Yale New Haven Health has launched Media Briefs, an editorial page providing journalists with health care news and insights through patient stories and interviews with leading medical experts.
Media Briefs delivers expert-reviewed articles and connects members of the media with background information, data and sources in every area of medicine the health system offers.Recent topics that tap into timely health issues include:
- COVID-19 variants
- The impact of the pandemic (and the vaccine) on fertility
- The latest heart transplant method to come to the United States
Media Briefs was launched as an extension of Yale New Haven Health’s dedication to transparency and the communication of health care advances. The health system is committed to promoting health information featuring doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients driving medical innovations within our institution and at large. Sources, quotes and images featured in Media Briefs are available to members of the media and interviews can be arranged upon request.
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science created SciLine to help reporters quickly connect with experts who have been trained to talk to the media, including more than a dozen infectious disease experts.
U.S. Health and Human Services Department’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued memos on March 4 regarding infection control at hospitals and COVID-19. They also announced that state inspection agencies of hospitals should focus their work on infection control practices. See the memo to state inspection agencies, to hospitals and to nursing homes.
The Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with NIH and Operation Warp Speed, launched Combat COVID. This website serves as a central resource targeting members of the public and physicians looking to find information about different stages of COVID-19 illness, clinical trials and much more. The website provides clear and easy-to-understand information for:
- People who have never had COVID-19 who may be interested in joining a vaccine or other prevention trial
- People who have COVID-19 and want to participate in a treatment clinical trial
- People who have recovered from COVID-19 who may be interested in donating plasma
- Doctors and other healthcare providers who want more information to guide their patients who have COVID-19
The CDC’s emergency preparedness site for health care providers
Transcript of CDC call with reporters on March 3, which has information about diagnostic testing of the virus.
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy: Recent news, research and literature on 2019-nCoV
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 2019-nCoV Situation Summary
World Health Organization: The United Nation’s global health arm. Media contacts to talk about the coronavirus. Leticia Linn: 202-974 3440 | 202-701-4005 | linnl@paho.org; Sebastian Oliel: 202-974-3459 | 202-316-5679 | oliels@paho.org; Ashley Baldwin: 202-974-3872 | 202-340-4025 | baldwinash@paho.org
U.S Food & Drug Administration: FDA is working with U.S. government partners and international partners to closely monitor an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
U.S. Health and Human Resources’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: This office is charged with overseeing public health emergencies, and manages the Strategic National Stockpile of drugs, vaccines and medical products and supplies. For media inquiries click here.
ECRI: The Coronavirus Outbreak Preparedness Center has resources for hospitals and health care providers.
The Administration for Community Living Coronavirus resource page has a wealth of evidence-based information for older adults with links to state health department websites. It also includes program information for the aging and disability network, including program-specific information, HCBS Waivers, and an emergency planning toolkit.
Council on Foreign Relations: The global public policy think tank has created a page on its site with global health resources for journalists covering the outbreak, analysis and background on the growing threat of the outbreak.
American Chemical Society: The nonprofit research organization chartered by Congress, offers a collection of articles on coronaviruses and the chemicals that will be needed for vaccines and therapies to treat it.
The Journal for the American Medical Association: JAMA, the journal for one of the nation’s leading physician organizations, has created a page for clinicians and the public on up-to-date information and research about the coronavirus.
University of Michigan: The university is offering experts to speak to the media on politics, engineering, epidemiology, medical history, medicine, environmental engineering, health policy, business strategy, microbiology and infectious disease to discuss the coronavirus.
Oregon State University has a number of faculty and staff with expertise related to the COVID-19 global pandemic who are willing to speak with journalists. Their specific expertise, and contact information, is listed on this page.
Leana Wen, M.D., emergency physician, adjunct associate professor of emergency medicine at George Washington University, and former Baltimore City Health Commissioner. Twitter: @DrLeanaWen
Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D., M.P.H., F.I.D.S.A., professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is co director of the lnfectious Disease Consortium for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious, which is supporting research for a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19. Contact info: kneuzil@som.umaryland.edu, 410-706-4946
Association of Public Health Laboratories – (APHL.org) They represent all the public health labs [which means labs that are supported by the CDC and the state] in the country that have been charged with COVID-19 testing.
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO.org) represents local health officials.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE.org) which represents public health epidemiologists who are working to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO.org) which represent public health leaders. Call Theresa Spinner: tspinner@naccho.org 202-783-5551
Big Cities Health Coalition: Media contact: Mark Miller, miller@debeaumont.org, 301-802-6783