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Forbes

USCIS clarifies occupations eligible for H-1B visas after Trump

Research by Britta Glennon of the Wharton School finds that policies aimed at reducing immigration encourage firms to move jobs abroad.

PBS NewsHour

Avian flu strain raises concerns after outbreaks among mammals

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the highly contagious avian flu ravaging the globe and how outbreaks in some mammals are a cause for concern.

Associated Press

FDA’s own reputation could be restraining its misinfo fight

A Penn survey conducted last year found that only a quarter of Americans had “a lot” of trust in the FDA’s handling of COVID-19, while less than half said they had “some trust.”

Inside Higher Ed

AI bots can seem sentient. Students need guardrails

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that students already have a template for understanding issues of academic integrity and accuracy in AI chat bots.

Penn Media Accountability Project launches interactive data dashboard

Part of its Penn Media Accountability Project (PennMAP), the new dashboard is designed to make their research on YouTube radicalization accessible and engaging to the general public—and, in the process, forms the first step towards revolutionizing research communication.

Computational Social Science Lab at Penn

New center will tackle racial disparities in maternal health

The University of Pennsylvania is now home to the inaugural March of Dimes Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity, making it a focal point for maternal health equity research and racial disparity solutions.

Penn Medicine-Wharton Fund for Health invests in Twentyeight Health to improve reproductive health access

The Fund for Health, a joint initiative of Penn Medicine and the Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative at the Wharton School is backing Twentyeight Health, which uses its online platform to increase access for women in underserved communities to reproductive health care.

States are increasingly powerful in shaping the lives of immigrants

New research by LDI senior fellow Courtney finds that immigrant workers who are naturalized U.S. citizens report less use of health care and greater barriers to treatment, and offers recommendations for how policymakers can improve the health of immigrants.