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Working on the Covid-19 Frontline Negatively Impacts Public Health at All Levels

Working on the Covid-19 Frontline Negatively Impacts Public Health at All Levels

1 February, 2022

Stress and Smoking Rates Up Among All Hospital Workers, New Hebrew U. Study Finds

A new study, published in the leading journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research’s special issue devoted to smoking and COVID-19, found that being on the COVID-19 frontlines could negatively impact hospital workers’ mental health—even during lull periods and even for ancillary hospital staff, such as maintenance workers and administrative staff.  

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Clinical Results Show Tricor (Fenofibrate) Effective in Treating Severe Covid-19 Patients

Clinical Results Show Tricor (Fenofibrate) Effective in Treating Severe Covid-19 Patients

23 August, 2021

Hebrew University study shows lipid-lowering drug reduced inflammation in 48 hours and removed the need for oxygen support within 5 to 7 days for hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected over 165 million people worldwide causing nearly 3.5 million deaths. Recent vaccination efforts have been hindered by multiple coronavirus variants that challenge current vaccines. While infection generally produces a mild disease, in some patients it can develop into a severe inflammatory COVID-19 requiring medical intervention.

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Israeli-German Team Taps Mortality Data to Uncover which Countries have Underreported their COVID-19 Deaths and the Extent of their Deception

Israeli-German Team Taps Mortality Data to Uncover which Countries have Underreported their COVID-19 Deaths and the Extent of their Deception

3 August, 2021
For the past year and a half, many of our decisions regarding whether it is safe to fly to country X or to vacation in country Y have been based a given country’s reported COVID-19 deaths.  These stats give the public a sense of how successful—or unsuccessful—that country has been at containing the spread of the coronavirus and its variant offspring.  However, not all countries have been playing fair.  Several have underreported their numbers, either deliberately or due to faulty testing capacities.

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Holocaust Memory in the Shadow of Pandemic

Holocaust Memory in the Shadow of Pandemic

26 January, 2021

Hebrew University Study Analyzes How Corona Has Changed How We Remember

“This global crisis created a far more accepting culture for the role digital media must play in remembrance.”

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HU Researchers: Israel at Increased Risk for a Coronavirus Resurgence

HU Researchers: Israel at Increased Risk for a Coronavirus Resurgence

19 August, 2020

The researchers’ updated analysis: “preparations must be carried out for tightening the current restrictions. Given the current rate of infection, another outbreak will be significantly worse than the first.” They are not warning of a separate wave, but rather a resurgence of the second wave. 

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Webinar: Understanding the Pandemic: Hebrew University Experts on Corona

Webinar: Understanding the Pandemic: Hebrew University Experts on Corona

12 March, 2020

Join us for this special webinar series and learn directly from some of Hebrew University’s greatest minds about the implications of the coronavirus.

1. The Real Risk Of The Spread Of The CoronaVirus (French). Register Here.

2. Don't Panic: Dealing With Anxiety In The Age Of Coronavirus (English). Register Here.

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 Downgrading Covid-19’s Threat to that of the Common Cold?

Downgrading Covid-19’s Threat to that of the Common Cold?

14 July, 2020

Promising Hebrew University - Mount Sinai Research Shows Coronavirus Causes Lungs to Accumulate Fat; Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Hold Key to Stopping COVID-19 in its Tracks

Could a simple drug, that has been on the market for decades, be used to treat COVID-19?  A research team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Professor Yaakov Nahmias says that early research looks promising; their findings appear in this week’s Cell Press’ Sneak Peak.

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 Part 2: Webinar: Understanding the Pandemic: Hebrew University Experts on Corona

Part 2: Webinar: Understanding the Pandemic: Hebrew University Experts on Corona

19 March, 2020

Join us for this special webinar series and learn directly from some of Hebrew University’s greatest minds about the implications of
the coronavirus.

1. Financial Implications of the Pandemic, Featuring Prof. Dan Galai

Monday, March 23, 20:00 Jerusalem time - Register Here.

Prof. Emeritus, the Jerusalem School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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