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Coronavirus
Primary care, delivered
Primary care, delivered
Class of 2019 alumni, in collaboration with Sayre Health Clinic, bring housing and food insecure people in Philadelphia primary care through a medically outfitted van.
Taiwan’s tech-savvy citizens helped flatten its COVID-19 curve
Taiwan’s tech-savvy citizens helped flatten its COVID-19 curve
A new study examines how Taiwan’s existing digital systems, openness of government data, and an empathic community contributed to a successful pandemic response.
SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19
SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19
Liu is working with the startup Nexusera to respond to the surging need for remote care caused by the pandemic by connecting patients with their families and caretakers through a medication adherence management system.
Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID
Family and primary care doctors may have been most at risk of dying from COVID
A Penn-led study suggests that in the health care community, workers in hospital settings may be better protected from COVID-19 than the general population.
Phase II of research resumption expands on-campus activities
An update about the second of Penn’s three-part reopening of research with Vice Provost for Research Dawn Bonnell.
Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus
Pregnant Black and Hispanic women more likely to be exposed to coronavirus
Penn researchers found the rate of virus exposure among pregnant Black and Hispanic women to be five times higher than among white and Asian women.
Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention?
Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention?
The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the population. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity.
Why the pandemic introduces language that is ‘hard to explain’
Why the pandemic introduces language that is ‘hard to explain’
Linguist Andrea Beltrama discusses new words and phrases that have entered the language during the current health crisis, and the “massive” impact the pandemic has had on language.
Disparities in access to telemedical care during the pandemic
Disparities in access to telemedical care during the pandemic
Just as the burden of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality continues to fall on more marginalized populations, so too have the socioeconomic, racial, and gender inequities in access to virtual care.
Anti-discrimination task force aims to ‘flatten the hate’
Anti-discrimination task force aims to ‘flatten the hate’
Launched in April, the new Task Force on Supporting Asian and Asian American students and scholars at Penn is offering events, seminars, and resources for countering and reporting stigma and anti-Asian behavior.
In the News
The New York Times
Health experts to F.D.A: Make your vaccine deliberations public
Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the FDA’s emergency authorization of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment, despite a lack of evidence of its efficacy. “I think the administration bent or imposed its will on the F.D.A.,” he said. “There’s a concern that this would happen [with the vaccine], too.”
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The New York Times
Contact tracing is failing in many states. Here’s why
Carolyn Cannuscio of the Perelman School of Medicine says contact tracing is broken due to larger failures in the prevention system. “We have to start by supporting people in getting tested, which means making it easy enough for those exposed to someone or has symptoms to just show up and not worry about a doctor’s order,” she said.
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Vox.com
Corporate America was here for you on coronavirus until about June
Brian Berkey of the Wharton School commented on rollbacks of workplace perks, benefits, and allowances introduced early in the pandemic. “It’s just unclear that we could point to anything that’s different that would provide a reason to think that companies had strong moral reasons to be taking these steps in March and April, and that somehow those reasons are now gone,” he said.
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The Scientist
Study: Mask-wearing moms with COVID-19 can safely nurse babies
Karen Puopolo of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on the safety of breastfeeding while infected with COVID-19. “At least so far, we don’t have any evidence that babies are getting the virus from the mother after birth and showing up at the hospital horribly sick,” she said.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly doctor: I wear my mask everywhere because it’s ‘the right thing to do’
Jason Han, a surgical resident in the Perelman School of Medicine, weighed in on people who resist wearing face masks in public. “Part of me wonders why we cannot hope instead for a society where individuals choose to do things, not out of fear of punishment, but because they are the right things to do,” he wrote.
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EdSurge
Report: One of the biggest obstacles too remote learning? Finding a quiet place to work
A team led by Ryan Baker of the Graduate School of Education analyzed the results of a survey about the challenges of remote learning. “School districts’ IT were never prepared for this to happen,” Baker said.
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