Temple University Health System’s preparations for and treatment of patients amidst the coronavirus pandemic continue to be part of the media’s COVID-19 coverage.
- CBS3 interviewed Tony S. Reed, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Temple University Health System, about Philadelphia’s new mask mandates and the city’s move into a high level of community spread on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 transmission map.
- Thomas Fekete, MD, MACP, Thomas Durant Chair and Professor in the Department of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, joined area health care colleagues for a discussion with NBC10 about their approach to life as the Delta variant has emerged. WDEL picked up the NBC10 article.
- Stephen Aronoff, MD, MBA, Waldo E. Nelson Chair and Professor of Pediatrics at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with NBC10 about safety measures, including wearing masks and social distancing, as children return to school.
- Delana Wardlaw, MD, who practices at Temple Physicians, Inc. at Nicetown, and her identical twin sister Dr. Elana McDonald joined 6ABC anchor Sharrie Williams and Acting Philadelphia Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole for a live chat on Facebook to answer questions and address concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Dr. Fekete also offered insight to the Philadelphia Inquirer for an article about respiratory viruses, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu, and what to expect in the fall and winter as they coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Cornelius Pitts, PharmD, Director of the COVID-19 Vaccination Response Project for the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with the Philadelphia Inquirer for two articles – one about reaching Philadelphia’s unvaccinated population and the other about the city’s new mask mandates.