LibGuides: COVID-19 (Coronavirus): About COVID-19 and News Updates

Disclaimer

This guide is intended to give information and resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as direct HFC users to resources, library and otherwise, they may need at this time. This guide is for informational purposes only and is not indented to provide medical advice.

For HFC specific information, visit the HFC Coronavirus website at: https://www.hfcc.edu/coronavirus

General information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

What you should know about COVID-19

COVID-19 Risk Chart
The Texas Medical Association COVID-19 Task Force and Committee on Infectious Diseases have created a chart that ranks activities on their risk level for COVID-19.

Updated news about COVID-19

Mythbusting and Fact Checking COVID-19

WHO EPI-WIN
WHO Information Network for Epidemics (EPI-WIN) seeks to give people access to timely accurate information from trusted sources. This information will be tailored to different audiences and will answer pertinent questions as the event unfolds.
WHO COVID-19 Mythbusters
Snopes Coronavirus Collection
PolitiFact: Coronavirus

Mapping Current Cases

Coronavirus CoViD-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE
[Blog] Sifting Through the Pandemic: Information hygiene for the Covid-19 infodemic
Learn the skills that will make a dramatic difference in your ability to sort fact from fiction on the web (and everything in between).
Covid Act Now
Covid Act Now is a multidisciplinary team of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts, and public policy leaders working to provide disease intelligence and data analysis on COVID in the U.S.

Much of the content of this guide is courtesy of Librarian, Raya Samet, at UM-Dearborn.