What you need to know
about Coronavirus, Covid-19
We’re regularly updating the resources below to help you stay up to date with the latest information on COVID-19. Stay informed, so you can protect your physical and mental health and also of the people around you.
We’re regularly updating the resources below to help you stay up to date with the latest information on COVID-19. Stay informed, so you can protect your physical and mental health and also of the people around you.
Latest Update
Situation Update: Global
Official Federal/Government Resources on COVID-19:
From the KnowYourMeds Blog
20 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
A novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China late in 2019. This virus is a severe acute ... Read More
20 March 2020
Coronavirus - Take Action
Be Calm. Be Prepared. Be Aware. Be Proactive. Be informed about the signs, symptoms, and transmission of the disease. Practice all the preventive measures... Read More
6 April 2020
Official helpline numbers
(US & India)
All the official numbers you need in one place. To help you get in touch with the appropriate authority quickly and easily... Read More
6 April 2020
Reflections on recaliberating one’s life during these trying times
We are in the midst of a global pandemic that none of us imagined we would be living through in our life time... Read More
KnowYourMedsApp
It's all in the App
You can now use the KnowYourMeds app to manage and track COVID-19 symptoms for monitoring yourself and your loved ones.
We will also be adding a lot of resources and relevant medical advice from authorities to keep you abreast with all the latest information on the virus.
From Our Advisors
Dr Jill Grimes, MD
Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
29 March 2020
5 tips for student survival success during COVID quarantine
Online classes have begun, and the learning curve is steep for students, teachers and families as we ALL adjust to our re-nested COVID lifestyle... Read More
Dr John Sharp, MD
Professor, Harvard Medical School & UCLA, Certified Psychiatrist
12 March 2020
Coping with Coronavirus anxiety
If you're wondering how to cope with anxious feelings that are surfacing, this blog post can guide you through steps... Read More
Dr Robert H. Shmerling, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
17 March 2020
Time to redefine normal body temperature?
In the mid-1800s a German physician, Carl Wunderlich, measured axillary (armpit) temperatures from about 25,000 people... Read More
Reliable News Resources
Pharmacy Times, 19 March 2020
FDA announces 2 drugs given ‘Compassionate Use’ status in treating COVID-19.
Two drugs, chloroquine and remdesivir, are being designated for Expanded Access, or “compassionate use,” by the FDA to address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic... Read More
The Atlantic, 25 March 2020
How the pandemic will end.
Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about,... Read More
Science Daily, 2 April 2020
COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise, research shows.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More
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Helpful Tips and Resources
NY Times | 13 March 2020
Why soap works
It probably began with an accident thousands of years ago. According to one legend, rain washed the fat and ash from frequent animal sacrifices into a nearby river, where they formed a lather with a remarkable ability to clean skin and clothes... Read More
Nami | 6 April 2020
COVID-19 resource and information guide
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness... Read More
Vox | 3 April 2020
Your coronavirus grocery questions, answered by experts
In our collective attempt to flatten the curve, grocery shopping has become a minefield. We are not supposed to leave our homes, yet we have to keep feeding ourselves; as a result, what used to be a comforting annoyance now feels dangerous... Read More
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