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Perceptions shaped social behavior during the pandemic
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Perceptions shaped social behavior during the pandemic

Research from Penn psychologists found that Americans who most feared losing their connections continued interacting with others, paradoxically acting in ways that risked prolonging disease-mitigating social restrictions.

Michele W. Berger

Opinion: Why the FDA was wrong to delay authorization of vaccines for kids under 5
The Washington Post

Opinion: Why the FDA was wrong to delay authorization of vaccines for kids under 5

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues from Stanford University and the University of Denver denounced the FDA’s decisions to delay authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children younger than 5. “Waiting for third-dose results before opening access will inevitably lead to thousands more children being infected with the coronavirus without the protection of a vaccine,” they wrote.

Combating health misinformation
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Combating health misinformation

A new article from Penn Nursing explains how unreliable and false health information accelerated during the pandemic, and how social media platforms amplified the problem.

From Penn Nursing News

Hyperbaric treatment, carbon monoxide poisoning spiked amid COVID-19
A hyperbaric medicine chamber.

Hyperbaric treatment, carbon monoxide poisoning spiked amid COVID-19

Penn Hyperbaric Medicine donated carbon monoxide detectors to patients who come in contact with carbon monoxide poisoning but don’t have a detector, and to families in transitional housing.

From Penn Medicine News

A veterinarian’s take on vaccine hesitancy
Dean Andrew Hoffman at New Bolton Center campus

School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Andrew Hoffman.

(Image: Lisa Godfrey)

  • Q&A

    • A veterinarian’s take on vaccine hesitancy

    In a conversation with Penn Today, School of Veterinary Medicine Dean Andrew Hoffman shares his perspective on the important role veterinarians can play in supporting underserved communities.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    In the line for scarce covid treatments, immunocompromised Americans should go before the unvaccinated
    The Washington Post

    In the line for scarce covid treatments, immunocompromised Americans should go before the unvaccinated

    Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine and Govind Persad of the University of Denver wrote an op-ed arguing that, when resources are scarce, people who are immunocompromised or unvaccinated due to ineligibility should be prioritized for COVID-19 treatments over those who have remained unvaccinated by choice.

    PCR COVID tests are not very useful. Focus on rapid antigen tests instead
    The Washington Post

    PCR COVID tests are not very useful. Focus on rapid antigen tests instead

    PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and other members of the Biden administration’s transitional COVID-19 advisory board wrote an op-ed advocating for more reliance on rapid antigen tests. They argued that PCR tests can have slow turnaround times, which can render the results moot.