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The Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) was awarded a $10.3 million contract by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to evaluate vaccines and treatments to combat COVID-19. Chad Roy, PhD, director of infectious disease aerobiology at TNPRC and professor at the School of Medicine, will lead the project.
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More than 180 Tulane medical residents and fellows are directly involved in treating COVID-19 patients at Tulane Medical Center, University Medical Center and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System.
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Tulane is preparing to provide 345 beds in three student residence halls on the uptown campus for relief workers coming to help the city. Additionally, Dining Services will provide up to 700 boxed meals per day.
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Corinne Gibb, Tulane research associate, and Paolo Suating, PhD student, have made more than 100 gallons of hand sanitizer using the Tulane chemistry department's lab, and have donated it to the Tulane Medical Center and local assisted living facilities in need.
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Tulane President Mike Fitts announced that this year’s commencement, originally scheduled for May 16, is postponed. However, on that same date, a virtual, online fete celebrating this year’s graduates will take place.
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The Tulane School of Medicine is hosting an online community town hall today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. featuring a COVID-19 medical update by Patrick Delafontaine, MD, executive dean of the School of Medicine, and a moderated panel of experts specializing in stress, mindfulness and social isolation. Viewers' questions will be answered live. The event will be held via Zoom and Facebook Live. For more information, click here.
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The New York Times
Geraldine Ménard, MD, chief of general internal medicine at Tulane Medical Center, says she is sure some patients who were diagnosed with pneumonia had COVID-19, however no one knew because it was before COVID-19 testing was available.
Associated Press
David Becnel, MD, pulmonary critical care doctor at the Tulane School of Medicine, says hospitals are looking at using one ventilator for more than one person or retrofitting other breathing devices into ventilators as the amount of supplies decrease.
Snopes
Robert Garry, PhD, infectious disease expert at Tulane, comments on the likelihood of earlier cases of COVID-19 in places other than China around November or December.
Bloomberg
David Smilde of Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts comments on the U.S.’s recent drug trafficking indictments of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela president, and other leaders in an opinion piece in Bloomberg.
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