COVID-19 Resources
The COVID-19 PEP Study prioritizes participant and provider safety and well-being. For current information on COVID-19 and how to protect yourself, visit the following resources on COVID-19 from trusted state, national, and international sources.
World Health Organization (WHO): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html
Washington State Department of Health: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
New York State Department of Health: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home
More resources:
- Protecting the health of you and your family
- Tips to Clean, Disinfect, and Sanitize
- People at higher risk for severe illness
- Caring for someone with COVID-19
- COVID-19 Mythbusters
- Symptoms of COVID-19
- What to Do if You Get Sick with COVID-19
COVID-19 PEP Study in the News
Hydroxychloroquine fails to prevent COVID-19. UW Medicine, Oct. 23,2020
Study seeks to interrupt community spread of coronavirus using hydroxychloroquine, NPR (audio clip), June 15, 2020
Controversy over data in hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 study grows, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, June 3, 2020
Dr. Miriam Laufer, University of Maryland School of Medicine, interview with Baltimore City Council President Brandon M. Scott, Facebook, June 1, 2020
President Trump’s taking hydroxychloroquine, but what about the rest of us?, TRT World, May 28, 2020
HCQ may be effective against COVID-19, but criticism has hampered testing, The Advocate, May 24, 2020
Amid Hydroxychloroquine Uproar, Real Studies of Drug Are Suffering, NY Times, May 20, 2020
Hydroxychloroquine Debate Interferes With Recruiting Research Volunteers, NPR Morning Edition, May 20, 2020
Local trials under way for anti-malaria drug at center of Trump COVID-19 debate, KOMONews, May 20, 2020
Testing Possible Therapy to Prevent COVID-19, University of Maryland Baltimore news, April 28, 2020
President Trump is wrong in so many ways about hydroxychloroquine studies. Here are the facts, CNN, April 11, 2020
Drugs touted by Trump, blood from recovered patients: Seattle scientists seek coronavirus cures, The Seattle Times, March 30, 2020
Seattle researchers to study malaria drug treatment of coronavirus, KUOW, March 30, 2020
Can hydroxychloroquine stop community transmission of COVID-19? The UW Daily, April 8, 2020
Researchers at UW start testing hydroxychloroquine to stop spread of COVID-19, KIRO 7, March 31, 2020
FDA Issues Emergency Authorization to Treat COVID-19 With Malaria Drugs, EcoWatch, April 2,020
Can hydroxychloroquine prevent COVID-19? Study aims to find answers, Fox News, March 31, 2020
Univ. of Washington studies antimalarial drug’s use to head off COVID-19, with Gates Foundation’s aid, GeekWire March 30, 2020
Catching Up On Cutting Edge Covoid-19 Research a South African Doctor is Involved With in the USA,The Eusebius McKaiser Show. (podcast), April 29, 2020