Children face elevated kidney, heart, and gut risks for years after COVID infection Children face elevated kidney, heart, and gut risks for years after COVID infection Findings from researchers at Penn Medicine show elevated risks for chronic organ disease among children, and reveal some racial differences in long COVID risks. 2 min. read
COVID vaccine protected kids from long COVID COVID vaccine protected kids from long COVID New research from Penn Medicine biostatistics professor Yong Chen finds that vaccines kept children and adolescents from developing long COVID by blocking COVID-19 infections from the start, instead of special protection against the virus.
Katz Center fellow Uzi Rebhun on the importance of counting Katz Center fellow Uzi Rebhun on the importance of counting Katz Center fellow Uzi Rebhun trains his demographer’s lens on the Jewish American response to COVID-19. 2 min. read
How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it Image: FilippoBacci via Getty Images How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it A new paper from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes data from three COVID-19 pandemic years and finds that those with conspiracy mindsets discount messages from sources they don’t trust; challenges to misinformation are most effective from their own trusted community.
What a new innovation index tells us about Philadelphia Technical.ly Philly What a new innovation index tells us about Philadelphia Penn is lauded for its research and development efforts, including the modified mRNA technique that was commercialized into a COVID vaccine and won its researchers a Nobel Prize last year. Online health care reviews turned negative following COVID pandemic Image: iStock/AndreyPopov Online health care reviews turned negative following COVID pandemic New research shows online reviews of health facilities took a negative turn after COVID and remain that way. COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures A new study from Penn Nursing found that rates of falls, infections, and injuries increased significantly during the pandemic, and have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. A link between nurse work environment quality and COVID-19 mortality disparities Image: iStock/Boyloso A link between nurse work environment quality and COVID-19 mortality disparities A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing links the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare patients. More accept COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and willingness to vaccinate has declined nocred More accept COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and willingness to vaccinate has declined A health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds a rise in the number of Americans believing COVID-19 vaccination misinformation, and a lower willingness to vaccinate. This may be the most overlooked COVID symptom The New York Times This may be the most overlooked COVID symptom Ken Cadwell of the Perelman School of Medicine studies how COVID affects the gut and explains you will feel the illness in other parts of your body and not just your lungs. Load More
Online health care reviews turned negative following COVID pandemic Image: iStock/AndreyPopov Online health care reviews turned negative following COVID pandemic New research shows online reviews of health facilities took a negative turn after COVID and remain that way.
COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures Image: iStock/Sviatlana Lazarenka COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures A new study from Penn Nursing found that rates of falls, infections, and injuries increased significantly during the pandemic, and have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels.
A link between nurse work environment quality and COVID-19 mortality disparities Image: iStock/Boyloso A link between nurse work environment quality and COVID-19 mortality disparities A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing links the quality of the nurse work environment and COVID-19 mortality rates among socially vulnerable Medicare patients.
More accept COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and willingness to vaccinate has declined nocred More accept COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, and willingness to vaccinate has declined A health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds a rise in the number of Americans believing COVID-19 vaccination misinformation, and a lower willingness to vaccinate.
This may be the most overlooked COVID symptom The New York Times This may be the most overlooked COVID symptom Ken Cadwell of the Perelman School of Medicine studies how COVID affects the gut and explains you will feel the illness in other parts of your body and not just your lungs.