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Preventing evictions remains critical to controlling COVID-19
Opened envelope with an eviction notice inside on a table beside a discarded face mask.

Preventing evictions remains critical to controlling COVID-19

Renter protection policies that have curbed mass evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have played a key role in preventing the spread of the virus in U.S. cities.

Lauren Ingeno

CPR and COVID-19—When is it safe to save a life?
Person performing chest compressions on a person laying in the grass.

CPR and COVID-19—When is it safe to save a life?

Hands-only CPR is a safe and effective way to help someone in cardiac arrest with a very low risk of transmitting COVID-19.

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Your COVID post-vaccine activities safety guide, including gyms, shopping, taking an Uber and more

Your COVID post-vaccine activities safety guide, including gyms, shopping, taking an Uber and more

Once two weeks have passed following a second COVID-19 vaccine dose (or one Johnson & Johnson dose), individuals are considered fully vaccinated. At that point , what activities are considered “safe” to resume? Meenakshi Bewtra of the Perelman School of Medicine says that for vaccinated people, activities that were once considered risky are safer, but advises people to proceed with caution in light of new variants, and to keep public health and safety at the forefront of daily activities by wearing a mask and maintaining social distance in public.

Earth Week: New research links lung cancer to air pollution in Philadelphia

Earth Week: New research links lung cancer to air pollution in Philadelphia

Air in the Philadelphia region is ranked as the 12th most polluted in the country by the American Lung Association. Toxins in the air, mainly from traffic and industry, are known to cause lung cancer. Trevor Penning, a pharmacology professor in the Perelman School of Medicine, developed hazard indices for 421 zip codes using satellite imagery for particulate matter and volatile organic compounds. Penning traced 70,000 lung cancer cases between 1998 and 2017 to air pollution in certain zip codes in the Philadelphia region, finding that the highest polluted areas track with the I-95 Corridor.

How Penn is handling COVID vaccinations
Two people wearing face masks seated at a table, one is preparing a vial of vacccine with a syringe, a University of Pennsylvania shield and logo is on the back wall.

How Penn is handling COVID vaccinations

Jack Heuer, vice president of the Division of Human Resources, details Penn’s process and planning.

Dee Patel

The White House issues its first-ever proclamation on Black maternal health

The White House issues its first-ever proclamation on Black maternal health

Elizabeth Howell of the Perelman School of Medicine said that severe maternal morbidity, in which women experience severe complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, impacts more than 50,000 U.S. women each year. “Similar to maternal mortality, Black and brown women have elevated rates of maternal morbidity,” she said.

An approach to COVID-19 vaccination equity for Black neighborhoods
A person receives a vaccination at a Penn Medicine vaccine site by a masked professional while other masked people wait on folding chairs in the room.

Iris Reyes, a professor of clinical emergency medicine, vaccinates a Philadelphian at a West Philadelphia COVID-19 vaccine clinic. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

An approach to COVID-19 vaccination equity for Black neighborhoods

A new paper centers racial equity and address the structural barriers that have prevented Black and other underrepresented minority communities from being vaccinated against COVID-19 at equitable rates.

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