Coronavirus Research

A dog at Penn’s Working Dog Center sniffing at something metal for COVID-19 detection training

Penn Vet launches COVID-19 canine scent detection study

Canine surveillance could play key role as the United States reopens and anticipates possible second wave amid virus fears.

Not practicing social distancing, people walk down the street in close quarters wearing masks.

Penn Wharton Budget Model projects reopening states early could cause up to 233,000 extra deaths

The Penn Wharton Budget Model analyzed the health and economic effects of states both partially and fully reopening schools, businesses and restaurants.

Even the best case for coronavirus deaths is worse than Trump says, according to a new Wharton model

The Wharton School’s Kent Smetters commented on the School’s new Budget Model, which explores the health and economic effects of state reopenings. On the low end, the model predicts 2.3 million coronavirus cases and 117,000 deaths by the end of June. On the high end, the model predicts 8 million cases and 350,000 deaths by then. “If states fully reopen, that could be the worst-case number,” said Smetters.

Can dogs be trained to sniff out COVID-19 in patients?

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about the Penn Working Dog Center’s new program to learn if dogs can detect COVID-19. “I like to think about dogs as seeing the world through their noses,” she said.

Dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus cases

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on training dogs to detect disease.

Researchers investigating whether dogs can detect coronavirus

Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine was interviewed about Penn’s Working Dog Center, which is exploring the possibility of using dogs to sniff out odors associated with COVID-19.

a gloved hand places a pipet tip over a plastic antibody test with a dot of blood, out of focus in the background a person puts a bandage on their finger

As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?

Penn experts discuss the limitations of commercial antibody tests, how scientists are assessing the true scale of COVID-19 infections, and what studies are being done to see who might now be immune to the novel coronavirus.

Thousands fighting coronavirus take antimalaria drugs amid uncertainty they help

Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about a study he’s leading to test the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine. “Health care workers are under a lot of stress throughout this whole pandemic, and anything we can do to help lower their risk, because their exposure is pretty much continuous, they’re greatly interested in,” he said.

Older person’s torso closeup with hands holding onto a walker

Among North Philadelphia’s Latino elders during COVID-19

School of Nursing faculty member and LDI Senior Fellow Adriana Perez conducts research in two of the Philadelphia area’s largest Latino communities and provides insights into how COVID-19 is impacting each.

Graphs indicating highs and lows superimposed over a microscopic image of the coronavirus

Making sense of coronavirus statistics

Wharton professor Adi Wyner digs into the statistics about the COVID-19 outbreak and offers insights into what the numbers mean.

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