Coronavirus Resources: Local, State, National, and International Information
CDC's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national vaccine safety surveillance program run by CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS serves as an early warning system to detect possible safety issues with U.S. vaccines by collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects or health problems) that occur after vaccination.
LOCAL
CSUSB
- COVID-19 / Coronavirus InformationInformation from CSUSB.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
- San Bernardino Dept. of Public HealthEnter a search for COVID on the website.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
- What you need to know about 2019 Novel CoronavirusIncludes number of people: tested, confirmed, currently hospitalized, dead, and recovered.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM
- CoronavirusCoronavirus response news from the University of California.
- UC Riverside: Covid-19 UpdatesCoronavirus news from UC Riverside.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
- Learn More About CoronavirusIncludes latest news, county assistance programs, a link to COVID-19 statistics, and more.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
- Covid-19 UpdatesFrom the California Department of Public Health. Detailed statewide statistics, alerts, and more.
- COVID-19 Vaccination Plan: Interim DraftThis is only a draft.
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
- COVID-19From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)From the Mayo Clinic.
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)From the National Institutes of Health.
- Economic TrackerFrom Opportunity Insights. Track the economic impacts of COVID-19 on people, businesses, and communities across the United States in real time.
- Economic Tracker How to GuideThis guide provides explanations for the features included in the tool. Key terms are defined briefly below, followed by more detailed descriptions of each component of the tracker.
INTERNATIONAL
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreakFrom the World Health Organization. Statistics, myth busters, and videos of press conferences.
- World Map With Locations and Number of CasesFrom the World Health Organization.
- Novel Coronavirus Information CenterElsevier’s free health and medical research on novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Elsevier is a science publisher.
- Coronavirus COVID-19 Global CasesFrom Johns Hopkins University. United States map also is available.
- Worldometer: CoronavirusWorldometer manually analyzes, validates, and aggregates data from thousands of sources in real time and provides global COVID-19 live statistics for a wide audience of caring people around the world.
SCAMS EXPOSED & MISINFORMATION DEBUNKED
Scams Exposed
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set up a new toll-free telephone number (877-355-0213) for tips on how to avoid COVID vaccine scams that attempt to obtain Social Security, bank account, or credit card numbers.
- Consumer Financial Protection BureauScammers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to con people into giving up their money. During this time of uncertainty, knowing about possible scams is a good first step toward preventing them.
Misinformation Debunked
- The Coronavirus Collection: Fact-Checking COVID-19As the potentially deadly virus spread from Wuhan, China, to the rest of the world, misinformation tagged along.
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: MythbustersCan you get coronavirus from something made in China? Find out here. From the World Health Organization.
- Science VsPodcast: Science Vs takes on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.
