If You Are Sick or Caring for Someone
If you are sick with COVID-19 or suspect you are infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, you should take steps to help prevent the disease from spreading to people in your home and community.…
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Wear Face Masks on Public Transportation Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs
Wear Face Masks on Public Transportation Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs 2019 Novel Coronavirus
COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in Non-Healthcare Workplaces
COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in Non-Healthcare Workplaces 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Possible COVID-19 “decoy”
by Bill Snyder The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, must bind to the cell surface receptor ACE2 to enter cells and cause infection. Recently a preclinical study by an international research team found that the presence of a recombinant soluble form of…
Clinical trial to test HIV drugs to treat COVID-19
by Bill Snyder Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in collaboration with the University of Colorado and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is leading one of the first “telemedicine” clinical trials to test a potential…
Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing
Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Interim Considerations for K-12 School Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Interim Considerations for K-12 School Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing 2019 Novel Coronavirus
Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Isolation Gowns
Purpose: This document offers a series of strategies or options to optimize supplies of isolation gowns in healthcare settings when there is limited supply. It does not address other aspects of pandemic planning; for those,…
COVID patient’s heart-lung transplant is world’s first
by Matt Batcheldor Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed the world’s first dual heart-lung transplant of a COVID-19 patient. The complex procedure, completed on Sept. 24, is the first heart-lung transplant VUMC has performed…