Coronavirus Research

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Measuring the risk among clinicians who intubate patients with COVID-19

Penn launches a national component of global registry to track exposures and outcomes among providers who perform airway management procedures.

Penn researchers analyze Twitter to track changing perceptions of coronavirus

Researchers at Penn, led by Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine, have built a tool that collects and maps COVID-19 related tweets to track perceptions of the coronavirus pandemic. “People are using social media as a way to communicate and share information organically, so we want to learn from that,” Merchant said.

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COVID-19 and lessons for public health

Six lessons for public health in the U.S. during the fight against COVID-19.

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Is the U.S. winning the war against COVID-19?

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives, gave a sobering update on how the United States is doing in the fight against COVID-19, saying the country needs to be prepared to battle the new coronavirus for about 18 months.

DIY origami face masks for COVID-19

The professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering is leading an effort to design an effective face mask that can be made at home.

Drying medical masks hanging due to a scarcity of PPE in hospitals

How can hospitals address scarce resources during COVID-19?

Most hospitals have general contingency plans for resource allocation in times of medical scarcity, but not detailed guidelines for the process of actually making those allocation decisions. School of Arts and Sciences political scientist and LDI Senior Fellow Julia Lynch has created those guidelines.

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Why clinical trials during disease outbreaks may need a new approach

Scientists around the world are racing to develop vaccines and treatments for the novel coronavirus, while hoping to avoid mistakes made during the West African Ebola epidemic, in which incomplete studies led to inconclusive results.

3D rendering of antibodies activated by vaccine and drugs like hydroxychloroquine attacking viruses inside the human body.

New trial will evaluate hydroxychloroquine to treat and prevent COVID-19

A new trial led by the Perelman School of Medicine will evaluate whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can benefit people infected with COVID-19 and whether taking the drug preventatively may help people avoid infection altogether.

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A quick pivot turns an infectious disease class into timely education

Students in David Roos’ upper-level biology course had been studying pandemics. Now they get to learn in real time how public health scientists attempt to understand COVID-19.

What’s ‘essential,’ anyway? Roses, guns, manicures, marijuana—it all depends on who’s deciding

Robert Inman of the Wharton School spoke about how coronavirus-related restrictions vary by region. “In many ways, it is a virtue and a tribute to the way we make decisions about public safety on a local level,” he said. “Implementation is going to vary community to community based on geography and how people live their lives.”

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