Medicine Subject Guides: Resources on COVID-19

Omicron variant

• Omicron variant isolated by HKU microbiology research team
• HKU press conference on Omicron variant isolated by HKU microbiology research team [shared screen with speaker view] passcode: G!.n2k+9
• HKU press conference on Omicron variant isolated by HKU microbiology research team [audio only] passcode: G!.n2k+9

Thematic collections from publishers

• AccessMedicine - AccessMedicine COVID-19 Central
• ACS - Chemistry in Coronavirus Research: A Free to Read Collection from the American Chemical Society​   This is a free-to-read Virtual Issue featuring a collection of articles on coronavirus research.
• BMJ - Coronavirus (covid-19): Latest news and resources
• BMJ Best Practice - Overview of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)   HKU portal login required.
• Cambridge University Press
  • Coronavirus Free Access Collection
  • Free online access to Cambridge Core textbooks during the COVID-19 outbreak until end of May 2020​
• CAS
  • ​BLOG: Beating COVID-19: Insights and Strategies for New Vaccines and Therapies   New vaccines and therapies are on the forefront of what has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”) that is overwhelming healthcare systems in many countries and imposing a major impact on the world economy. 
  • BLOG: Joining forces with Researchers and Data Scientists to Accelerate COVID-19 Treatments   CAS Is updating the data collection underlying information solutions including SciFindern, STNext, and Formulus and ismaking these resources available to the scientific community to aid in the fight against COVID-19.
  • BLOG: Targeting ACE2 – Closing COVID-19's cellular doorway   ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) has drawn significant attention as a human cell viral receptor. Could this membrane protein with the enzymatic domain located on the outer surface of the human cells be the answer to eradicating COVID-19?
  • ​Open Access Article: R&D of Therapeutics and Vaccines of COVID-19 and related diseases   This CAS special report provides a comprehensive overview of published scientific information highlighting antiviral strategies involving small molecules and biologics targeting complex molecular interactions. 
  • CAS COVID-19 Antiviral Candidate Dataset   The open source dataset of nearly 50K chemical substances includes antiviral drugs and related compounds that are structurally similar to known antivirals for use in applications including research, data mining, machine learning, and analytics.
  • CAS COVID-19 Bioindicator Explorer
  • COVID-19 Protein Target Thesaurus   This collection of human-curated protein target synonyms from CAS REGISTRY® and the CAS thesaurus provides additional points of discovery to supplement your research. 
• Clarivate Analytics - Get the insights you need on the Coronaviruses (English)   Offers leading research from Web of Science, breaking news from BioWorld and complimentary access to Cortellis Drug Discovery Intelligence for the latest on the evolving health crisis.
• Clarivate BioWorld – Novel Coronavirus research   Free access to BioWorld coronavirus articles.
• Cochrane- Special Collection: Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care
• D Gruyter - Coronavirus Research
• Dynamed - Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
• EBSCO
  • COVID-19 Updates and Information
  • EBSCO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Healthcare Resource Center
  • Information and Resources to Help During the COVID-19 Pandemic​​
• Elsevier - Novel Coronavirus Information Center   Elsevier’s free health and medical researches on novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) with Chinese-language resources
• GIDEON – Coronavirus Resources & Tools   is a unique resource dedicated to the detection, prevention, and education of infectious diseases. This multimedia resource features up-to-date information and visual tools for diagnosing diseases and following the latest trends in epidemiology and treatment.​  Please access trial here.
• Henry Stewart Talks. Biomedical & Life Sciences Lectures
  • SARS-COV-2 vaccine: current biological targets and considerations - (open access)
  • SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development - (open access)
  • SARS-COV-2 vaccine development: where are we now? - (open access)
  • SARS-COV-2: What we need to know and possible future therapies - (open access)
  • The COVID-19 outbreak: an update on the SARS-CoV-2 virus
  • The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak: a current view
  • The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak: a follow-up interview - (open access)
  • The current understanding of the biology of the SARS-COV-2 virus - (open access)
  • The immune system response to the SARS-COV-2 virus - (open access)​
  • The paediatric response to the SARS-COV-2 virus and what we can learn from it - (open access)
• JAMA Coronavirus Resource Center   Diagnosis and treatment information updated as published. CDC and WHO guidance.
• Karger - Topic Article Package: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Lancet- COVID-19 Resource Centre
• Lippincott - 2019 Novel Coronavirus Nurse Resources​
• New England Journal of Medicine
  • 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)   A collection of articles and other resources on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.
  • Covid-19 CONTENT and ONLINE TEACHING RESOURCES   This page contains links to all freely available Covid-19 content from the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM Catalyst, NEJM Journal Watch, and NEJM Resident 360 and links to NEJM multimedia and teaching resources as well as an online discussion journal club hosted every two weeks by NEJM Resident 360.
• Ovid - Coronavirus Resources & Tools   Contains resources on the topic from UpToDate and Ovid.
• Ovid - COVID-19 RESEARCH IN CAB ABSTRACTS AND GLOBAL HEALTH
• Oxford University Press   Free access to OUP resources on coronavirus and related topics
• Proquest - Coronavirus Research Database
• PubMed - LitCOVID   A curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 1121 (and growing) research articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access.
• ReadCube - COVID-19 Research Pass   ReadCube, part of the Digital Science family, have launched the COVID-19 Research Pass (CRP) program in collaboration with leading publishers to enable broad full-text access for those doing research into COVID-19, providing access to over 26 million articles.  Researchers can apply for their pass at https://covid19.readcube.com.
• Sage - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research
• SpringerNature -Novel Coronavirus research
• SSRN (Preprints)- Coronavirus
• SSRN - Open Science since COVID-19: Open Access + Open Data​
• Statista - COVID-19/Coronavirus   Detailed information on the countries most impacted by the pandemic, statistical data and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Taylor and Francis - COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access​
• The Royal Society - research findings and data relevant to the covid-19 pandemic
• Wiley Online Library
  • Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak   Contains open access contents.
  • COVID-19 RESOURCES
• 中國知網 (CNKI)
  • 新型冠狀病毒感染的肺炎專題研究成果網路首發平臺   Contains open access articles.

Webinars

• Elsevier COVID-19 Open Webinar Series
• Department of Geography COVID-19 Forum Series​

-    People-environment Dynamics under COVID-19

     5:00 – 6:30 p.m., 28 May 2020

-    Location Intelligence, Human Mobility and Travel Restrictions under COVID-19

     4:45 - 6:15 p.m., 23 Apr 2020

-    From Mapping SARS to COVID-19: Why and How Geography Matters?

     4:00 – 5:30 p.m., 09 Apr 2020

• Live from HK with Dr Janice Johnston Public Health Education Matters​

9:00 p.m. 11 June 2020

• Live from HK with Prof Douglas Arner: COVID-19 and the FinTech Transformation

9:00 to 9:45 p.m., 21 May, 2020​

• Coping with legal challenges arising from the pandemic: a HKU webinar series

-     COVID-19 – A trigger for mindset, policy and infrastructure changes regarding AI, lawtech and regtech

      12:30 pm - 1:30 p.m., 6 May 2020

-      Digital Finance & Crisis

       12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Wed, 15 Apr 2020

• Social Distance, Social Response: Solutions and Strategies for Coping with COVID-19

2:00 - 5:15 p.m., May 13, 2020​

• Live from HK with Prof Tatia Lee: Coping with isolation and loneliness

09:00 HKT, 30 April 2020

• AGI x AGF Webinar: India Lockdown- Challenges to Saving Lives and Livelihood

1500 HKT / 1230 IST/ 0700 GMT, 27 April, 2000

• Live with Professor Keiji Fukuda: Policy lessons from Asia” in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic

9:00 pm (HKT), 15 Apr, 2020 

• Live from HK with Prof Yuen Kwok-Yung: Masks and other lessons from Asia

9:00 pm, 2 April, 2020

• COVID Cadenza

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm, 1 Apr 2020

• Live from Hong Kong: the Economic Fallout of the COVID19 Pandemic

9:00 pm, 25 Mar, 2020

Information from organizations

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - 2019 Novel Coronavirus
• Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention - COVID19​
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • COVID-1​9​
  • Rapid risk assessm​ent: Outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): increased transmission globally – fifth update
• HKU takes on COVID-19, the novel coronavirus    This website shows an overview of HKU's actions to combat the novel coronavirus, including efforts in research, learning and public service. It is a platform to communicate, evoke and inspire.
• International SOS - COVID-19 (FORMERLY 2019-NOVEL CORONAVIRUS)
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) - Coronavirus (COVID-19)​
• WHO - Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
  • https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
  • https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/novel-coronavirus   On theses websites you can find information and guidance from WHO regarding the current outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. Please visit this page for daily updates.
  • Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Local information

• 新 型 冠 狀 病 毒 感 染 - 香 港 最 新 情 況
• Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, The HKSAR
  • Feature Topic > Severe Respiratory Disease associated with a Novel Infectious Agent
  • Latest Situation of Novel Coronavirus Inflection in Hong Kong
  • Results on a search for novel coronavirus

Other subject guides

• Hong Kong Baptist University - Novel Coronavirus Topic Guide
• New York University Health Sciences Library - 2019 Novel Coronavirus
• University at Buffalo University Libraries - Novel Coronavirus: Home