COVID-19 RESOURCES
COVID-19 INFORMATION RESOURCES
Greetings. The Hypoglycemia Support Foundation is a four-decade old patient-advocacy organization committed to supporting health and wellness. During the COVID-19 epidemic, we hope to serve you by providing reliable information related to the Coronavirus and how the epidemic is being managed. This page is designed to provide easy to find reference and resources related to the Coronavirus. We have tried to emphasize sites that are science based, and articles that are written with a higher standard of scientific and journalistic integrity.
There are some emerging therapies and solutions which are yet to have the benefit of complete clinical studies behind them, but which seem to show promise – we view these with one hopeful eye and one critical eye – we do not endorse any of the links provided here, nor can we guarantee the scientific veracity of the information they provide. Hopefully, we can collectively review the information we provide here with the best of our critical thinking skills but also acknowledge that the whole world yearns for answers sooner rather than later. Here’s to your health and safety.
COVID-19 INFORMATION RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SITES
https://www.un.org/coronavirus
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/counterterrorism-and-emerging-threats/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
TRACKING COVID-19
https://rt.live/
https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-MAP/0100B59S39E/index.html
https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2020/coronavirus-map
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus#trajectories-since-the-100th-confirmed-case
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/16/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s
https://ncov2019.live/data
https://www.areavibes.com/coronavirus
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS & NEWS
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/news–wuhan-coronavirus/
https://www.nejm.org/coronavirus
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41591-020-00006-0
https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus/
https://www.cell.com/2019-nCOV
https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/coronavirus-covid-19
https://www.sciencemag.org/coronavirus-research-commentary-and-news
HISTORY – BACKGROUND
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/public-health/100-years-after-spanish-flu-lessons-learned-and-challenges-future
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16378050
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30531947
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus
https://www.ted.com/talks/alanna_shaikh_why_covid_19_is_hitting_us_now_and_how_to_prepare_for_the_next_outbreak
ARTICLES
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1059011
https://buzzmachine.com/2020/03/24/time-for-experts
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-timeline-history-major-events-2020-3
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30673-5/fulltext
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387
METABOLIC HEALTH & CORONAVIRUS
Endocrine and metabolic link to coronavirus infection
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-020-0353-9
COVID-19 and metabolic syndrome – An association too difficult to ignore
https://www.touchendocrinology.com/insight/novel-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-metabolic-syndrome-an-association-too-difficult-to-ignore/
New CDC data shows danger of coronavirus for those with diabetes, heart or lung disease, other chronic conditions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/new-cdc-data-on-underlying-health-conditions-in-coronavirus-patients-who-need-hospitalization-intensive-care/2020/03/31/0217f8d2-7375-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
Preliminary Estimates of the Prevalence of Selected Underlying Health Conditions Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 — United States, February 12–March 28, 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e2.htm
COVID-19: Extra caution needed for patients with diabetes
https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/219144/diabetes/covid-19-extra-caution-needed-patients-diabetes
Obesity Linked to Severe Coronavirus Disease, Especially for Younger Patients
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/health/coronavirus-obesity-higher-risk.html
Factors associated with hospitalization and critical illness among 4,103 patients with COVID-19 disease in New York City
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057794v1
Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for Covid-19 hospital admission
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa415/5818333
Evidence obesity is a risk factor for serious illness with coronavirus is mounting – even if you’re young
https://theconversation.com/evidence-obesity-is-a-risk-factor-for-serious-illness-with-coronavirus-is-mounting-even-if-youre-young-137081
The coronavirus is particularly unkind to those who are obese
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-15/coronavirus-risk-higher-for-obese-people
COVID-19 is hitting some patients with obesity particularly hard
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid19-obesity-risk-factor
How your diet can help flatten the curve
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/opinions/healthy-diet-immune-system-covid-19-mozaffarian-glickman-nikbin-meydani/index.html
For coronavirus patients with diabetes, blood sugar control is key, China study reveals
https://www.foxnews.com/science/coronavirus-patients-diabetes-blood-sugar-control-key
For people with diabetes and COVID-19, blood sugar control is key
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/cp-fpw050120.php
Association of Blood Glucose Control and Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 and Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550413120302382
