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Sep
15
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On September 11, FEMA announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Oregon to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts to the emergency conditions in the area affected by wildfires beginning on Sept. 8, 2020, and continuing. Per a FEMA press release, “Many Oregonians are suffering right now, whether displaced themselves or worried about loved ones, friends, neighbors, homes, and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Emergency Preparedness
Jun
08
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For those of you who are curious about the differences between two new COVID-19 tools, LitCovid and COVID-19 Portfolio Tool, here are some answers! As you already know, LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. Though, LitCovid is limited to articles in PubMed, includes research on other… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health
May
28
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There is a new literature search hub that is available for the 2019 novel Coroavirus that was developed as a collaboration between the journal Nature and the US National Institutes of Health’s intramural research programme. LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up to date scientific information about COVID-19. Right now, it is the… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health, Technology
Apr
21
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on Friday, April 24 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. PT. The biomedical research community’s understanding of the novel coronavirus and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Data Science, Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health, Training & Education
Mar
23
0 comments Tags: COVID-19, datavant, hackathon
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Virtual Hackathon, March 27-29 Event Description: The Pandemic Response Hackathon is a virtual hackathon aimed at better understanding and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and future pandemics. The goal is to bring public health professionals alongside the technology community’s talent to contribute to the world’s response to the pandemic. Hackathon projects will… Read More »
Posted in: Data Science, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health, Technology