Why Temperature Checks Alone Don’t Work for Assessing COVID-19

Why Temperature Checks Alone Don’t Work for Assessing COVID-19

By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng, D. Maneesh Kumar, D.O., Ph.D., FAAP Aug 18th 2020 When you’re feeling sick and feel like you may have a fever, your first instinct is probably to check your temperature. However, how accurate are thermometers? To start with, we’re not going to give you a lesson in human physiology […]

4 Things To Consider When Safely Reopening Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

4 Things To Consider When Safely Reopening Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Natalie Cheng Aug 13th 2020 As we approach the fall semester, talk about reopening schools has become heated. How do you safely reopen schools without causing widespread infection to take over and shut down a campus? 4 Things To Consider Many schools have already opened or will be opening soon. How do you mitigate risk […]

Liability and Reopening A Business or School During COVID-19

Liability and Reopening A Business or School During COVID-19

By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng Jul 29th 2020 2020 is a year that will forever be remembered as the year the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world. Unfortunately, in corporate circles it will also be remembered for a very large number of lawsuits brought against employers and companies because of the pandemic. So far according […]

Why Syndromic Surveillance Is More Accurate Than Other COVID-19 Tests

Why Syndromic Surveillance Is More Accurate Than Other COVID-19 Tests

By: Dr. Sarma Velamuri, M.D., Natalie Cheng, D. Maneesh Kumar, D.O., Ph.D., FAAP Jul 16th 2020 Imagine this: Bob wakes up one morning and starts to not feel well. He has a cough, fever, body aches, and anosmia. Bob should probably just take some over-the-counter medicine and then rest. Normally, he would be back to himself […]