Health and Medical Resources: COVID-19
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (Omaha)
COVID-19 Resource Center For Families Children’s COVID-19 Helpline 402-955-3200
University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Many of the first American COVID-19 patients were brought to Nebraska for evaluation and treatment. UNMC and the Nebraska Medicine hospital are considered leaders in the country on COVID-19.
For those looking for regular updates on COVID-19 from one of Nebraska’s experts on COVID-19, I suggest they watch the regular updates presented by James Lawler, M.D. MPH. Dr Lawler has extensive training and experience in infectious diseases. (more information on Dr Lawler at the end of this page).
Infectious Diseases Society of America
The Infectious Diseases Society of America, represents over 12,000 people that specialize in infectious diseases.
COVID-19 Vaccinations November 2023 Update
Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick (CDC)
Your Local Epidemiologist
This is a blog of a Texas epidemiologist whose goal is to “translate” the science of COVID-19 for the public. She was asked initially by her epidemiology department to send out emails to students and staff. She now has a Facebook page and blog with an international following.
CIDRAP (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
CIDRAP is a global leader in addressing public health preparedness and emerging infectious disease response. Founded in 2001, CIDRAP the University of Minnesota.
A member of CIDRAP; Michael Osterholm is an internationally respected epidemiologist. He has been providing regular updates on COVID-19
Mayo Clinic (Dr Greg Poland)
Gregory A. Poland, M.D is a physician and vaccinologist. He is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as well as the director of the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group.He is also the editor-in-chief of the medical journal Vaccine . He has a set of regular podcast:
Eric Topol, MD: Ground Truth
Essays about COVID-19 and other medical topics.
Eric Topol, MD is a Professor of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research. He is the Director & Founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in the Department of Molecular Medicine.
Scripps Research, previously known as The Scripps Research Institute is a nonprofit medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institute has over 170 laboratories employing 2,100 scientists, technicians, graduate students, and other staff, making it the largest private, non-profit biomedical research organization in the United States and among the largest in the world.
Nature (scientific journal)
The journal Nature covers a wide range of scientific fields. For readers that have a sweet tooth for science and want to take a deeper dive into the subject of mRNA vaccines, I would encourage you to read an article published on January 12, 2018. “mRNA vaccines — a new era in vaccinology”.
Another article of interest: “More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis”
James Lawler, M.D. MPH. (background information)
Here is more information about University of Nebraska Medical Center infectious diseases specialist James Lawler, M.D., M.P.H I am providing this information to encourage everyone to watch his regular updates. It is great to have someone with his credentials right here in Nebraska.
Dr Lawler served 21 years in the US Navy Medical Corps where he attained the rank of Commander. His field medical experience includes duty for 2 years as Marine infantry battalion surgeon and primary medical officer for a 1000-Marine infantry battalion (2nd Battalion, 8th Marines). He also served at the NATO Role 3 Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He has been involved in disaster relief operations aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort.
He has treated ebola patients. He is a recognized authority on health system and field management of high-consequence infections and has consulted on the topic for multiple non-governmental organizations, national ministries of health, the World Health Organization, and the US Government. In 2014, he was the principal subject matter expert for the US military’s planning process for West Africa Ebola response (Operation United Assistance), briefing the Chairman, Joint Chiefs, and senior Pentagon officials. He subsequently led efforts standing up the Department of Defense (DoD) Ebola Medical Support Team and served as the team’s principal technical expert.
During the last five years of his military career, Dr. Lawler founded and led the Austere Environments Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO), an international network developing practical solutions for management of severe infectious diseases in resource-limited settings.
Dr. Lawler served on the White House staff in the Homeland Security Council Biodefense Office during the George W. Bush administration and the National Security Council (NSC) Resilience Directorate under the Obama administration, where he led development and coordination of national policy related to medical and public health preparedness, pandemic and public health emergency response, medical countermeasure R&D, biosurveillance, and clinical care for domestic and international health threats.
James Lawler has held positions as an attending physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda and as an assistant professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Lawler received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (biomedical engineering) from Duke University and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and fellowship at the DoD National Capital Consortium. He received a Master of Public Health and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health from USUHS.
Dr. Lawler’s has focused on research and national policy related to emerging infectious diseases, biodefense and public health preparedness. CDR Lawler has clinical medicine and research experience in multiple fields, humanitarian relief and emerging infectious disease environments, most recently as a World Health Organization clinical consultant in Conakry, Guinea during the West African Ebola virus disease epidemic in May 2014.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Lawler has made a number of early contributions in research, training, and clinical operations. He assisted in leading a small team that deployed to Yokohama, Japan, to repatriate American citizens quarantined aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, coordinated quarantine and isolation care for some of the first cohorts of exposed/infected Americans returned from Wuhan and Yokohama, assisted in standing up the first hospital to conduct a randomized-controlled trial of remdesivir for COVID-19, and characterized environmental contamination related to the care of COVID-19 patients.
James Lawler, MD, MPH is currently on staff as a physician at Nebraska Medicine, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. He is the Director of the International Programs and Innovation Global Center for Health Security and Director of Clinical and Biodefense Research.
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