As researchers across the globe scramble to develop and improve testing for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 disease, preliminary research from Drexel University suggests they have their work cut out for them.
Author: Greg Richter
Greg is a news manager who covers Medicine, Public Health, Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems.
He graduated from Rowan University, where he also worked in its Office of Media and Public Relations and also had a brief stint as its mascot for the opening of its medical school. Since then, he has lived in Philadelphia for eight years and worked in Penn Medicine’s Office of Communications, most recently as a senior medical communications officer.
When not covering news at Drexel, he’s trying out a new recipe or trying to decide if he actually enjoys running.
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