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Her incredible sense of smell is helping scientists find new ways to diagnose disease
Richard Doty of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the use of scent signaling in diagnosing disease. “It used to be that physicians did use breath odor and other odors, to signify certain disorders. But that’s not really invoked presently, because we have so much better ways of [diagnosing] things,” he said.
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How can Trump fight the pandemic when he’s chasing experts out of government?
John Gans of Perry World House wrote about the administration’s removal of “disloyal” civil servants and the effect on the effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “This sort of purge is undermining government at a time when it is needed most,” he wrote.
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CDC created COVID-19 testing criteria that masked the numbers contracting the coronavirus in U.S.
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the spread of the novel coronavirus, saying, “If we would have had a true understanding of the extent of the disease several weeks ago, implementation of social-distancing measures could have prevented the escalation of the disease.”
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I’m practicing medicine virtually because of coronavirus—and it’s just as strange for me as it is for my patients
Jeffrey Millstein of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote about the transition to telemedicine during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump’s not a doctor. He’s only playing one on TV
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel wrote an op-ed about the hazards of implementing untested treatments for the novel coronavirus. “When it comes to fearsome, fatal conditions, it is human nature to try something because it should help, because it might help, because it must help, or because it couldn’t hurt,” he writes. “But often it does harm people and our quest for a real cure.”
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The coronavirus could pull policies like universal health care from the edge into the mainstream
Henry Kranzler of the Perelman School of Medicine commented on 12-step programs shift to an online format in response to the coronavirus. “To the degree that social support is less accessible and is an important part of recovery, people may be at increased risk of relapse,” he said.
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Fed could bolster groups of businesses and localities with funds in G.O.P. bill
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School said the Federal Reserve should avoid helping specific industries with emergency funding. The banking system has a “convenient set of easy tools that allow policymakers and politicians to skip the burden of their own accountability,” said Conti-Brown. “It’s the kind of set the Fed does not want to make today—which is to pick winners and losers.”
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One California mayor has tried universal basic income. His advice for Trump: ‘Think big’
Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice said those who received experimental basic income stipends spent 40% of the funds on food, highlighting the degree of food insecurity Americans have lived with since the 2008 recession.
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Communities help collect medical supplies as coronavirus threatens shortages
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing spoke about efforts to collect protective gear for medical personnel. “Every little bit helps our frontline providers” she said. “Thank you to everybody who is stepping up and donating.”
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In pandemic, word definitions shift and new lexicon emerges
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the use of jargon in public health communications. “They are incomprehensible to many in the public,” she said. “Public health officials need to translate their technical language into intelligible language.”