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  • Bitter pill: A soda tax repeal will harm Philadelphia’s children
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Bitter pill: A soda tax repeal will harm Philadelphia’s children

    Christina A. Roberto and Alyssa J. Moran of the Perelman School of Medicine and Leonard Davis Institute explain what Philadelphia’s public school students stand to lose if efforts to repeal a sweetened beverage tax are successful.

    Nov 4, 2025

    Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn
    The Independent

    Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn

    Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that it no longer makes sense to artificially cap the hurricane scale at five while wind-based metrics continue to be used.

    Nov 3, 2025

    Lessons from America’s peanut allergy flip flop
    WBUR Radio (Boston)

    Lessons from America’s peanut allergy flip flop

    David Hill of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the effect of childhood exposure to peanuts on the development of peanut allergies.

    Nov 3, 2025