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New Questions and Answers Added to the FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

FDA Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency was released in March for industry, investigators, and institutional review...

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NIH Begins Trial Evaluating COVID-19 Treatment Regimen

This clinical trial will test the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen of the remdesivir plus the anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib for COVID-19. It is...

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NIH Study to Quantify Undetected COVID-19 Cases

A new NIH study will analyze blood samples from up to 10,000 volunteers without confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the presence of antibodies to the...

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OHRP issues guidance on COVID-19

On April 8, 2020, the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) issued guidance on the regulatory requirements of 45 CFR 46 and actions taken during...

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Scale Training to Help Staff Take on Research Roles

Although most research is paused during the global pandemic, there are new COVID-19 research studies starting every day. During this time, organizations may need to...

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Technology Use to Manage Patient Care in the Era of COVID-19

An article this week in Wired Magazine outlined how physicians and other health care providers in hospitals are using technology to manage patient care in...

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Guidance Issued on Defending Against VTC Hijacking and Zoom-bombing

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an article detailing steps to improve cybersecurity for video-teleconferencing (VTC) platforms. It also recommends several other...

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OCR Bulletin: Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

On March 28, 2020, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) issued the bulletin Civil Rights, HIPAA, and the Coronavirus...

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CITI Program’s Contribution to Health Literacy in Research

CITI Program continues to encourage the adoption of health literacy in research. Our Associate Director of Content and Education, Margaret Rankovic, is currently participating in...

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Apps Being Developed to Improve Clinical Care

Mobile app research is growing in both medical and social-behavioral-educational fields of research. For example, bedside apps are being studied to see how they can...

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