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Tulane is offering tuition scholarships of up to 50 percent toward the entire cost of degree programs for Peace Corps volunteers and Fulbright student grantees called back from international placements because of the spread of COVID-19.
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Researchers led by William Wimley, holder of the George A. Adrouny, PhD Professorship in Biochemistry at Tulane School of Medicine, have developed a novel way to identify a new class of antibiotics for use in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.
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Tulane Health System has added a free online COVID-19 screening questionnaire through Care Navigator, an online health tool that guides patients to the best care option.
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Tulane’s School of Professional Advancement is offering free, weekly online sessions in design education from April 1 - May 20.
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The Tulane School of Medicine is hosting weekly COVID-19 Grand Rounds via Zoom and Facebook Live starting Wednesday, April 1, from noon to 1 p.m. The session will feature School of Medicine’s Christine M. Bojanowski, MD, and Joshua L. Denson, MD, summarizing their experiences from the frontlines of COVID-19 patient care. A 20-minute Q&A session will follow. For more information, click here.
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Associated Press
John Clarke, professor at Tulane’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, says many citizens in New Orleans live paycheck-to-paycheck, and the city lacks big companies that are better positioned to handle financial ups and downs.
The Washington Post
Walter Isaacson, professor of history at Tulane, writes an opinion piece on how New Orleans has survived plagues and hurricanes, and will also survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNN
Dahlene Fusco, MD, PhD, of the Tulane School of Medicine, says research that may take months will clarify why Louisiana has an overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases.
NBC News
Doctors at Tulane Medical Center say COVID-19 patients rarely get better within a few days; rather they remain on mechanical oxygen for one to two weeks.
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