Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
The CDC Interim Clinical Considerations provides additional information to healthcare professionals and public health officials on the use of COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Resources for Professionals
The COVID-19 pandemic has created some confusion in our daily lives and has made it hard to know how to keep yourself and your patients safe. This page is here to help you and empower your patients to be safe and make healthy choices.
Vaccinate For All Physician Roundtable: Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Moderated by NHMA President & CEO Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP, this new release is a candid discussion on how three Hispanic physicians on the frontlines of the pandemic faced COVID-19, systemic inequity, and misinformation. Dr. Eduardo Mariel, Dr. Carolina Saldarriaga Perez, and Dr. Fernando L. Ortiz from Neighborhood Health Clinics share the key takeaways from their experience and offer actionable next steps for their fellow vaccine advocates and Vaccinate For All Champions.
Know Your COVID-19 Community Level
As of February 25, 2022: COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. Take precautions to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 based on the COVID-19 Community Level in your area.
What Prevention Steps Should You Take Based on Your COVID-19 Community Level?
Low
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
- Get tested if you have symptoms
Medium
- If you are at high risk for severe illness, talk to your healthcare provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
- Get tested if you have symptoms
High
- Wear a mask indoors in public
- Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines
- Get tested if you have symptoms
- Additional precautions may be needed for people at high risk for severe illness
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Resources
Information on COVID-19 Vaccinations
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
CDC guidelines on who qualifies for COVID-19 boosters and when they can receive one
COVID-19 vaccine boosters mix and match: What the evidence shows
The CDC has given the green light for safely mixing and matching the shots
Did You Get the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine? Your Booster Is Coming
Yale Medicine experts share eight things you need to know about the J&J booster
Investigating Long-Term Effects of Myocarditis
CDC
Selected Adverse Events Reported after COVID-19 Vaccination
CDC
Spanish-Language Information on Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines
Comunicado de prensa: La FDA autoriza las vacunas bivalentes contra el COVID-19
Qué son las vacunas bivalentes contra la covid y cómo protegen de todas las variantes del coronavirus
El nuevo refuerzo de la vacuna bivalente
COVID-19 Vaccination for Children
COVID-19 Vaccination for Children 5 through 11 Years Old
Information for Jurisdictions, Healthcare Providers, Pharmacists, Schools, and Community Partners
CDC: COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens
US National Library of Medicine: Childhood Vaccines
CDC Recommends Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 Years
American Academy of Pediatrics: Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report
Pfizer: Pfizer and biontech announce positive topline results from pivotal trial of COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 years
General COVID-19 Resources
What Providers Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Fees and Reimbursements
Resource provided by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Physician Practice Guide for Keeping Your Practice Open
As physicians strive to continue to provide care to patients and maintain their practices during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the AMA is providing an updated Physician Practice Guide for Keeping Your Practice Open (PDF).
A Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy releases a Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation to help Americans navigate the serious threat of health misinformation, especially online.
U.S. COVID Risk & Vaccine Tracker
Vaccine progress, community risk levels, and trends updated daily
Quick Answers for Healthcare Professionals About COVID-19 Vaccines
Hearing your answers may help them feel more confident about getting vaccinated.
Coping with Stress
Learning to cope with stress in a healthy way will make you, the people you care about, and those around you become more resilient.
Responding to COVID-19 Workforce Concerns
This collection provides a curated set of resources and tools for decision-makers managing healthcare workforce challenges in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
An ACP Physician's Guide + Resources
This guide and its collected national resources continue to support physicians with an organized collection of evidence relating to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Patient Guidance
A Guide for Community Partners
Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Members of Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities
Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention in K-12 Schools
CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.
What Works Fact Sheet: Increasing Appropriate Vaccination
This two-page summary features an easy-to-read table that shows Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendations and findings for evaluated intervention approaches.
How to talk to your patients about COVID-19 vaccination
Healthcare professionals are patients’ and parents’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines.
Pediatric Healthcare Professionals COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit
Tell parents and guardians how important COVID-19 vaccines are to protecting their children’s health.
COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative
We’re here to make it easy to educate your community members about COVID-19 vaccines and increase confidence in them.
Resources to share with your patients
COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative
We know that many Hispanic families and individuals have concerns and questions. And that’s okay.
Vaccine Recipient Education
Quick references for COVID-19 vaccinators to give people who want more information
Vaccine Fact Library
Help us share the campaign and raise awareness of the vaccines — and how to access them — among your followers.
Learning resources and educational opportunities
COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Series
CHCI and Comcast have teamed up to produce a series of public service announcements, highlighting CHCI’s nationally recognized leadership programs.
Vaccines National Strategic Plan
The Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021–2025 – PDF (Vaccine Plan), released on January 19, 2021, is a newly revised roadmap in the coordination of vaccine development and use in the United States.
Equity in Vaccination
A Plan to Work with Communities of Color Toward COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond
A call for action for mental health science
We explore the psychological, social, and neuroscientific effects of COVID-19 and set out the immediate priorities and longer-term strategies for mental health science research.
Miscarriage and Maternal Mortality in Pregnant COVID-19 Patients
The risk to expecting mothers and their infants isn’t zero, researchers said.
Patients Referred to Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics
Compared with control patients, adult post–COVID-19 patients referred for rehabilitation services reported poorer physical health.
Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Calculator
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled a new online calculator aimed at expanding access to monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19.
Myocarditis and Pericarditis following mRNA Vaccination
A special insights report conducted using the same methods and inputs from the COVID-19 State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Reports
SARS-CoV-2 Delta VOC in Scotland
Demographics, risk of hospital admission, and vaccine effectiveness
Antibody Cocktail EUA for Treatment of COVID-19
REGEN-COV has not been FDA approved, but has been authorized for emergency use by the FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).