Health Literacy Newsletter: Spring 2021

Two vaccines are already in use across the country, and more are awaiting approval. Learn about the development of the vaccine and how to sign up for receiving the vaccine once it becomes available to you:

• UMBC Vaccine Plan -- Includes information on current vaccine news and President Hrabowski's town hall presentation on UMBC's role in vaccine development. 
• Baltimore Co. Survey -- Baltimore County residents who want to be vaccinated should complete this form. Form lets you identify which group or groups you might belong to which would put you into a higher priority for receiving a vaccine. All UMBC employees may fill out the form, regardless of whether or not they live in Baltimore County. Please mark "Education sector (Higher Ed)" for the employment question. 
• Maryland's Vaccine Information Hub -- Learn about what vaccination phase the state is in, who qualifies in which stages, what vaccines are currently in use, and more.
• COVID-19 Vaccinations in Maryland -- Once you're eligible to receive the vaccine, find a nearby clinic using this locator. 

• CDC's Your Health page for COVID-19 -- Refresh your knowledge on best practices for avoiding exposure, identifying symptoms, and treating COVID-19 if you or a loved one becomes ill. 
• MD COVID Alert -- Be alerted about possible COVID exposures through your smartphone by opting in to Exposure Notifications or downloading a free app.

• Clinical trials related to COVID-19 -- Learn about clinical trials across the country for COVID-19 treatment and tracking.
• AOK COVID-19 LibGuide

Interested in examining the data behind the COVID-19 pandemic, whether for your own health or out of curiosity? These tools offer lots of options to examine and understand the many statistics that are being tracked.

• The COVID Tracking Project -- Data aggregated from various state and federal sources by The Atlantic; offers many data manipulation options.
• COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool -- Interactive map showing the likelihood of COVID-19 exposure based on location and how many people are at an event with you.