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At Drive-Through Testing Sites, Penn Providers on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

As the coronavirus quickly spreads, experts say that testing is critical. In response, Penn Medicine is joining health systems throughout the region and the U.S. in following the South Korean model and setting up drive-through testing sites.

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Amidst Global Pandemic, Students Have a Match Day to Remember

March 31, 2020

Instead of receiving their match results surrounded by family, friends, faculty members, and staff in the atrium of the Jordan Medical Education Center (JMEC), students were virtually cheered on as they opened emails with their Match results.
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Pavilion Powers Ahead to Combat COVID-19

March 26, 2020

As much of the region falls quiet, construction crews are on job around the clock at the Pavilion, the new hospital on the campus of the HUP, to expedite the completion of 120 patient rooms by mid-April — 15 months ahead of the facility’s planned opening.
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Match Day 2020: From Ranching to Residency

March 25, 2020

When I turned eighteen, I left New Jersey for a school called Deep Springs: a two-year, 26-student college situated on a working ranch in the California desert.
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Match Day 2020: Peaks and Valleys

March 24, 2020

From the Miracle on Ice, to David and Goliath, to the 2004 Boston Red Sox, to Cinderella; underdog stories are engrained in our culture. My passion for the underdog runs deep — being a Miami sports fan, I don’t have much of a choice in the matter.
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At Drive-Through Testing Sites, Penn Providers on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

March 22, 2020

As the coronavirus quickly spreads, experts say that testing is critical. In response, Penn Medicine is joining health systems throughout the region and the U.S. in following the South Korean model and setting up drive-through testing sites.
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Match Day 2020: Inspired and in Search of Cures

March 18, 2020

To kick-off our Match Day blog post series, Sneha Narasimhan, a medical and PhD student at the Perelman School of Medicine and an aspiring neurologist, shares her thoughts as she prepares for the next step in her career.
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Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Penn Researchers Help Develop Rapid At-Home COVID-19 Test
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