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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A study by Christoph Thaiss and Maayan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that long COVID’s neurological symptoms, like brain fog, memory loss, and fatigue, may stem from serotonin reduction.
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Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing says that over-the-counter Narcan is a baby step in the right direction, not a game changer.
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A paper co-authored by Lu Liu of the Wharton School finds that moving rates go down by 9% for every percentage-point increase in mortgage rates.
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Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences says that on average child abuse victims don’t come forward until their 50s.
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Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that when a local newspaper is lost, levels of corruption rise, civic engagement declines, people are less likely to vote, and community taxes go up.
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Nina Harari of the Wharton School speculates on the connection between extreme heat from climate change and trends of civil conflict or violence.
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Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine says that extreme heat, like most public health issues in the U.S., is a health equity issue.
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A study by Ramon Diaz-Arrastia of the Perelman School of Medicine and Michael Kahana of the School of Arts & Sciences suggests that a precisely timed pulse of electricity to the brain can improve recall and halve memory deficit in patients with traumatic brain injuries.
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Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School recommends that people spend an hour on ChatGPT to try to automate their job.
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Kiran Musunuru of the Perelman School of Medicine says that Chinese geneticist He Jiankui crossed ethical lines and exhibited bad science by editing babies’ genes.