24 March 2020: Former Director of the Mütter Museum Robert Hicks, PhD, spoke to WHYY about the exhibition and the 1918 flu pandemic (Source: WHYY)
Why the 1918 flu pandemic hit Philadelphia especially hard and what we can take from it today during the COVID-19 outbreak.
24 March 2020: College Fellow Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, shares his thoughts about repurposing Hahnemann University Hospital as an important step in dealing with COVID-19 in the Philadelphia region. (Source: WHYY)
Mayor Jim Kenney accuses owner Joel Freedman of “jacking up monthly prices.” Councilmember Helen Gym calls for seizing it via eminent domain.
24 March 2020: College Fellow Paul Offit, MD, was interviewed by Healthy NewsWork student reporters from Norristown for Health Beat Live (Source: Healthy News Works)
21 March 2020: College Fellow Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, was interviewed by Healthy NewsWork student reporters from Norristown for Health Beat Live (Source: Healthy News Works)
21 March 2020: College Fellow Fred M. Henretig, MD, FAAP, FACMT, co-wrote an opinion piece in The Inquirer about repurposing Hahnemann University Hospital as an important step in dealing with COVID-19 in the Philadelphia region. (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)
That space in the long term can include a food bank and a supervised injection site.
20 March 2020: President and CEO Dr. George Wohlreich talked to KYW about the importance of social distancing and what we can learn from the 1918 flu pandemic (Source: KYW)
We don’t hear a lot about the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic. At least, we didn’t until COVID-19 started being the only thing we talked about. But there’s a lot we can learn from what was “almost certainly the worst plague in human history,” according to George Wohlreich, President and Chief Executive Officer of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Wohlreich joins KYW In Depth to tell us what happened back then and what we’ve learned from it.
18 March 2020: College Fellow Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses the importance of supportive care—both in 1918 and now. (Source: Off the Charts, a blog of the American Journal of Nursing)
By Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ware Professor of Nursing and director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia. Litter carriers at Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C.,
18 March 2020: College Fellow and infectious disease specialist Dr. Harvey Rubin offers some insight into the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that’s impacting the world
11 March 2020: Museum Manager Nancy Hill was interviewed about Spit Spreads Death for a story about steps Philadelphia leaders are taking to address COVID-19 (Source: CBS 3)
Philadelphia leaders have activated the city’s Emergency Operations Center amid the coronavirus outbreak, which is now a global pandemic.
