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‘Trusted messengers’ distill science, debunk myths about COVID-19 vaccine

VaxUpPhillyFamilies, led by Penn’s School of Nursing, engages Philadelphia parents and caregivers as vaccine ambassadors to identify concerns and provide support related to COVID-19 vaccines, increase vaccine uptake, and address social support needs.

A quarter of San Francisco public school students were chronically absent last year

Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education outlines the four distinct ways that students are impacted by chronic absence, as well as the factors that contribute to it.

Am I going to get COVID again? What to know about reinfection

E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says that our understanding of the depth of immune responses to COVID remains limited.

Universities’ vaccine mandates helped stop virus deaths in their local counties, study says

The University of Pennsylvania is noted as one of several Pennsylvania schools that required COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff.

Why some experts suggest getting a PCR test, even if you already know you have COVID-19

Benjamin Abramoff of the Perelman School of Medicine believes that fewer clinics will require official COVID test results now that at-home tests have become the norm.

Overheard with Ajay Raju

James Wilson of the Perelman School of Medicine critically examines the COVID-19 pandemic, questioning whether we’ve learned enough to prepare for the next one.

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Testing, treatments, and more: A glossary for year three of the pandemic

Penn Today adds a new installment to this series aimed at making sense of the language around COVID-19.

Health experts urge staying up to date with COVID vaccines and boosters as BA.5 variant spreads

Mike Cerigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the BA.5 variant is very contagious, but we have ways to deal with it.

On a sunny day on an outdoor patio, a man in a surgical mask pours a smiling woman a drink.

How to navigate another summer of COVID-19

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine and Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing stress the continued importance of vaccination and testing.

U.S. grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall

E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on “bivalent” shots—a combination of the original vaccine plus omicron protection.

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