COVID-19 Research

Will Warm Weather Slow Spread of Coronavirus?

New research suggests that warm weather alone won’t reduce the spread of coronavirus this summer....

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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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Your Response to the Coronavirus Could Lie in Your Genes

Why do some people die from COVID-19 infection while others don’t even show symptoms?...

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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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