There are many interesting facets of the COVID-19 pandemic and government response to the pandemic that you may want to research. As with the issues discussed in the rest of this guide, when you are researching a topic related to COVID-19, it is of utmost importance to keep up with current developments, including scientific ones, because of the very constant changing nature of this pandemic.
UCLA Law has compiled a very thorough research guide detailing the policy decisions of the federal government and state governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their guide, Legal Responses to Coronavirus, would be a very helpful starting place for looking into legislation among states relating to COVID-19.
Westlaw has a content page dedicated to Coronavirus with a lot of resources for primary materials, which can be found here.
Bloomberg Law has a Focus page for Coronavirus, which contains information about pandemic legislation, in addition to many other secondary sources, and it can be found here.
HeinOnline also has a page called COVID-19: Pandemics Past and Present with resources for analyses on the impacts of COVID-19, as well as helpful historical information about past pandemics.
News sources are one of the most important tools in researching coronavirus. Several news sources, blogs, and podcasts about coronavirus and the law are listed below:
AP News has a Virus Outbreak page.
Law360 has a Coronavirus Coverage page.
Bloomberg Law News has a Coronavirus Outbreak page.
Law.com has an Instant Insights page for coronavirus.
Harvard Business Review has a Coronavirus page.
The New York Times has a free Covid-19 Pandemic page.
Washington Post has a free Coronavirus news page.
You can sign up for the daily newsletter "New Normal" from NPR.
You can sign up for Coronavirus email updates from Brookings.
A few blogs are also listed below:
The Kaiser Foundation's Policy Watch
You can search JUSTIA's Blawg Search for "coronavirus" to find a very extensive list of legal blogs that talk about the pandemic.
