Coronavirus Research

Could a single vaccine fend off all versions of COVID-19? Here’s where the science stands

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for work he is doing to develop a pancoronavirus vaccine, a vaccine that would offer protection from all types of coronaviruses like COVID-19, SARS, and others.

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COVID-19 turned everything upside down. What has Penn Medicine’s innovation team learned?

To many in health care—including those in Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Care Innovation—the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis from which to find the next great learning opportunity.

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From a pandemic, scientific insights poised to impact more than just COVID-19

Pivoting to study SARS-CoV-2, many scientists on campus have launched new research projects that address the challenges of the pandemic but also prepare us to confront future challenges.

COVID vaccine’s mRNA technology also works for an HIV vaccine, study shows

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine led a study that proves that mRNA technology could be used to deliver an HIV vaccine. Future research will explore developing mRNA vaccines for herpes, influenza, and other viruses.

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Belief in vaccination misinformation predicts attitudes toward vaccinating children

The survey data come from the fifth wave of the Annenberg Science Knowledge survey, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults empaneled by the Annenberg Public Policy Center in April 2021 to track attitudes and behavior in the pandemic.

Researcher finds 'stunning' rate of COVID among deer. Here's what it means for humans

Research led by Andrew Marques, a Ph.D. student in the Perelman School of Medicine, found new evidence of COVID-19 spillover from humans into wild deer. How exactly the virus was transmitted to deer has yet to be determined.

COVID-19 has now been found in 29 kinds of animals, which has scientists concerned

Eman Anis of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Suresh Kuchipudi of Penn State spoke about the spread of COVID-19 in animals. Because there is less surveillance of the virus in non-human populations, “It could be evolving in hosts we are not aware of,” Anis said.

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How to safeguard your sleep from insomnia over COVID-19 worry

Penn Medicine research have tips for helping insomnia, which has seen an increase throughout the pandemic. It’s not just the disease—worrying about COVID has contributed to lack of sleep.

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Six takeaways from two years of online learning

As two full years of this explosion in virtual learning approaches, Penn GSE associate professor and director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics Ryan Baker shares some thoughts on best practices, and which practices should be avoided.

COVID in a cat

A new report led by Elizabeth Lennon of the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues has confirmed what is believed to be the first published account of the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a house cat.

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