11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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FDA Study finds infectious H5N1 bird flu virus in 14% of raw milk samples
Patrick E. Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says it is important that anyone planning to consume raw milk be aware that doing so can make you sick and that pasteurization reduces the risk of milk-borne illnesses.
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Penn researchers develop AI tool to help evaluate media bias
Amir Tohidi of the Wharton School says his work on detecting media bias was inspired in part by the “fake news” phenomenon.
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Record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Beryl wouldn’t be possible without climate change
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the increase in ocean temperatures and wind speeds is not only detectable it’s now readily observable.
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Fireworks can scare dogs. Vets explain how to calm your pet’s anxiety
Tips for pet owners from the School of Veterinary Medicine on the noise of fireworks are cited.
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Could a president really order SEAL Team 6 to kill a rival? It seems so
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law warns of problems from the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
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Fed bank oversight powers grow more uncertain in wake of court action
Christina Parajon Skinner of the Wharton School says that there are ways a program can be set up to benefit a specific industry, like green energy, that could create grounds for a legal challenge.
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The growing evidence that Americans are less divided than you may think
Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences says the more involved in politics a person is the more distorted their view of the other side.
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Colorado has the most cases of bird flu among dairy cows in the U.S.
The School of Veterinary Medicine has developed a bird flu vaccine that is to be tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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University of Pennsylvania researchers comb the forest floor to understand tick life cycles and the diseases they carry
Dustin Brisson and postdoc Raquel Gonçalves of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues are studying tick life cycles to better understand how they transmit diseases.
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How to reverse the alarming trend of health misinformation
Deen Freelon of the Annenberg School for Communication and PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín say that, while there is an audience that’s quite hungry for misinformation of various types, correcting health misinformation won’t change health behavior.