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Seattle’s aging and ill homeless population in shelters is particularly vulnerable to coronavirus

Seattle’s aging and ill homeless population in shelters is particularly vulnerable to coronavirus

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice spoke about health risks for the aging U.S. homeless population. “We are already up to our knees in this elderly homeless phenomenon,” he said. “Obviously the coronavirus just amplifies the fact that we have this very vulnerable elderly group.”

Talking to kids about coronavirus
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Talking to kids about coronavirus

Kids are going to have questions and fears about the COVID-19 virus. Caroline Watts, a practicing child therapist and Penn GSE’s Director of School and Community Engagement, shares how parents can address them.

Penn Today Staff

Meet the federal government’s coronavirus expert

Meet the federal government’s coronavirus expert

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel vouched for Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases and an expert on the novel coronavirus. “He’s Mr. Authoritative. You want an authoritative statement or idea, you go to Tony. He says what he knows, and he doesn’t say what he doesn’t know,” he said.

As coronavirus spreads in the US, employers gear up for massive work-from-home experiment

As coronavirus spreads in the US, employers gear up for massive work-from-home experiment

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School discussed how workplaces are preparing for the spread of the novel coronavirus. “We’re trying to figure out how to keep the business going when people can’t get to the office,” he said. “My sense is the first thing that will happen, and the most likely thing is that it's not that all your employees will be too sick to work, it's that they won't be in the office.”

Maine referendum could bring back religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccines

Maine referendum could bring back religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccines

Alison Buttenheim of the Nursing School weighed in on the backlash against a new law in Maine that eliminates non-medical exemptions for vaccines. “You sort of wonder, could Maine have taken a different policy step, maybe making those exemptions harder to get, and accomplish the same goal of coverage and disease protection without having to go through a big repeal effort?” she said.

Vaccine misinformation and social media
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Vaccine misinformation and social media

People who look to social media for information are more likely to be misinformed about vaccines than those who rely on traditional media.

Penn Today Staff

A reality check on coronavirus
microscopic view of coronavirus

A reality check on coronavirus

The novel disease is serious. But risks here remain low, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives, who attended a World Health Organization meeting on the subject last week.

Katherine Unger Baillie