5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Please, stop shooting. We need the beds
Elinore Kaufman of Penn Medicine wrote an op-ed about the intersection of gun violence and the coronavirus pandemic in her work as a trauma surgeon. Therese Richmond of the School of Nursing contributed to the piece.
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Penn track star and Olympic hopeful Nia Akins tones down her rigorous schedule
For someone who specializes in time management, as an emerging world-class athlete and a student in Penn’s School of Nursing, Nia Akins is scaling back some of her training, and her course load is a little lighter online. With her training on a “freelance” schedule, Akins is hopeful that Penn will consider giving a fifth year of eligibility to spring sports athletes who weren’t able to compete this year.
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Lessons from 1918
Pat D’Antonio of the School of Nursing spoke about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how we can apply its lessons to the present.
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Nurses group turns to crowd-sourcing for unused protective gear
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing spoke about efforts to crowd-source safety masks and other personal protective gear. “Anyone that has a stock of these supplies that they could donate to their local hospitals and healthcare providers,” she said, would be doing a great service.
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Communities help collect medical supplies as coronavirus threatens shortages
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing spoke about efforts to collect protective gear for medical personnel. “Every little bit helps our frontline providers” she said. “Thank you to everybody who is stepping up and donating.”
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How to help, or get help, in Philly during coronavirus
Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing said those helping elderly people during the coronavirus pandemic should limit exposure with sanitary wipes, hand-washing, and no-contact drop-offs. “It really just comes down to excruciatingly good hand hygiene,” she said.
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The healthiest way to sweat out a pandemic
PIK Professor Karen Glanz offered recommendations for staying active while practicing social distancing.
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What if you want a COVID-19 test but don’t have health insurance?
Evan Anderson of the School of Nursing said concerns about the accessibility of coronavirus testing aren’t unreasonable. “For the people that are uninsured, they could very easily be looking at a few thousand dollars in charges at least,” he said. “Even for people who are insured, they may very well have a high deductible, and they could still be facing a $1,000 charge.”
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Maine referendum could bring back religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccines
Alison Buttenheim of the Nursing School weighed in on the backlash against a new law in Maine that eliminates non-medical exemptions for vaccines. “You sort of wonder, could Maine have taken a different policy step, maybe making those exemptions harder to get, and accomplish the same goal of coverage and disease protection without having to go through a big repeal effort?” she said.
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More than half of Pa. school nurses stock the overdose reversal drug naloxone, Penn study finds
Catherine McDonald of the School of Nursing led a study that found that more than half of Pennsylvania school nurses keep the opioid-overdose drug naloxone at their schools. “I didn’t anticipate it would be that high, although it also indicates we could do better to get to a higher number,” she said.