Over-the-counter rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 can help slow the spread of the delta variant
A health economist writes that making COVID-19 testing accessible, accurate, and fast is critical to slowing transmission of the virus.
A health economist writes that making COVID-19 testing accessible, accurate, and fast is critical to slowing transmission of the virus.
The pandemic gave Americans a tantalizing glimpse of what less car-oriented cities would look like. But what happens if cities just return to “normal”?
By leading the team behind the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Kizzmekia Corbett has already changed the world—she is also helping change the future of research.
Nothing showcases the Retriever spirit more than the many hundreds of volunteer hours put in to assist in the region-wide vaccination challenge.
“Persons with dementia are often portrayed as bedridden,” shares Laura Girling, director of UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies. “When I show clips of people living with dementia leading active lives, there is a realization that people with dementia can do many of the same activities others can.”
As public health becomes increasingly digital, systems engineering will begin to fill this critical public health knowledge gap.
The Ellume COVID-19 Home Test is expected to cost US$30, is easy to use, and produces results within 20 minutes. But it still has its limitations.
Freeman Hrabowski and his wife Jackie volunteered to take part in a 25-month clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine invented by alumna Kizzmekia Corbett.
High test-positivity rates mean the current confirmed case numbers are undercounting total cases.
Kaitlyn Sadtler ’11 leads study to learn how many Americans have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2.
A team of researchers led by UMBC psychology professor Charissa Cheah has found that a high percentage of Chinese American parents and children have witnessed and experienced an increase in racial discrimination since the outbreak of COVID-19. The researchers’ findings are now published in Pediatrics.
COVID-19 allowed this mother/daughter research pair to see how their areas of expertise overlapped.