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Efforts to control livestock disease PPRV should focus on herd management style, not age
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Goats following herder

How animals are managed, but not their age, play an important role in transmission risk of the livestock disease PPRV.

Penn State researchers explore what's next with COVID-19 in videos
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Ask CIDD video screenshot

Matthew Ferrari and Nita Bharti explore this question in a new video produced in collaboration with CIDD and WPSU.

Bevilacqua named 2020 Penn State Teaching Fellow
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Philip Bevilacqua
Schaeffer honored with 2020 Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award
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Stephen Schaeffer
China’s control measures may have prevented 700,000 COVID-19 cases
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China’s control measures during the first 50 days of the epidemic may have delayed the spread of the virus to cities by several days.

Baums awarded 2020 Faculty Scholar Medal
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Iliana Baums

Coral biologist Iliana Baums has received the 2020 Faculty Scholar Medal.

Bio-tech cluster added to Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor program
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The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor now has a biotech option.

Researchers mobilize to study COVID-19 from multiple angles
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Penn State funds 17 research proposals, ranging from vaccine development to improved predictive modeling, with more to come.

Penn State funds first round of COVID-19 research proposals
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Penn State funds six COVID-19 research projects after rapid-fire call for proposals, with more to follow.

Podcast episode examines information, behavior and the government in COVID-19
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Nita Bharti

Nita Bharti speaks about infectious diseases and public health campaigns.

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