon 'will lead to greater total economic damage.' There has been a predictable short-term economic gain. However, the long-term outlook--driven by the skyrocketing number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths--suggests that the long-term economic pain will be extremely high."
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
2020-10-15
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CBO Presentation: Confidentiality and Data Access: A User's Perspective
This is the October 15, 2020 presentation "Confidentiality and Data Access: A User's Perspective" presented to the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology and the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics.
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Dahl, Molly W.
2020-10-15
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 20 Issue 42, October 15, 2020
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "Resources to help you protect communities from wildfire"; "Maintaining Healthcare Safety During the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic"; "FEMA 2020 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants period open"; "Webinar: Building Trust for Local Public Health"; "Everything you need to know about DDoS [distributed denial-of-service] attacks"; "How can zero trust help secure the BYOD [bring-your-own-device] workforce?"; and "Protecting Connected Cars from Cyberattack."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2020-10-15
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Georgia Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the Executive Summary: "The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) understands the development of a successful COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccination program requires a strong partnership between federal, state, and local clinical and non-clinical partners. Through these established partnerships and following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), DPH is working to ensure Georgia is prepared and ready to actively respond once vaccines become available. The H1N1 [Hemagglutinin Type 1 and Neuraminidase Type 1] pandemic demonstrated that well planned and executed mass vaccination efforts, are an effective method for addressing and slowing the spread of disease resulting from a naturally occurring pandemic. This statewide Mass Vaccination Distribution and Administration Plan will be used as a state protocol for the distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine to public health districts and other enrolled COVID-19 pandemic vaccine providers."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-15
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Wisconsin Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
From the Introduction: "The goal of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccination Plan is to guide Wisconsin forward through COVID-19 vaccine ordering, allocation, distribution and administration, while maintaining high public confidence in the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine and correspondingly high vaccine uptake as supply allows."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-15
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Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress [Updated October 15, 2020]
From the Summary: "Multiyear procurement (MYP) and block buy contracting (BBC) are special contracting mechanisms that Congress permits the Department of Defense (DOD) to use for a limited number of defense acquisition programs. Compared to the standard or default approach of annual contracting, MYP and BBC have the potential for reducing weapon procurement costs by a few or several percent. Under annual contracting, DOD uses one or more contracts for each year's worth of procurement of a given kind of item. Under MYP, DOD instead uses a single contract for two to five years' worth of procurement of a given kind of item without having to exercise a contract option for each year after the first year. DOD needs congressional approval for each use of MYP. There is a permanent statute governing MYP contracting--10 U.S.C. 2306b. Under this statute, a program must meet several criteria to qualify for MYP."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2020-10-15
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International Discussions Concerning Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems [Updated October 15, 2020]
From the Document: "Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), or weapons designed to independently select and engage targets without the need for manual human control, could enable military operations in communications-degraded or -denied environments where traditional systems may not be able to operate. LAWS are not yet in widespread development. However, as technology advances--particularly artificial intelligence (AI)--a larger number of countries may consider developing and operating LAWS. This could hold potential implications for congressional oversight, defense investments, military concepts of operations, treaty-making, and the future of warfare. As has been the case throughout history, incorporation of new technology into weapons systems creates a number of potential legal, ethical, strategic, and operational problems. For this reason, some members of the international community seek through international discussions to constrain--if not ban--LAWS."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sayler, Kelley M.; Moodie, Michael, 1948-
2020-10-15
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Debt Collection Market and Selected Policy Issues [Updated October 15, 2020]
From the Summary: "When a consumer defaults on a debt, a third-party debt collector often collects the debt obligation rather than the lender to whom the debt is originally owed. The debt collection market helps lenders recoup their losses when a consumer defaults, generally making consumer credit and other related markets more efficient. When lenders can effectively recoup their losses, they may be more willing to lend to consumers at lower initial loan costs, leading to more access to credit for consumers. The U.S. debt collection market is large, and the debt collection process impacts many American consumers. As of 2019, there are over 7,000 collection agencies in the United States, and the industry's annual revenue is about $12.7 billion. According to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) survey, approximately one-third of consumers with a credit bureau file reported being contacted by at least one creditor or debt collector trying to collect on one or more debts in the previous year."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Cooper, Cheryl R.
2020-10-15
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Defense Primer: Naval Forces [Updated October 15, 2020]
From the Document: "Although the term 'naval forces' is often used to refer specifically to Navy forces, it more properly refers to both Navy and Marine Corps forces, because both the Navy and Marine Corps are naval services. [...] U.S. naval forces give the United States the ability to convert the world's oceans--a global commons that covers more than two-thirds of the planet's surface--into a medium of maneuver and operations for projecting U.S. power ashore and otherwise defending U.S. interests around the world. The ability to use the world's oceans in this manner--and to deny other countries the use of the world's oceans for taking actions against U.S. interests--constitutes an immense asymmetric advantage for the United States."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2020-10-15
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Competitive Strategy in Divided Times
From the Document: "Dr. Ford participated in a workshop hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Perry World House and Brookings Institution entitled 'Roadmap for Reentry in 2021 and Beyond: Advancing Institutional Commitments in a New Geostrategic Environment.' He presented this latest ACIS [Arms Control and International Security] paper to workshop panelists and attendees."
United States. Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Ford, Christopher A., 1967-
2020-10-15
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Immigration Parole [October 15, 2020]
From the Summary: "The parole provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) gives the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discretionary authority to 'parole into the United States temporarily under such conditions as he may prescribe only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit any alien applying for admission to the United States.' Immigration parole is official permission to enter and remain temporarily in the United States. It does not constitute formal admission under the U.S. immigration system. An individual granted parole (a parolee) is still considered an applicant for admission. A parolee is permitted to remain in the United States for the duration of the grant of parole, and may be granted work authorization. The DHS Secretary's parole authority has been delegated to three agencies within the department: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Parole can be requested by foreign nationals inside or outside the United States in a range of circumstances. Major parole categories include port-of-entry parole, advance parole, humanitarian parole, and parole-in-place."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Bruno, Andorra
2020-10-15
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Survey of Russia: Security Topics for 2020 and Just Beyond
From the Introduction: "Although US security concerns have recently focused to a large degree on China, it is Russia that is the unpredictable wildcard. The country has stumbled in more ways than one during the past several months. In March 2020, it overplayed its hand in a game of oil supply-price brinksmanship with Saudi Arabia. The ruble is under inflation pressure. And the Kremlin's initial fumbling of the coronavirus outbreak only added to its impact. In late May, Russian state press reported that Moscow could face a 7.5 percent drop in GDP [gross domestic product] following the pandemic. One of the most telling signs of pressure on the Kremlin was the decision--no doubt a reluctant one--to postpone the grand 75th anniversary events linked to VE-Day [Victory in Europe Day] on 9 May and reschedule a more modest celebration for 24 June. During this tumultuous period, a Levada poll saw a slide in President Vladimir Putin's popularity to 59 percent, a six-year low."
Foreign Military Studies Office (Fort Leavenworth, Kan.)
Zwack, Peter B.
2020-10-15?
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Resurgence of Cyber Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Aftereffects: Analysis of Sentiments and Emotions in Tweets
From the Abstract: "With increasing numbers of patients with COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] globally, China and the World Health Organization have been blamed by some for the spread of this disease. Consequently, instances of racism and hateful acts have been reported around the world. When US President Donald Trump used the term 'Chinese Virus,' this issue gained momentum, and ethnic Asians are now being targeted. The online situation looks similar, with increases in hateful comments and posts. [...] The aim of this paper is to analyze the increasing instances of cyber racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, by assessing emotions and sentiments associated with tweets on Twitter. [...] The results suggest that the majority of the analyzed tweets were of negative sentiment and carried emotions of fear, sadness, anger, and disgust. There was a high usage of slurs and profane words. In addition, terms like 'China Lied People Died,' 'Wuhan Health Organization,' 'Kung Flu,' 'China Must Pay,' and 'CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is Terrorist' were frequently used in these tweets. [...] This study provides insight into the rise in cyber racism seen on Twitter. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that a substantial number of users are tweeting with mostly negative sentiments toward ethnic Asians, China, and the World Health Organization." The original publication of this article can be found here: [http://publichealth.jmir.org/2020/4/e19833/].
JMIR Publications
Dubey, Akash Dutt
2020-10-15
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Transmission Dynamics of the COVID-19 Epidemic at the District Level in India: Prospective Observational Study
From the Abstract: "On March 9, 2020, the first COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] case was reported in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the northwestern part of India. Understanding the epidemiology of COVID-19 at a local level is becoming increasingly important to guide measures to control the pandemic. [...] The aim of this study was to estimate the serial interval and basic reproduction number (R0) to understand the transmission dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak at a district level. We used standard mathematical modeling approaches to assess the utility of these factors in determining the effectiveness of COVID-19 responses and projecting the size of the epidemic.[...] The projected transmission reductions indicate that strengthening control measures could lead to proportionate reductions of the size of the COVID-19 epidemic. Time-dependent instantaneous R0 estimation based on the process by Jombart et al was found to be better suited for guiding COVID-19 response at the district level than overall R0 or instantaneous R0 estimation by the Wallinga and Teunis method. A data-driven approach at the local level is proposed to be useful in guiding public health strategy and surge capacity planning." The original publication of this article can be found here: [http://publichealth.jmir.org/2020/4/e22678/].
JMIR Publications
Saurabh, Suman; Verma, Mahendra Kumar; Gautam, Vaishali . . .
2020-10-15
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Changing Political Geographies of COVID-19 in the US
From the Abstract: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] doesn't care who you are or what you believe. It does not respect political ideology or partisan rancor. As far as the virus SARS-COV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] is concerned, all that matters is opportunities for exposure and transmission: are you available as a potential host - or not. For people, what matters are the actions you are able - or not able or not permitted - to take to protect yourself, your family, and your community, from exposure to the virus. True, COVID-19 is a global pandemic - but it is simultaneously as local and as intimate as the contacts you have where you live, work, travel, and the public spaces you visit. The maps of the changing political geography of COVID-19 make this vividly clear. From mid-March to June, the excess death rates were highest in states leaning Democratic, and the more strongly they tilted in that direction, the greater the excess. However, in mid-July, the pattern reversed, with the burden of excess death rates growing highest in Republican leaning states. As we enter the fall, the rates of excess deaths are now highest in the states that lean most Republican. Reducing risk of exposure is key."
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Krieger, Nancy; Chen, Jarvis T.; Testa, Christian . . .
2020-10-14
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Executive Education Program: CHDS Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci [video]
From the Video Description: "Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Coronavirus Task Force member and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in an interview with CHDS [Center for Homeland Defense and Security] Subject Matter Expert, Eileen O'Connor, provides the latest updates on COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] and discusses how homeland security leaders can best help in the Nation's response."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Fauci, Anthony S.; O'Connor, Eileen
2020-10-14
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Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-Of-Care Testing
From the Document: "Point-of-care (POC) tests, such as some rapid tests for diagnosing an infectious disease, provide results within minutes of the test being administered, allowing for rapid decisions about patient care. POC tests can also extend testing to communities and populations that cannot readily access care. [...] This CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Web resource provides guidance on the regulatory requirements for SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] POC testing, using POC tests safely, and information on reporting POC test results."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-14
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10 Things Healthcare Professionals Need to Know About U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Plans
From the Document: "In the United States, there is currently no authorized or approved vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Operation Warp Speed has been working since the pandemic started to make a COVID-19 vaccine(s) available as soon as possible. CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] is focused on vaccine planning, working closely with health departments and partners to get ready for when a vaccine(s) is available. CDC does not have a role in developing COVID-19 vaccines. With the possibility of one or more COVID-19 vaccines becoming available before the end of the year, here are 10 things healthcare professionals need to know about where those plans currently stand."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-10-14
