COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics

This webpage is intended to help keep the field informed of important updates related to the progress and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, along with the development of therapeutics for patients with COVID-19.

Resources

1. COVID-19 Vaccine Communications and Distribution
2. Treatments and Medications
3. Data Trackers
4. Understanding More about Vaccines

COVID-19 Vaccine Communications and Distribution

To help advance the public’s confidence and trust in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and their distribution, the AHA continues to develop and collate resources that hospitals and health systems can use as COVID-19 vaccines become available in their communities.

• View the AHA COVID-19 vaccine communication resources, including videos, social media graphics, podcasts, case studies, toolkits and a playbook for rural health leaders. Hear from health care workers about the importance of getting vaccinated.
• View the CDC Vaccinate with Confidence resources, including how to address misinformation, strategies for communicating with patients and parents and a vaccine confidence data tracker.
• View the HHS COVID-19 Public Education Campaign We Can Do This.
• View the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Clinical & Professional Resources.
• Direct patients to the AHA’s consumer-focused vaccination webpage.

Treatments and Medications

• CDC: COVID-19 Treatments and Medications
• Johns Hopkins Medicine: Treatment for COVID

For health care professionals:

• CDC: Interim Clinical Considerations for COVID-19 Treatment in Outpatients
• NIH: COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
• NIH: Therapeutic Management of Nonhospitalized Adults With COVID-19
• NIH: Therapeutic Management of Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19

Data Trackers

• CDC Data Tracker, including cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations.
• CDC: COVID-19 Data Tracker - Variants
• AHA: COVID-19 Hospital Bed Occupancy Projection Tool (IHME data)
• IHME: COVID-19 Projections (global and U.S.), including cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations.
• CDC: COVID-19 Community Level Transmission Maps
  • Masking guidance based on community level transmission
• NY Times: Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker

Understanding More about Vaccines

• CDC: Understanding How COVID-19 Vaccines Work
• FDA: Vaccine Facts - The Path for a COVID-19 Vaccine from Research to Emergency Use Authorization
• COVID-19 Vaccine Primer
• HHS, CDC: Vaccine Life Cycle – Outlines the vaccine life cycle and safety steps at each phase.

Disclaimer: The information provided on this page is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with questions regarding a medical condition.