As the potential severity of coronavirus (COVID-19) became clear, Tulane University sought out ways to keep the Tulane community healthy. Among them was suspending all on-campus classes and reducing the concentration of students on the uptown campus for the remainder of the semester. Recognizing...
Tulane announced an initiative to make graduate study more accessible to U.S. Peace Corps volunteers and U.S. Fulbright Students called back from international placements due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) Tulane University is announcing a special...
Faculty at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, joined by several peers at the Tulane School of Medicine, shared an open letter to the New Orleans Criminal Justice Community urging them to reduce the jail population immediately to avoid widespread infection by COVID-...
Dr. Thomas LaVeist, Dean of the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity, addresses misperceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have considered COVID-19 a foreign virus, however, it does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity...
Dr. Ronald Blanton, chair of the Tropical Medicine department at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, describes several aspects of the novel coronavirus and its transmission.
