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A low-cost, eco-friendly COVID test
cesar de la fuente in his lab

A low-cost, eco-friendly COVID test

César de la Fuente and a team of Penn engineers work on creative ways to create faster and cheaper testing for COVID-19. Their latest innovation incorporates speed and cost-effectiveness with eco-friendly materials.

From Penn Engineering Today

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

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.

Hospital understaffing and poor work conditions associated with burnout
Two masked medical professionals seated on the floor looking burned out.

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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.

From Penn Nursing News

People with a conspiracy mindset resist childhood vaccination
A person with a child holds up a hand to stop a person approaching with a vaccine vial and syringe.

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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.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Putting biomedical research advances within reach
A medical worker gives a person a Covid vaccine.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine Magazine

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.

Karen L. Brooks for Penn Medicine Magazine