A new study from Notre Dame offers the first examination of proactive personality in times of immediate response to a crisis — the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic at a hospital in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Expert @UofUHealth: New Coronavirus Unlikely to Have Escaped From Lab
While there is speculation that the new coronavirus caused today’s pandemic after escaping from a lab, there is no evidence to support the claim, says University of Utah Health evolutionary virologist Stephen Goldstein, PhD. In contrast, Goldstein indicates several lines…
Tulane math professor leads effort to map spread of coronavirus
Professor James “Mac” Hyman’s goal is to help the public health community better understand and predict the spread of the COVID-19 and to quantify the effectiveness of various efforts to stop it.
MTU virologist offers insight on how coronavirus chemistry helps us understand its spread
The protein make up of the new Wuhan coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, can tell us a lot about the similarities and differences between the new virus, SARS and MERS. Ebenezer Tumban is a virologist who studies the chemistry of different infectious viral…
China’s coronavirus: Answers from an expert
A virus spreading in China has the world on alert.
Wistar Joins Global Effort to Expedite Coronavirus Vaccine Development for Outbreak Originating in China
Wistar announces today that they are part of a team to develop a vaccine against the recently emerged strain of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that has infected hundreds in China and other countries, including the U.S., and resulted in numerous deaths to date. Wistar is part of a collaboration funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
Wuhan Coronavirus in the United States: How to Stay Healthy
An infection prevention and control expert at Rutgers University discusses what is known about the new infectious disease and who is most at risk