Coronavirus Research

Person wearing a protective face covering holds a flower to their nose in attempt to smell its scent.

Sniffing out an unusually common phenomenon in COVID-19 patients

Researchers at Penn Medicine are working to understand how the COVID-19 virus works, and are finding it has unusual range in symptoms and behavior, including a loss of smell in some patients.

Researchers experiment to see if dogs can detect COVID-19

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about the potential use of scent-detecting dogs to identify COVID-19 in humans.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample.

Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19

Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives.

New Wharton model predicts coronavirus deaths vs. economic benefit in US states after reopening

A new interactive tool from the Wharton School simulates the health and economic effects of state reopenings based on individual behavior and official policy decisions.

A dog at Penn’s Working Dog Center sniffing at something metal for COVID-19 detection training

Penn Vet launches COVID-19 canine scent detection study

Canine surveillance could play key role as the United States reopens and anticipates possible second wave amid virus fears.

Not practicing social distancing, people walk down the street in close quarters wearing masks.

Penn Wharton Budget Model projects reopening states early could cause up to 233,000 extra deaths

The Penn Wharton Budget Model analyzed the health and economic effects of states both partially and fully reopening schools, businesses and restaurants.

Even the best case for coronavirus deaths is worse than Trump says, according to a new Wharton model

The Wharton School’s Kent Smetters commented on the School’s new Budget Model, which explores the health and economic effects of state reopenings. On the low end, the model predicts 2.3 million coronavirus cases and 117,000 deaths by the end of June. On the high end, the model predicts 8 million cases and 350,000 deaths by then. “If states fully reopen, that could be the worst-case number,” said Smetters.

Can dogs be trained to sniff out COVID-19 in patients?

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about the Penn Working Dog Center’s new program to learn if dogs can detect COVID-19. “I like to think about dogs as seeing the world through their noses,” she said.

Dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus cases

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on training dogs to detect disease.

Researchers investigating whether dogs can detect coronavirus

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine was interviewed about Penn’s Working Dog Center, which is exploring the possibility of using dogs to sniff out odors associated with COVID-19.

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