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 Penn In the News 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 Penn In the News 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. Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing Image: iStock/sudok1 Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic. Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds (Image: dusanpetkovic) Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates. Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap Image: iStock/SeventyFour Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter. 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 Penn In the News 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. Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing Image: iStock/sudok1 Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic. Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds (Image: dusanpetkovic) Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates. Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap Image: iStock/SeventyFour Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter.
Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing Image: iStock/sudok1 Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic.
Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds (Image: dusanpetkovic) Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap Image: iStock/SeventyFour Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter.