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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 2019 Novel Coronavirus

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...

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”...

Responder Stories 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Interim Considerations for K-12 School Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing 2019 Novel Coronavirus

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...

  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...

Flowchart for management of HCWs with exposure to a person with COVID-19 2019 Novel Coronavirus