{"id":114966,"date":"2020-04-03T10:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=114966"},"modified":"2020-04-03T10:20:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:20:38","slug":"covid-19-the-crown-evolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/03\/covid-19-the-crown-evolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Med school professor gives insight to COVID-19 basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_114973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114973\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-virus-corona.jpg\" alt=\"covid virus\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-virus-corona.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-virus-corona-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-virus-corona-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microscope image of the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells. (Photo credit: <abbr>NIAID<\/abbr>&#8211;<abbr>RML<\/abbr>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As concerns about the novel coronavirus escalate, many are desperate to unearth any information they can about the deadly virus. Questions surrounding where COVID-19 first emerged, how contagious it can be and treatment options continue to swirl.<\/p>\n<p>On March 25, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> Associate Professor <strong>Erlaine Bello<\/strong>, put together an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YOOKJYVLbmw\">informational presentation online<\/a> that dives into everything from the virus\u2019 suspected origin, what role animals played in transmission and basic prevention strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Bello\u2019s seminar also highlights differences between coronavirus, seasonal flu, <abbr>SARS<\/abbr> (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and <abbr>MERS<\/abbr> (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YOOKJYVLbmw\">COVID-19: The Crown Evolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> medical school professor clarifies basics about the deadly virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1411,1418,31,9,56],"class_list":["post-114966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-announcement","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114966"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114974,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114966\/revisions\/114974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}