Making the Case for Higher Reimbursement Rates

The LTSS Center is helping advocates highlight the financial threat facing nursing homes in Pennsylvania....

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Older Men Worry Less About COVID-19

Older men who aren’t worried about COVID-19 take fewer steps to prevent infection....

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Wastewater Testing Could Offer Early Warning of COVID-19 Outbreaks

Human waste may be the “canary in the COVID-19 coal mine,” according to new research....

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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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