The Coronavirus May Never Go Away

The sooner we recognize that the coronavirus is here to stay, the better off we’ll be....

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Can Contact Tracing Work in the U.S.?

It’s going to take lots of people, and lots of money and cooperation, for contact tracing to help the U.S. control the spread of COVID-19....

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COVID-19 Testing: More Effective Than Symptom Screening

Testing residents in independent/assisted living communities is a better strategy for identifying potential cases of COVID-19 than screening symptoms....

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What’s the Evidence for Wearing Masks?

If 80% of people wear a mask in public, COVID-19 transmission could be halted....

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3 Ways to Encourage Universal Mask-Wearing

Make mask-wearing easy, understood, and expected, write 3 Penn professors....

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Hispanic Older Adults: Financial Impact of COVID-19

The financial hardships created by the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the economic security of all older adults, but it will hurt older Hispanics the most....

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Helping Affordable Housing Communities Fight COVID-19

Federal, state, and local policy makers must recognize that publicly subsidized senior housing communities are hotspots for COVID-19 infection and spread....

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The Invisible COVID Workforce: Direct Care Workers

Our COVID-19 response has not recognized the importance of the invisible direct care workforce....

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Study: Social Distancing Reduced COVID-19 Growth Rate

COVID-19 spread would have been 35 times greater without 4 social distancing measures....

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How the Coronavirus Could Change Home Health Care

The pandemic offers us the opportunity to expand the home care workforce....

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