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Dogs are training to sniff out COVID-19 at the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center.

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https://www.inquirer.com/health/cor...-large-gatherings-research-penn-20210501.html
Toby and Tuukka burst through the door of Penn Veterinary Working Dog Center ears perked, tails wagging, and ready to go.

They’re not here to play. Toby, a 2-year-old Small Munsterlander with silky fur the color of dark chocolate, and Tuukka, a 7-year-old mutt from Austria, are training for an important mission: Learn how to sniff out an invisible illness that can spread quickly, even before carriers show any symptoms.
With more sensitive noses than humans, dogs like Toby and Tuukka have trained at the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center to sniff out all sorts of things — bombs, illegal drugs, bedbugs, and low blood sugar in people with diabetes. There’s even a corgi training to detect nasal cancer.

Now researchers are teaching dogs to detect COVID-19. The skill could be used to screen for asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus at airports, sporting events, schools, “pretty much any place you have large gatherings where everyone can go through one door,” said Cindy Otto, director of the Working Dog Center.
 
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In Honor of John F. Kennedy’s 100th Birthday, A Look Back at His Most Memorable Family Photographs

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