Novel coronavirus - information for health professionals
I have four separate posts - News ; Epidemiology and genetics ; Information for the public, including travel advice ; Information for health professionals, including published research.This post contains information for health practitioners. The epidemiology and genetics page may also be useful.Last updated 30th January 2020, 1540 UK time.Find recent novel coronavirus articles using PubMedSorted by the date added to PubMedDepartment of Health and Social Care (UK)The department ' sadvice for the public does contain information of interest to health professi...
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Novel coronavirus - clinical information
I am also maintaining posts aboutnews,travel information andepidemiological and genetic information.This post contains information for health practitioners. The epidemiological and genetic information page may also be useful.Last updated 25th January 2020, 1940 UK time.BMJBMJ - Coronavirus special issueBMJ Best PracticeThere is free access to theBMJ Best Practice topic on the novel coronavirus, as well as those for SARS and MERS. PubMedPubMed search for the novel coronavirus, sorted by date added to PubMed(University of Leicester health undergraduate students can have access to all of BMJ Best Pr...
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COVID-19: news
Discussions about what news is being reportedThe New Humanitarian about the narratives surrounding the outbreakHuman Rights Watch about Chinese news coverage of the outbreak.De Volkskrant (in Dutch) has an article looking at fact and fiction circulating on social media about the virus. The article includes examples of social media posts (in English). My translation of the headlines is:The virus is more infectious than the WHO says – unclearThis illness is deadlier than China says – unlikelyThe illness is leading to over full hospitals – conceivableThe origin of the coronavirus is bat soup – in...
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Novel coronavirus - news
Updated 23rd January 2020, 1615 UK timeHere are sources of news regarding the new ( " novel " ) coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan and other areas of China.I have separate posts abouttravel advice andepidemiological and genetic information.I will update this post as I find new things.The Guardian: coronavirusBBC: coronavirus outbreakCNN: coronavirus outbreak live updatesXinhuanet (in English): news from ChinaSTATNewsIndividual news itemsThe Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England have issued a statementThe Guardian reports a case of human to human transmission of the virus.Nature - News rou...
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COVID-19: epidemiology and genetics
Updated 12th March 2020, 2030 UK timeFor an up to date number of cases, see theWHO dashboard or theJohns Hopkins CSSE map. JHU CSSE shows number of cases, recoveries and deaths. NEW - For up to date numbers of cases in the UK, and by local authority in England, see tracking information fromPublic Health England.For up to date information relevant to the NHS, look at NHS Evidence Search.Epidemiological informationChina Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Tracking the Epidemic (in English). Numbers of cases and deaths.ProMedMail for reports of cases.HealthMap. Displays ...
Source: Browsing - January 23, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 NCOV Wuhan Source Type: blogs
Novel coronavirus - epidemiology and genetics
Updated 23rd January 2020, 0900 UK timeI will update this post as I find new things.An outbreak of a new ( " novel " ) coronavirus started in Wuhan, China, and has spread, with cases reported in Shenzhen, Beijing, Chongqing and other cities in China, and in Thailand and South Korea. There has been a case in the United States. Here are some sources of epidemiological and genetic information. Separate posts covernews andtravel advice.Epidemiological informationProMedMailHealthMap (change Location at the top of the screen to China and then you will see current alerts, to the left. You can...
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COVID-19: information for the public, including travel advice
Last updated 13th March 2020, 2020 UK timeUK information (possibly with an England bias!)Information from the NHS. For NHS information, including information for the public, look also at NHS Evidence Search.Public Health England' s advice for places of education is here Public Health England - Coronavirus information for the publicPosterVideoUK Government advice for educational settings is here.Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England advice for the public, including new guidanceif you need to stay at home.Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travel to other countr...
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Novel coronavirus - information for the public, including travel advice
Last updated 30th January 2020, 1225 UK timeI have four separate posts - News ; Epidemiology and genetics ; Information for the public, including travel advice ; Information for health professionals, including published research.Here is information for the public, including travel advice, regardingthe outbreak of a new ( " novel " ) coronavirus which started in Wuhan, China.Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travel to ChinaDepartment of Health and Social Care advice for the publicUSA - CDC WHO - Emergency preparedness, response;Updated WHO ...
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Novel coronavirus - travel advice
Last updated 23rd January 2020, 0900 UK timeThese are sources of travel advice regarding the outbreak of a new ( " novel " ) coronavirus which started in Wuhan, China.Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travel to ChinaUK government - Public Health EnglandEU - European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlUSA - CDC WHO - Emergency preparedness, responseI have separate posts coveringnews sources andepidemiological and genetic information. (Source: Browsing)
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Two doctors I met in Paris
Not in person, as both are rather historical, but when in Paris, I encountered:Dr Alphonse LaveranandDr Paul GachetDr Laveran has a square named after him, adjacent to the Ecole de Val de Grace, a school of military medicine, where he worked after serving in the army as a physician, and where his father had held the same post. Paris is good at telling you who a street is named after, so the street sign tells you he was the first French winner of theNobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. He won it for identifying both malaria and sleeping sickness as caused by parasites.Dr Gachet has aportrait in the...
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COVID-19 resources
I am collecting information sources about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus). The information is in six separate posts:NewsCurrent awareness Epidemiology and geneticsInformation for the public,including travel adviceInformation for health professionals, including official information and guidelinesJournals and databases with some free contentOther collections of informationKnowledge for Healthcare: COVID-19/Coronavirus- (Health Education England). Use the link in the menu bar to access resources, including those for patients.Compass: COVID-19 resources for social and behavior changeEvide...
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COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2, Novel coronavirus) resources
I am collecting information sources about COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus). The information is in six separate posts:NewsCurrent awareness Epidemiology and geneticsInformation for the public,including travel adviceInformation for health professionals, including official information and guidelinesJournals and databases with some free contentOther collections of informationKnowledge for Healthcare: COVID-19/Coronavirus- (Health Education England). Use the link in the menu bar to access resources, including those for patients.Compass: COVID-19 resources for social and behavior changeEvidence...
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COVID-19 (Novel coronavirus) resources
I am collecting information sources about this virus, an outbreak of which began in Wuhan, China. Named Covid-19 by the WHO, and SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, this virus is also known as nCoV, novel coronavirus, and the less used WN-CoV.The information is in four separate posts:NewsEpidemiology and geneticsInformation for the public, including travel adviceInformation for health professionals, including published research.For up to date information relevant to the NHS, including information for the public, look atNHS Evidence Search.Public Health England are maintaining&n...
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Novel coronavirus resources
I am maintaining four separate posts about this virus, an outbreak of which began in Wuhan, China.Officially named Covid-19 by the WHO, and SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, this virus also has by now well established names of nCoV, novel coronavirus, and the less used WN-CoV.The four posts are:NewsEpidemiology and geneticsInformation for the public, including travel adviceInformation for health professionals, including published research.For up to date information relevant to the NHS, including information for the public, look atNHS Evidence Search.Public Health England have a com...
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NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (WN-CoV, nCoV, Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2) OUTBREAK
I am maintaining four separate posts:NewsEpidemiology and geneticsInformation for the public, including travel adviceInformation for health professionals, including published research.For up to date information relevant to the NHS, including information for the public, look atNHS Evidence Search.Public Health England have a comprehensive list of resources,Finding the Evidence: Coronavirus. Resources they list that ask for an OpenAthens login may be available only to PHE staff, but University of Leicester undergraduate health students are welcome to ask their library (librarians@le.ac.uk) for advice, and NH...
Source: Browsing - January 20, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: coronavirus NCOV Wuhan Source Type: blogs
