Availability of Urgent Competitive Revisions and Administrative Supplements For Research on Biological Effects of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on the Nervous System

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ( NINDS )
Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Rapid Investigation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID )
Contributing to the Global COVID-19 Crisis Response by Allowing Some NCI-supported Projects to be Redirected to COVID-19-related Research During the Crisis

National Cancer Institute ( NCI )
FDA Increases Oversight, Requirements
for COVID-19 Antibody Tests
After allowing unreviewed antibody tests to pervade the U.S. market for weeks, the FDA is closing its open-door policy for coronavirus blood serology tests—bringing their oversight more in line with the molecular diagnostics used to confirm active cases of COVID-19.

NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates
Recovery from Advanced COVID-19
Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a randomized, controlled trial involving 1063 patients, which began on February 21.

NIH Mobilizes National Innovation Initiative
for COVID-19 Diagnostics
The National Institutes of Health today announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies, a pivotal component needed to return to normal during this unprecedented global pandemic.


CD2H has developed a platform to support analytic and machine learning hypotheses on clinical data, without data sharing, to rapidly discover and implement approaches for care.


Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Accelerating Discoveries Towards Better Health 
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