COVID-19 stories and experts
News release and stories
Topic: Licensed technology for coronavirus antiviral drug
Description: Kansas State University has licensed a technology that may lead to the production of an antiviral drug to treat coronaviruses and noroviruses.
Link to news release: v
Experts: Yunjeong Kim, ykim@vet.k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.vet.k-state.edu/education/dmp/faculty-staff/faculty/kim/
Topic: Remote learning and distance education: Higher education
Description: K-State has created resources to help universities transition to online/remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic. One initiative is called Keep Teaching: Resources for Higher Ed and it's an online community that is among the first of its kind in the U.S.
Link to news release: /news/newsreleases/2020-03/university_demonstrates_cyber_land_grant_leadership.html
Expert: Katie Linder, kelinder@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement/?id=60962
Topic: Remote learning and distance education: P-12
Description: The K-State College of Education's Remote Learning P-12 community is a place where educators and parents can share innovative ideas and resources that support student success.
Link to news release: /news/newsreleases/2020-04/remote_learning4220.html
Expert: Thomas Vontz, tvontz@k-state.edu
Topic: Food packaging and coronavirus
Expert: Karen Blakeslee, 785-532-1673, kblakesl@k-state.edu
Description: While food and food packaging does not seem to be a source of contamination for the novel coronavirus, Karen Blakeslee still urges consumers to use common food safety practices.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/food-packaging-not-a-source-for-coronavirus.html
Bio: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/about/people/staff/blakeslee/
Topic: Foods from farm animals considered safe from COVID-19
Description: Proteins produced by livestock are safe to eat. People do not have to worry about those products carrying COVID-19 to the population.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/livestock-coronavirus-not-transferable-to-humans.html
Expert: Gregg Hanzlicek, 785-532-5650, gahanz@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.vet.k-state.edu/education/dmp/faculty-staff/faculty/hanzlicek/index.html
Topic: Shopping during a quarantine
Description: Planning for meals you plan to eat is the best strategy for limiting trips to the grocery store during a quarantine.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/shopping-for-a-quarantine.html
Expert: Sandy Procter, 785-532-1675, procter@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/fndh/people/faculty/procter/
Topic: Helping children cope with crisis
Description: Children and adults react to crisis differently. Learn to recognize the warning signs in children.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/help-children-cope-during-crisis.html
Expert: Bradford Wiles, 785-532-1939, bwiles@ksu.edu
Bio: https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/directory/bwiles/
Topic: Children and anxiety
Description: An important component to managing anxiety and taking care of others is to take care of oneself first, says K-State child development specialist Bradford Wiles.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/manage-your-anxiety-to-help-children.html
Expert: Bradford Wiles, 785-532-1939, bwiles@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/directory/bwiles/
Topic: Children learning at home
Description: Reading with children is an important way in which parents can help them continue learning while schools are closed.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/education-while-staying-at-home.html
Expert: Bradford Wiles, 785-532-1939, bwiles@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/directory/bwiles/
Topic: Coping with volatile farm commodity prices
Description: Agricultural producers should seek to control costs and increase liquidity as much as possible given the current upheaval linked to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Link to news release: https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2020/03/focus-on-costs-increase-liquidity-during-economic-turmoil.html
Expert: Brian Briggeman, 785-532-2573, bbrigg@k-state.edu
Bio: https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/directory/bwiles/
