Blog Topic: COVID-19

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  I Got the Shot: Penn Medicine Employees Serve as Role Models for Vaccination

  January 07, 2021

  For Iris Reyes, MD, a professor of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, getting the COVID-19 vaccine was a no brainer.

  COVID-19 Public Health
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  We’ll Need More than Vaccines to Vanquish the Virus: New COVID-19 Testing Technology at Penn

  January 05, 2021

  In January 2020, when we were yelling across crowded restaurants, elbow to elbow in darkened movie theaters, and shaking hands with strangers, the idea that we would face a global pandemic was unthinkable.

  Basic Science COVID-19 Public Health
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  Medical Trainees’ Global-Health Research Continues Despite the Pandemic

  December 21, 2020

  For years, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been bridging the great physical distance between the Penn campus in Philadelphia and places around the world, largely through Penn’s Center for Global Health.

  Education COVID-19
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  Emotions Run High as the First COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive at Penn Medicine

  December 17, 2020

  There was a notable pause in the Pennsylvania Hospital auditorium after Emergency Department nurse Eric Young, RN, BSN, received his COVID-19 vaccine at 6:15 am on Wednesday morning. The room fell silent except for the flashing of photographers’ cameras.

  COVID-19 Human Interest Innovation
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  How to Lend a (Socially Distanced) Helping Hand this Holiday Season

  December 15, 2020

  It is the season of giving, and while friends and family members are looking for the perfect gift to give one another, it is also a time when many people regularly set aside time to give back to people in need in the community.

  COVID-19 Community
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  Baseball, Art and Keeping Hospitals Clean: A Triple Play for Larry Garcia, Environmental Services Director at Penn Medicine Princeton Health

  December 10, 2020

  The window outside Larry Garcia’s office at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is decorated with signs created by local schoolchildren during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic’s spring peak.

  COVID-19 Human Interest
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  Holiday Blues, Loneliness, and Missing Your Traditions: How to Handle the Emotional Impact of the COVID Holiday Season

  November 23, 2020

  COVID-19 has not only brought a new “normal” to every-day living, it has also made us rethink holidays and celebrations. A big challenge for many is how to handle the feelings of having a different kind of holiday season and missing out on seeing distant family members who they would normally visit.

  COVID-19 In the News Public Health Psychiatry
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  Safety During the Holiday Season: How to Modify Your COVID-19 Celebrations

  November 20, 2020

  “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” the classic tune says, and indeed, as we navigate the winter holiday season in the COVID-19 era, experts across the country have insisted that staying home is the best and safest option. That doesn’t make it sting less, though.

  COVID-19 Family Medicine and Community Health In the News Public Health General Interest
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  “Home for the Holidays” Takes on New Meaning in the COVID-19 Era

  November 18, 2020

  TV commercials, gift catalogues, storefront windows and those cinnamon-scented pinecones at the grocery store provide telltale signs that the holiday season is full swing. But as COVID-19 cases surge across the nation, the usual parties and celebrations with friends and family aren’t on the table.

  COVID-19 In the News
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  The Last Line of Defense: How Contact Tracers and COVID-19 Patients Can Stop the Spread Together

  November 13, 2020

  As key players in the COVID-19 pandemic response, contact tracers are people who call those who have recently been diagnosed with COVID-19 to in person over the recent days.

  COVID-19 In the News