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A worker pours dry ice into boxes containing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.
January 21, 2021

Engineering can contribute to a reimagining of the US public health system

As public health becomes increasingly digital, systems engineering will begin to fill this critical public health knowledge gap.

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The new rapid test is available without a prescription, but only 20 million are set to be sold by the middle of next year. Ellume/AP
December 17, 2020

FDA authorized first over-the-counter COVID-19 test – useful but not a game changer

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.

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UMBC president Dr. Freeman Hrabowski gets injected with Moderna's trial COVID-19 vaccine
November 18, 2020

Leadership in Action – The Hrabowskis Participate in Vaccine Trial

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.

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People stand in line with masks on
November 18, 2020

No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic

High test-positivity rates mean the current confirmed case numbers are undercounting total cases.

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a women giving a TED talk
November 17, 2020

Chasing Antibodies

Kaitlyn Sadtler ’11 leads study to learn how many Americans have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2.

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Susan Sonnenschein, Julie Grossman and another woman stand in front of a banner
September 4, 2020

Research Under the Same Roof

COVID-19 allowed this mother/daughter research pair to see how their areas of expertise overlapped.

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Child gets a COVID-19 nasal swab test done by nurse while mother holds him
September 1, 2020

Will the New 15-Minute COVID-19 Test Solve US Testing Problems?

The credit-card-sized test detects a specific viral protein. It costs US$5 and doesn’t require a lab or a machine for processing.

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Scene from sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" showing Beaver and his wife in his study
August 17, 2020

In the Work-From-Home Battle for Space, Women Are the Reluctant Nomads

Historically, as people started working from home more regularly, women have been the ones left searching for space.

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Simulated appearance of the COVID-19 virus under a microscope
August 14, 2020

Rapid Screening Tests That Prioritize Speed Over Accuracy Could Be Key to Ending the Coronavirus Pandemic

With screening tests, huge numbers of people could be tested regularly and contagious people would be identified before they could spread the virus.

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Kizzmekia Corbett, Akanksha Raja Lewis and Nnamdi Osia in front of Meyerhoff Scholars Program sign
August 6, 2020

Alumna Leads Team to Breakthrough Coronavirus Vaccine Results

Kizzmekia Corbett’s team was the first to demonstrate a vaccine that successfully stopped viral replication in both the lungs and nose.

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