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The pandemic dramatically reduced flu cases. That could backfire
Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine said the next annual flu outbreak could, but likely won’t, be tempered with lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Could we reasonably in a winter month wear masks just at least when we’re outside in large crowds? Did we learn that or are we comfortable having hundreds of 1000s of cases of hospitalizations for flu and 10s of 1000s deaths?” he asked. “I suspect the answer is B.”
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Penn Medicine and PHMC take over at Mercy hospital in West Philly
The University of Pennsylvania Health System is now running the emergency department at the former Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia.
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It takes money to make money. We need to help the IRS
Research by Natasha Sarin of the Law School and Wharton School and former treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers found that restoring IRS funding to 2011 levels would allow the U.S. government to acquire as much as $1 trillion over a 10-year period.
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‘Traveling Black,’ a look at the civil rights movement in motion
“Traveling Black,” a book by Mia Bay of the School of Arts & Sciences, was featured. The work is a history of mobility and resistance in the U.S.
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Even mild brain injuries raise the risk of dementia
Andrea Schneider of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about her new study, which found that head injuries, including mild ones, are linked to an increased risk of dementia, particularly among women and white people. “There’s a great deal more work that is needed to be done to look at reasons why we may have observed these differences,” she said.
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Why celebrities are agog over this tiny climate think tank
Zane Cooper, a doctoral candidate in the Annenberg School for Communication, said all networked computation, including cryptocurrency, is powered by fossil fuels and harmful to the environment. “Bitcoin reveals a fundamental truth about the relationship between computing and energy,” he said.
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Top 1% of earners don’t pay taxes on one-fifth of income, study finds
Richard Prisinzano of the Wharton School said auditing wealthy people can be a challenge for the IRS. “An audit, even if it’s random, it takes a lot more resources than, say, someone making $25,000 a year who’s just taking the earned income tax credit,” he said.
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Wolf administration to buy half of state government’s electricity from solar
Mark Hughes of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy said Pennsylvania’s solar fields will provide jobs and tax revenue and move the state toward clean energy. “You want to make it hip, you want to make it cheap—but eventually you’re going to have to make it mandatory,” he said.
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What to know about traveling for summer vacation this year
Stephen Gluckman of the Perelman School of Medicine offered tips for summer travelers, including cleaning rental car interiors and hotel rooms, maintaining distance outdoors, and choosing campsites without shared bathrooms.
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Despite coronavirus relief dollars, many still waiting for rental aid to arrive
Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design said some states’ federal rental-assistance programs are hiring extra staff and simplifying applications in order to meet demand. Still, he said, “There's only so efficient you can get when you’re requiring people to submit documents.”