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4/30
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
P.J. Brennan, chief medical officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, said COVID-19 vaccination is safe and effective for children. "Kids don't get sick very often, but they can shed virus and they can spread it to adults. So, if we're going to get it under control we have to address the younger population as well," he said.
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Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, a senior in the School of Nursing, spoke about the wearable nightlight he helped develop. The invention allows nurses to check on patients at night without turning on bright white lights. "On average, patients regularly report poor quality of sleep as their number one complaint during hospitalization," he said.
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Sherisse Laud-Hammond is the first Black woman to lead the Penn Women’s Center. “I’m the first, but that’s because of many firsts before me,” she said. “I think of Sadie T. Alexander, who was the first woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.”
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Florencia Greer-Polite of the Perelman School of Medicine is working to show that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe. “I was losing sleep about the idea that Black people in this country were dying at higher rates of coronavirus and were not going to take the vaccine,” she said.
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Susan Weiss of the Perelman School of Medicine said the COVID-19 vaccine should still be effective on new mutations of the novel coronavirus, a theory vaccine-makers are testing now. "It's a good thing to do but I am sure they're pretty confident it's not going to show anything different," she said.
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Richard Prisinzano of the Penn Wharton Budget Model spoke about how the new pandemic relief package passed by Congress will affect unemployed people. "The extended benefits, I think people will be able to go back and see, under this new bill, retroactive checks," he said.
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Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about his contributions to the COVID-19 vaccine. "My dream has always been to develop a drug, vaccine, treatment that helps people. This, I think, has accomplished that," he said.
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Ben Berman, a grad student in the Wharton School, has been making pizzas to raise money for local organizations Philabundance and Project HOME.
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David Fajgenbaum of the Perelman School of Medicine was interviewed about surviving Castleman Disease.
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Nancy Hodgson of the School of Nursing commented on the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes. "It's a very intimate social environment, with congregate housing, and all activities are done in groups, and it's a home filled with medically vulnerable individuals who typically have compromised immune systems, who need a lot of hands-on care," she said.