Coronavirus Research

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Food insecurity, not the ‘Quarantine 15,’ is the real pandemic concern

But results from a recent nationwide survey conducted by Penn researchers indicate that household food insecurity is a real effect of the pandemic, and not weight gain.

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Critically ill patients with COVID-19 at risk to develop heart rhythm disorders

A Penn study suggests cardiac arrests and arrhythmias are likely triggered by systemic illness, not solely due to the viral infection itself.

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How clinical research coordinators run COVID trials

At Penn Medicine, there are approximately 1,000 clinical research staff, including clinical trial regulatory staff, clinical research assistant and nurses, and project managers and directors working with lead research physicians on COVID trials.

What COVID-19 computer models are telling colleges about the fall

Philip Gressman of the School of Arts & Sciences co-authored research that modeled how a large university might experience the effects of COVID-19 on campus.

COVID-19 research opens to little-studied group: Pregnant patients

Katharine Bar and Michal Elovitz of the Perelman School of Medicine are opening the COVID-19 convalescent-plasma trials they’re conducting to pregnant people. “If we don’t enroll them in trials, we won’t have therapies for them when they are sick,” said Bar.

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LGBTQ data added to the state’s COVID-19 testing

Experts weigh in on the state’s decision to add LGBTQ data collection to COVID-19 testing. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on March 13 that the state will include LGBTQ-specific information as part of its COVID-19 data collection.

Florida, Arizona and Texas report record number of daily COVID-19 cases this week

Research from CHOP's PolicyLab, led by David Rubin, Gregory Tasian, and Jing Huang of the Perelman School of Medicine, has found that the coronavirus seems to be following highways as it spreads.

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Additional challenges in bringing research online

As research on campus slowly restarts, those whose work requires field surveys, large-scale collaborations, or travel face additional challenges in bringing their research back online.

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Researchers analyze ethics of allocating medical resources in COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many health care providers scrambling for resources to treat cases over the last several months, making doctors face difficult decisions: Whom do you save?

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Building capacity to combat COVID-19 in Africa

Wharton School students, along with the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, are issuing a call for proposals for a new initiative designed to aid in the fight against the coronavirus.

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