Upcoming Events

Register to attend this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call on Thursday, March 11, from 1 to 2 p.m. CT. Presenters will discuss the role of telehealth in increasing access to health care during the COVID-19 pandemic and how telehealth can augment COVID-19 vaccine planning in health care facilities. Presenters will provide a summary of a recent series of discussions with the telemedicine community. Presenters will also share their experiences using telehealth tools for triaging and navigating patients, reaching low access communities, managing infectious and chronic illnesses, disseminating COVID-19 vaccine information and monitoring for COVID-19 vaccine adverse events. Webinar ID: 160 034 1756. Passcode: 313248

Register to attend this event on March 16, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT. During this event, participants will hear from Katie Brandt who was a caregiver to her husband who was diagnosed at 29 with Frontotemporal Degeneration and for her father who is living with Alzheimer’s Disease. We will also hear a conversation between Jason Resendez, the Executive Director of the UsAgainstAlzheimer’s Center for Brain Health Equity and Daisy Duarte who is a family caregiver, clinical trial participant, and advocate for the representation of Latinos in dementia research. We will also have a panel who will share findings from a project to understand how COVID-19 has impacted dementia care and the experiences of families living with dementia. Discussions will center around disparities for minority populations with a focus on Latinx communities.

Register to attend this event hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission on Thursday, March 18, 2021, from 10 a.m. to noon CT to learn more about the similarities and differences between influenza and COVID-19, in addition to provider actions to prevent the spread of both.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will provide a community COVID-19 briefing every Tuesday and Friday.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center provides a community COVID-19 briefing every Tuesday and Friday.

John Hopkins University offers a new, free e-learning course to help people understand the COVID-19 pandemic. The course is set up as a series of short modules to explore the pandemic and specifics about the virus, including discussion of the virus that causes COVID-19 and the pandemic’s broader implications for society.

The American College of Medical Toxicology provides a collaborative web series on emerging COVID-19 topics featuring voices from the front lines.