COVID-19 Updates - Information for Researchers and Policy Discussions
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Information for Researchers and Policy Discussions
From GSA and Its Members
- Read COVID-19 content from the March 2020 issue of the GSA NAVP E-Newsletter for information on vaccine development. (This is an excerpt from the full issue.)
- Addressing Sensory Loss Checklist (Download for tips on how to account for the sensory needs of older adult study participants in your research during and beyond the pandemic.)
From Partners
- Department of Health and Human Services fact sheet explaining Operation Warp Speed
- NIAID Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- NIH Director's Blog
- Roadmap to Recovery: A Public Health Guide for Governors (National Governors Association and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials)
- Policy and Public Health Recommendations for Easing COVID-19 Distancing Restrictions (Infectious Disease Society of America)
- Building COVID-19 Contact Tracing Capacity in Health Departments to Support Reopening American Society Safely (National Association of City and County Health Officials)
- Capacity-Building Toolkit for Including Aging & Disability Networks in Emergency Planning (Administration for Community Living)
- COVID-19 Resources (ADvancing States)
- Office of Extramural Research "Open Mike" Director's Blog (NIH)
- COVID-19 and Older Adult Malnutrition (Defeat Malnutrition Today!)
- The Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN) links decision makers with social, behavioral, and economic science researchers who can provide evidence-based expert guidance that supports local, state, and federal policies and responses related to COVID-19. The network, an activity of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, responds to the most pressing questions and provides rapid, actionable responses.
Federal Funding Notices
- Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding (NIH)
- NIH Frequently Asked Questions: COVID-19 Flexibilities (NIH)
- Notice of Special Interest: NIA Availability of Administrative Supplements and Revision Supplements on Coronavirus Disease 2019
Policy Updates and Resources
- Early Evidence on the Impact of COVID-19 and the Recession on Older Workers (National Bureau of Economic Research)
- Recommendations to Build a Dementia-Capable Workforce and System amid COVID-19 (Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging)
- Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on older persons (United Nations)
- Issue Brief: Older Persons and COVID-19 (United Nations)
- HHS Announces Additional Allocations of CARES Act Provider Relief Fund (HHS)
- State Data and Policy Actions to Address Coronavirus (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- State of Play about Coronavirus Response Measures (Bloomberg Government)
- COVID-19 Related Advocacy (American College of Physicians)
- H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act — The committees of jurisdiction (Appropriations, Agriculture, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means) have the following resources available on the bill:
- Social Security Administration Updates
