A study co-authored by Asaf Mazar of the Wharton School finds that routines matter far more than willpower or conscious choices when it comes to breaking bad habits.
An analysis by Jeffrey Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine disproved a Facebook post claiming a 44% miscarriage rate among pregnant women in Pfizer’s COVID vaccine trial.
An updated analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model projects that President Biden’s additional loan forgiveness for borrowers with Pell Grants could raise the plan’s cost to $519 billion, with most of the benefit accruing to low- and middle-income workers.
In a Q&A, PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín discusses a report in which she calls for K-12 education to depoliticize health issues, promote health equity and disease prevention, and provide information about navigating the health care system.
Med student Rishi Goel of the Perelman School for Medicine says that the new bivalent vaccines will have some benefit for almost everyone who receives them.
In an op-ed, Ben Jealous of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts & Sciences writes that redistricting is robbing Black candidates and voters of representation in state and federal legislatures.
In an op-ed, Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine writes that Congress’ potential extension of Medicare telemedicine could launch a revolution in “telehealth care.”
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan has no specific dedicated revenue for its costs and would simply add to the national debt.
Grad student Jay Arzu of the Weitzman School of Design served as a panelist at a Philadelphia town hall to advocate for the construction of the Roosevelt Boulevard subway.