Coronavirus Research

Grapevine: Prestigious prize

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine will be honored by Technion–Israel Institute of Technology in 2024 for their role in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.

After COVID placed her in spotlight, scientist behind mRNA vaccines, in Hong Kong for award, voices hope technology can treat other conditions

A profile on Katalin Karikó of the Perelman School of Medicine examines her tumultuous research journey, her accomplishments with mRNA vaccines, and her view on Hong Kong’s bid to become a biotech hub.

Two masked medical professionals seated on the floor looking burned out.

Hospital understaffing and poor work conditions associated with burnout

A new study from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that physicians and nurses experienced adverse outcomes during the pandemic and want significant improvements in their work environments and in patient safety.

A person with a child holds up a hand to stop a person approaching with a vaccine vial and syringe.

People with a conspiracy mindset resist childhood vaccination

Research by Dan Romer and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center explains the role that having a conspiracy mindset plays in adult reluctance to vaccinate children.

Two people in a wheat field wearing masks looking at a tablet.

Comparing urban and rural excess mortality during COVID-19

The first-ever county-level study of excess mortality in the United States shows monthly excess deaths spread from large cities to rural counties in the second year of the pandemic.

A medical worker gives a person a Covid vaccine.

Putting biomedical research advances within reach

Treatments and vaccines are only useful in the hands of the people who need them, and Penn Medicine is working toward better access and equity for biomedical innovations.

An ER doctor in full PPE rests on the floor alone.

Tweets showed increasing loneliness among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19

A new study from Penn Medicine finds a steady increase in expressions of loneliness and depression as the pandemic continued.

Why the Vaccine Safety Reporting System should be renamed

VAERS, the federal health system for reporting “adverse events” after vaccination, is designed to assist in the early detection of complications and responsive action. But the flood of social media references to the system during the COVID-19 pandemic created confusion.

Headshots of David Brainard, Duncan Watts, Susan R. Weiss, and Kenneth S. Zaret

Four from Penn elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The newly elected members, distinguished scholars recognized for their innovative contributions to original research, include faculty from the School of Arts & Sciences, Perelman School of Medicine, Annenberg School for Communication, and Wharton School.

A pregnant person receives a COVID vaccine.

Those of childbearing age more doubtful about safety of flu, COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy

With a vaccine on the horizon for RSV that is designed to protect pregnant people and their fetuses, new survey research finds that women of childbearing age are more doubtful than other adults about the safety of existing, recommended vaccines.

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