Category: Health Care
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October 12, 2020 Health Care, Research, Technology
Invention sparked by COVID-19 pandemic safely disinfects surfaces continuously
An invention to apply plasma to frequently touched items for continuous disinfection could provide a safe and effective, non-chemical way to reduce pathogens on various surfaces such as keypads, escalator handrails and other high-touch surfaces, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) inventors say.
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October 12, 2020 Health Care, Research
How exactly do we spread droplets as we talk? Engineers found out.
For the first time, researchers have directly visualized how speaking produces and expels droplets of saliva into the air. The smallest droplets can be inhaled by other people and are a primary way that respiratory infections like COVID-19 spread from person to person.
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October 6, 2020 Health Care, Research
Research shows conversation quickly spreads droplets more than six feet inside buildings
With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical, “jet-like” airflow that quickly carries a spray of tiny droplets from a speaker’s mouth across meters of an interior space.
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September 30, 2020 Health Care, Research
Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders
A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected. (Image by Shutterstock)
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September 21, 2020 Health Care, Research
Long-term COVID-19 containment will be shaped by strength and duration of natural, vaccine-induced immunity
New research suggests that the impact of natural and vaccine-induced immunity will be key factors in shaping the future trajectory of the global coronavirus pandemic. In particular, a vaccine capable of eliciting a strong immune response could substantially reduce the future burden of infection, according to a study by Princeton researchers published in the journal Science Sept. 21. (Image by Tumisu from Pixabay)
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September 10, 2020 Health Care
Cool and Calm, Lucy McBride ’95 Delivers COVID Information
As it became more clear that COVID-19 presented a “clear and present danger” here in the U.S., Dr. Lucy McBride ’95 became an email newsletter writer, sending a daily email (now twice per week) with the latest data, information from news reports, and answers to questions from her patients.
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August 26, 2020 Health Care, News, Service
Lisa Tan ’01 and Martin Rawls-Meehan ’01 donate 30,000 masks to Princeton
At the height of the spring COVID-19 outbreak in Michigan, Martin Rawls-Meehan ’01 and Lisa Tan ’01 realized they were in position to help. Their smart-tech sleep systems company, Reverie, had the production technology to mass produce cloth protective face masks. To date, Reverie is approaching 1 million donated masks to nonprofits, healthcare providers, the State of Michigan and other institutions — including 30,000 masks to Princeton.
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August 5, 2020 Health Care
Jessica Li ’18 and Weimen Li ’17 Are Bringing Masks to the U.S.
Jessica Li ’18 her fiancé, Weimen Li ’17, created a company to distribute masks in the U.S. made by his family in China. The two want to make masks affordable and accessible to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but their new venture also has a secondary purpose. They named it for Jessica’s father, who died of cancer this spring.
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July 27, 2020 Community, Health Care
From lab to ambulance, training pays off for EMT volunteer
As a senior research specialist at a Princeton University lab that requires precision control over dust particles in the air, Eric Mills’ training gave him a special sort of insight as he confronts the coronavirus pandemic in a very different capacity. Mills volunteers for the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, an independent, nonprofit 110-member group of emergency medical technicians serving the Princeton area.
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July 24, 2020 Health Care, Research
Preventing the next pandemic
“How much would it cost to prevent [COVID-19] happening again? And what are the principal actions that need to be put in place to achieve this?” asked Andrew Dobson, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton. He and colleague Stuart Pimm of Duke University assembled a team to seek answers.
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July 15, 2020 Health Care, Policy, Research
For Evan Harrel ’83, Compassion Is About Action
Evan Harrel ’83 is chief operating officer of the nonprofit Center for Compassionate Leadership, which is dedicated to helping workplace leaders see the power behind kindness. The Center recently conducted a study to understand the feelings of team members and leaders during COVID-19. “We wanted to know: How are leaders responding?” said Harrel.
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July 2, 2020 Health Care, Policy
Stephen Pevar ’68 leads ACLU effort to protect Georgia prisoners from COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus has penetrated almost every corner of society, but certain environments like county jails are especially vulnerable. On July 2, Stephen Pevar ’68, a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, helped file a lawsuit against the Clayton County Jail in Jonesboro, Georgia, in an effort to compel the 1,920-bed facility to take basic steps to protect its prisoners and employees.