COVID-19 Resources and Information

AAI has compiled this list for members of resources, information, and news related to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

The AAI Response

• AAI submitted testimony to the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee on May 21 recommending an appropriation of at least $44.7 billion for NIH for FY 2021. The testimony emphasizes the critical role of the immune system in understanding, and combating, the novel coronavirus, including several new updates since submitting similar testimony to the House in March. Read the full testimony here.
• AAI sends letter to NIH Director Collins regarding the termination of a research grant (05/20/20)
• AAI endorses bipartisan Senate effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (4/29/20 and 05/08/20)
• AAI endorses bipartisan House effort to provide funding for pandemic-related research losses, including additional support for trainees (4/28/20)
• AAI sends a letter urging the President and Congressional Leaders to heed the advice of Dr. Fauci and other experts during the COVID-19 pandemic. (April 15, 2020)
• AAI signs community letters to House and Senate appropriators calling for a nonpartisan review of the COVID-19 response (March 30, 2020)
• AAI signs community letter to President Trump urging him to lift restrictions on federally funded human fetal tissue research, particularly for research on COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
• AAI submitted testimony to the House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee on March 20 recommending an appropriation of at least $44.7 billion for NIH for FY 2021. The testimony highlights recent advances in cancer immunotherapy and vaccination and explains the critical role of the immune system in understanding, and combating, the novel coronavirus. Read the full testimony here.

 

COVID-19 Trackers

• Follow this tracker of Coronavirus (COVID-19) global cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation COVID-19 Projections

 

COVID-19 Clinical Trials

• WHO Trial Registry Network
• Comprehensive global list of all COVID-19 clinical trials
• Covid-19 – Living NMA – Living mapping and living systematic review of Covid-19 studies
• National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project
• NIH Begins Study to Quantify Undetected Cases of Coronavirus Infection (April 10, 2020)
• NIH Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine, A Potential Therapy for COVID-19, Begins (April 9, 2020)
• Trial for Potential Coronavirus Treatment is Underway at Montefiore and Einstein (April 3, 2020)
• NIH Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 Begins (March 16, 2020)
• COVID-19 Study at The Pepper Lab: Looking for participants

 

COVID-19 Research Funding

• Respond by May 26: NCI Serological Sciences Network is seeking input from the scientific community on science supported through the network.
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding
• Updates from the NIH Office of Extramural Research: COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunities (April 13, 2020)
• If you are a grantee currently supported by active NIH funding, you may be eligible to apply for an administrative supplement to support SARS-CoV-2/COVID-2019 research.
• George Mason University Fast Grants for COVID-19 Science

 

COVID-19 Resource Centers

• U.S. Federal and International

  • BARDA’S COVID-19 Medical Countermeasure Portfolio
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • U.S. Department of State
  • World Health Organization
  • WHO: Public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development (April 16, 2020)
  • Coronavirus.gov (hosted by CDC)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Coronaviruses Resource Center

• Societies and Academic Institutions

  • AAALAC International Coronavirus Guidance
  • CORD-19 (COVID-19 Open Research Dataset)
  • COVID-19 Kaggle Community Contributions
  • COVID-19 National Scientist Volunteer Database
  • COVID-19 Research at La Jolla Institute
  • FASEB Coronavirus Information
  • Gale Laboratory COVID-19 Resource Center (University of Washington)
  • Global ImmunoTalks (takes place every Wednesday; organized by the Zuniga Lab)
  • International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) Biosafety Standards (includes new SARS-CoV-2 Sorting Protocols)
  • Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center

 

NIH Resources

• COVID-19 Pandemic Contingency Planning for Animal Care and Use Programs
• Dr. Mike Lauer provides an update on flexibilities for the research community (video)
• FAQs for NIH proposal submission and award management
• FAQs: COVID-19 Flexibilities for Applicants and Recipients
• Information for NIH grant applicants and recipients
• News and resources for global health researchers
• NIH Guidance on Travel and Meetings
• OLAW webinar on pandemic contingency planning/animal care
• Open Mike: Extramural Investments in Research: FY 2019 By the Numbers (May 5, 2020)
• Subscribe to NIH COVID-19 Updates

 

Selected Journal Articles

• The Journal of Immunology

  • Read The Journal of Immunology special compilation of research related to corona-caused illnesses.
  • Immunity to Influenza: Closing in on a Moving Target (2019 Topical Review issue)

• Other Journals

  • New England Journal of Medicine: Innovation for Pandemics
  • New England Journal of Medicine: Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted (March 26, 2020)

 

NIAID Director Dr. Fauci in the News

• Fauci touts clinical trial of COVID drug as 'quite good news' (April 29, 2020)
• The Dr. Fauci of the 1918 Spanish Flu
• How Anthony Fauci Became America’s Doctor (April 20, 2020)
• Nation’s Top Coronavirus Expert Dr. Anthony Fauci Forced to Beef Up Security as Death Threats Increase (April 2, 2020)
• NBA superstar Stephen Curry interviews Dr. Fauci on Instagram Live (March 26, 2020)
• Dr. Fauci Tries to Reach Young People with Trevor Noah 'Daily Show' Coronavirus Interview (March 26, 2020)
• Animal Models Take Center Stage at White House Briefing on Coronavirus Vaccine (March 26, 2020)
• Anthony Fauci: The Face of America's Fight Against Coronavirus (March 25, 2020)
• ‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic (March 22, 2020)

 

AAI Members at the Forefront of Coronavirus Pandemic

AAI members are invited to send us stories of their research and other efforts related to COVID-19. Please send your stories to bcoulter@aai.org.

• Eugene Oltz (AAI ’95) and Fawaz Sutterwala (AAI ’08)
  • Active vs. Passive Immunity (May 18, 2020)
• Dan Barouch (AAI ’06) and Akiko Iwasaki (AAI ’00)
  • A New Entry in the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine: Hope (May 20, 2020)
• Tania Watts (AAI ’90) and Jennifer Gommerman (AAI ’98)
  • Health Canada authorizes serological test for COVID-19 antibodies (May 12, 2020)
• Galit Alter (AAI ’15) and Bruce Walker (AAI ’89)
  • Massachusetts Researchers Are on the Front Lines of Coronavirus Antibody Testing (May 4, 2020)
• Larry Schlesinger (AAI ’92) and Evelien Bunnik (AAI ’16)
  • Mayes: San Antonio’s role in fighting COVID-19 (April 21, 2020)
• Michael Cancro (AAI ’79)
  • Science Tackles how immunities decline with age (May 5, 2020)
• Arturo Casadevall (AAI ’98), Glenn Rall (AAI ’96), Carl June (AAI ’87)
  • Why some get really sick from the coronavirus, and others don’t (April 20, 2020)
• Shane Crotty (AAI ’04) and Taia Wang (AAI ’15)
  • What Do Antibody Tests For SARS-CoV-2 Tell Us About Immunity? (April 15, 2020)
• John Teijaro (AAI ’14), Paul Thomas (AAI ’04), and Haitao Wen (AAI '13)
  • Discovered: Metabolic Mechanism of Cytokine Storms (April 15, 2020)
• James Crowe (AAI ’99), Michael Diamond (AAI ’07), and Dan Barouch (AAI ’06)
  • Finding an Antibody-Based Therapy for COVID-19 (April 5, 2020)
• Randy Cron (AAI ’96), Jessica Hamerman (AAI ’05), and Marion Pepper (AAI ’03)
  • Why Some COVID-19 Patients Crash: The Body's Immune System Might Be To Blame (April 7, 2020)
• Dan Barouch (AAI ’06)
  • Prototype Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Coronavirus (May 25, 2020)
  • NPR On Point Podcast, Episode: "The Race To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine" (April 14, 2020)
• Erin Bromage (AAI ’08)
  • The biologist whose advice went viral tells us what to do next (May 19, 2020)
• Dennis Burton (AAI ’00) and Thomas Rogers (AAI ’80)
  • Using the immune response to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines: COVID-19 updates (March 26, 2020)
• Dennis Burton (AAI ’00)
  • COVID-19 survivors needed for Scripps Research antibody study (March 26, 2020)
• Arturo Casadevall (AAI ’98)
  • Covid-19: Do Antibodies Confer Immunity? (April 27, 2020)
  • Promising plasma therapies give hope for coronavirus treatment: "Maybe we're onto something here" (April 20, 2020)
  • It’s Still Hard to Predict Who Will Die From Covid-19 (April 6, 2020)
  • FDA Approves Emergency Plasma Treatment for COVID-19 Patients (March 30, 2020)
  • Johns Hopkins to study coronavirus treatment using plasma of recovered patients with funding from Bloomberg, Maryland (March 27, 2020)
• Jean-Laurent Casanova (AAI ’12)
  • Understanding the underlying genetics of COVID-19 (May 13, 2020)
• Sara Cherry (AAI ’08)
  • As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up (March 23, 2020)
• Randy Cron (AAI ’96)
  • Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others (April 2020)
  • What is a cytokine storm? Why an 'immune system gone wild' harms COVID-19 patients (April 17, 2020)
  • What Is The Cytokine Storm And Why Is It So Deadly For COVID-19 Patients? (April 16, 2020)
  • Cytokine Storms: When Your Immune System Defends You to Death (April 15, 2020)
  • Can an old vaccine help to stop the new coronavirus? (April 9, 2020)
• Shane Crotty (AAI ’04)
  • People Mount Strong Immune Responses to Coronavirus, Boding Well for a Vaccine (May 18, 2020)
  • SARS-CoV-2–Fighting T Cells Found in Recovered Patients (May 15, 2020)
  • Coronavirus Updates: Live from the Laboratory with Shane Crotty, Ph.D. (April 20, 2020)
• Meike Dittmann (AAI ’16)
  • The Coronavirus Pandemic: 6 Experts, 6 Perspectives (May 5, 2020)
• Louis Falo (AAI ’96)
  • SARS-CoV-2–Fighting T Cells Found in Recovered Patients (May 15, 2020)
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in First Peer-Reviewed Research (April 2, 2020)
  • University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Develop Potential COVID-19 Vaccine (April 2, 2020)
• Donna Farber (AAI ’95)
  • Why the Coronavirus Hits Kids and Adults So Differently (May 15, 2020)
• Robert Finberg (AAI ’79)
  • Fujifilm Announces a Phase II Clinical Trial of Influenza Antiviral Drug for COVID-19 (April 9, 2020)
  • Massachusetts to Launch First US Trial of Japanese Coronavirus Drug (April 7, 2020)
• Adolfo García-Sastre (AAI ’14)
  • Younger adults are large percentage of coronavirus hospitalizations in United States, according to new CDC data (March 29, 2020)
  • Can You Get Coronavirus Outdoors? Here's How To Stay Safe (March 27, 2020)
• Akiko Iwasaki (AAI ’00)
  • Men are infected and killed by COVID-19 more than women (May 1, 2020)
  • Fact Check: Getting Flu Shot Doesn't Make You More (or Less) Likely to Get the Coronavirus (April 1, 2020)
  • Fact-Checking Your Coronavirus Newsfeed (video) (March 20, 2020)
  • Dr. Akiko Iwasaki answers COVID-19 questions on WFSB 3 in Connecticut (video) (March 9, 2020)
  • Why the Coronavirus Seems to Hit Men Harder Than Women (March 2, 2020)
• Marc Jenkins (AAI ’88)
  • In the Midst of Furious Coronavirus Work, Scientists Must Also Socially Distance in the Lab (April 6, 2020)
  • Minnesota Researchers Developing COVID-19 Antibody Test (April 1, 2020)
• Carl June (AAI ’87)
  • Tackling coronavirus is the next challenge for Penn cancer pioneer (April 16, 2020)
• Marion Pepper (AAI ’03)
  • Drugs Touted by Trump, Blood From Recovered Patients: Seattle Scientists Seek Coronavirus Cures (March 30, 2020)
• Stanley Perlman (AAI ’02)
  • Successful MERS Vaccine in Mice May Hold Promise for COVID-19 Vaccine (April 7, 2020)
  • Mouse Hunt: Lab Races To Grow Mice For COVID-19 Research (March 14, 2020)
  • Coronavirus Is Not Killing 3.4% of Patients. How the Rate Got Inflated and Why It Will Get Lower (March 14, 2020)
• Tayab Waseem (AAI ’17)
  • Kaggle is bridging the gap between AI and medicine. Learn more about research’s role (May 22, 2020)
• Ian Wilson (AAI ’14)
  • Antibody Points to Possible Weak Spot on Novel Coronavirus (April 14, 2020)

 

Other Related COVID-19 News

• A virologist answers viewer questions about coronavirus transmission (May 21, 2020)
• US begins 'warp speed' vaccine push as studies ramp up (May 15, 2020)
• NIH Begins Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin to Treat COVID-19 (May 14, 2020)
• Convalescent Plasma Is Safe to Treat Covid-19, National Study Shows (May 14, 2020)
• Coordinated Strategy to Accelerate Multiple COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Is Key, NIH Experts Say (May 11, 2020)
• SARS-CoV-2 Targets Many Cell Types, Analysis of Single-Cell Data Suggests (May 11, 2020)
• Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes (May 6, 2020)
• NIH Clinical Trial Testing Antiviral Remdesivir Plus Anti-Inflammatory Drug Baricitinib for COVID-19 Begins (May 8, 2020)
• NIAID: Dr. Anthony Fauci thanks public health workers during Public Service Recognition Week (May 7, 2020)
• With Crispr, a Possible Quick Test for the Coronavirus (May 5, 2020)
• NIH Director's Blog: The Prime Cellular Targets for the Novel Coronavirus (May 5, 2020)
• A doctor answers viewer questions about COVID-19 (April 15, 2020)
• COVID-19 PHOTOS: Up Close with the Deadly Coronavirus (March 31, 2020)

Updated 29 May 2020, 5:30 PM