Coronavirus

Our most engaging stories of 2020 highlight moments of positivity, hope, and inspiration in a year of challenge and change.

This week, we feature findings on the pandemic’s impact on mental health and asthma visits, a new high-risk tumor treatment, and more.

In updated AAP guidelines, health experts revisit whether mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 may room-in with their newborn.

This week’s roundup features new thoughts on COVID-19 in children and novel findings on detecting seizures and preventing secondhand smoke.

Study shows deep decline in number of pediatric patients visiting the emergency department for asthma treatment during first month of COVID-19 pandemic. This and more In the News.

Neuroblastoma researchers shift their work toward strategizing a safe, effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

The Penn Vet Working Dog Center teams up with Audrey Odom John, MD, PhD, to work toward developing a ‘breathalyzer’ test for COVID-19.

David Teachey, MD, and colleagues are exploring convalescent plasma as a treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Brian Fisher, DO, MPH, MSCE, is assessing the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 among CHOP employees working in various settings during this pandemic.

PolicyLab model updates reveal weather is having a greater impact on the spread of COVID-19 than previously indicated. This and more In the News.