Health experts urge staying up to date with COVID vaccines and boosters as BA.5 variant spreads Penn In the News Fox 29 (Philadelphia) 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. How to navigate another summer of COVID-19 Hosting safe summer gatherings is possible with the right precautions. Penn's Melanie Kornides and John Wherry give advice as to how. 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 Penn In the News AP News 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. Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines Q&A Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines In a Q&A, Lori Handy of Penn Medicine and CHOP discusses what it means now that this final group can get protection, plus offers recommendations for families with concerns about doing so. University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research A still image from the 3D animated video component of the non-fungible token, which will also include patent documents and a letter from Drew Weissman of Penn Medicine. (Image: Courtesy Penn Medicine and Christie’s) University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research Proceeds from the July auction of the non-fungible token—a digital asset—will benefit ongoing research at Penn. Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus. COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic Between March 2020 and October 2021, death rates from the virus decreased for those 80 and older and increased for those 25 to 54, results that held across racial and ethnic groups. Want to know which COVID variant you have? Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Want to know which COVID variant you have? Frederick Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on COVID variant tracking: “If we know what variants are involved, what their properties are, we can tell what to expect by sort of forecasting by the experience of other places that are ahead of us, based on our sequence and knowledge of the different variants.” Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report Penn In the News Business Today Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says COVID breakthrough infections should be thought of as essentially equivalent to another dose of vaccine and that, if someone had COVID recently, they could wait before getting another booster shot. Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID Penn In the News The Washington Post Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes that COVID-19 is not a mere cold or mild flu and we still do not know enough about the complications that come after the initial infection. Load More
How to navigate another summer of COVID-19 Hosting safe summer gatherings is possible with the right precautions. Penn's Melanie Kornides and John Wherry give advice as to how. 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 Penn In the News AP News 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. Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines Q&A Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines In a Q&A, Lori Handy of Penn Medicine and CHOP discusses what it means now that this final group can get protection, plus offers recommendations for families with concerns about doing so. University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research A still image from the 3D animated video component of the non-fungible token, which will also include patent documents and a letter from Drew Weissman of Penn Medicine. (Image: Courtesy Penn Medicine and Christie’s) University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research Proceeds from the July auction of the non-fungible token—a digital asset—will benefit ongoing research at Penn. Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus. COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic Between March 2020 and October 2021, death rates from the virus decreased for those 80 and older and increased for those 25 to 54, results that held across racial and ethnic groups. Want to know which COVID variant you have? Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Want to know which COVID variant you have? Frederick Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on COVID variant tracking: “If we know what variants are involved, what their properties are, we can tell what to expect by sort of forecasting by the experience of other places that are ahead of us, based on our sequence and knowledge of the different variants.” Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report Penn In the News Business Today Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says COVID breakthrough infections should be thought of as essentially equivalent to another dose of vaccine and that, if someone had COVID recently, they could wait before getting another booster shot. Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID Penn In the News The Washington Post Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes that COVID-19 is not a mere cold or mild flu and we still do not know enough about the complications that come after the initial infection. Load More
Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines Q&A Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines In a Q&A, Lori Handy of Penn Medicine and CHOP discusses what it means now that this final group can get protection, plus offers recommendations for families with concerns about doing so.
University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research A still image from the 3D animated video component of the non-fungible token, which will also include patent documents and a letter from Drew Weissman of Penn Medicine. (Image: Courtesy Penn Medicine and Christie’s) University of Pennsylvania’s first NFT commemorates mRNA research Proceeds from the July auction of the non-fungible token—a digital asset—will benefit ongoing research at Penn.
Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus.
COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic COVID mortality age patterns changed significantly during pandemic Between March 2020 and October 2021, death rates from the virus decreased for those 80 and older and increased for those 25 to 54, results that held across racial and ethnic groups.
Want to know which COVID variant you have? Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Want to know which COVID variant you have? Frederick Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on COVID variant tracking: “If we know what variants are involved, what their properties are, we can tell what to expect by sort of forecasting by the experience of other places that are ahead of us, based on our sequence and knowledge of the different variants.” Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report Penn In the News Business Today Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says COVID breakthrough infections should be thought of as essentially equivalent to another dose of vaccine and that, if someone had COVID recently, they could wait before getting another booster shot. Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID Penn In the News The Washington Post Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes that COVID-19 is not a mere cold or mild flu and we still do not know enough about the complications that come after the initial infection. Load More
Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report Penn In the News Business Today Omicron infection produces better immunity response than booster shots: Report John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says COVID breakthrough infections should be thought of as essentially equivalent to another dose of vaccine and that, if someone had COVID recently, they could wait before getting another booster shot. Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID Penn In the News The Washington Post Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes that COVID-19 is not a mere cold or mild flu and we still do not know enough about the complications that come after the initial infection. Load More
Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID Penn In the News The Washington Post Stop dismissing the risk of long COVID PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel writes that COVID-19 is not a mere cold or mild flu and we still do not know enough about the complications that come after the initial infection.