COVID-19 Resources
Materials for Lay Audiences
COVID-19 and Healthy Homes
CDC COVID-19 Advisories: Highlights how people with moderate and severe asthma can reduce the risk of getting COVID-19 and how to ventilate your home to clear virus particles out faster.
Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces and Homes: Guidance by the CDC and EPA on cleaning and disinfecting homes, schools, workplaces, and businesses.
Healthy Homes Information for COVID-19: University of Rochester Compiled resources for residents with easy steps for protecting their families from COVID-19.
Keeping your Home Healthy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine partnered with the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit to develop resources on safely cleaning your home and other steps to protect your family from COVID-19.
Short-term Actions to Prevent Exposure to Lead fact sheet: Temporary steps for protecting a family from additional exposure to lead while waiting for a lead investigation for a child’s elevated blood lead level.
Public Health Updates on COVID-19
*NEW* FDA Updates on Hand Sanitizers with Methanol: FDA warns consumers of risk of methanol contamination in certain hand sanitizers. The agency reports that health impacts can be severe.
NC Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Response: Updates on COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths, updated statewide advisories, and resources for businesses, schools, and families throughout NC.
UNC COVID-19 Information Portal: Useful links and up-to-date information on the COVID-19 pandemic, including the work UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health experts are doing.
Resources for Professionals
Healthy Homes and COVID-19
The COVID Pandemic: Concerns and Counseling for Children with Asthma: Quarterly Asthma Alliance Meeting recording featuring Dr. Celia Loughlin, Professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics, Medical Director of the NC Children’s Allergy & Asthma Center, and Medical Director for the UNC Children’s Specialty Services in Raleigh. (Webinar passcode: 5sz*e58M)
Healthy Homes Information for COVID-19: University of Rochester compiled resources for professionals who conduct home visits with high-risk families faced with lead, mold, and other health hazards in their homes.
Smoking, Vaping and COVID-19 Risk: These web pages and fact sheets highlight the increased risk of getting COVID-19 for people who smoke and vape.
- World Health Organization
- University of California at San Francisco
- Mass General Hospital for Children
Training Opportunities and Tools
NIEHS Worker Training Program: This program has produced archived workshops and other resources related to worker safety and COVID-19.
NC Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Response: Updates on COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths, updated statewide advisories, and resources for businesses, schools, and families throughout NC.
NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center: This center provides online trainings and webinars on worker protection during the COVID-19 crisis.
Green and Healthy Homes Initiative: Developed webinars on how the organization’s grantee programs are adjusting their healthy homes work to continue serving high-risk families during the COVID-19 crisis.