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When the message matters, use science to craft it
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Jessica Fishman, director of the Message Effects Lab, is a faculty research associate with appointments at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication)

When the message matters, use science to craft it

An interdisciplinary initiative called the Message Effects Lab aims to understand, tap into, and develop communication around what motivates specific behaviors for specific populations. Its first projects center around COVID-19 testing and vaccines.

Michele W. Berger

FDA aims to be ‘nimble’ on COVID-19 vaccine changes for variants

FDA aims to be ‘nimble’ on COVID-19 vaccine changes for variants

Genevieve Kanter of the Perelman School of Medicine described three potential scenarios for updates to the COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA could require a new emergency use authorization (EUA), it could allow amendments to the existing EUA, or the original vaccines could have enough data to achieve full FDA approval by the time an update is needed, she said.

Children, the pandemic, and long-term mental health consequences
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Children, the pandemic, and long-term mental health consequences

New work from Penn Nursing and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia describes the importance of recognizing COVID-19’s psychological effects on young people and the pivotal role pediatric nurses in all settings can play.

Michele W. Berger

Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic
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Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic

A research team found that evictions could lead to a considerable uptick in COVID-19 infections in U.S. cities. With rising eviction rates, COVID cases in Philadelphia could cause 53,000 additional infections.

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University of Pennsylvania doctor brings transparency to COVID vaccine for Black community

University of Pennsylvania doctor brings transparency to COVID vaccine for Black community

Florencia Greer-Polite of the Perelman School of Medicine is working to show that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe. “I was losing sleep about the idea that Black people in this country were dying at higher rates of coronavirus and were not going to take the vaccine,” she said.

Penn cardiologist explains how COVID-19 can affect the heart

Penn cardiologist explains how COVID-19 can affect the heart

Rhondalyn McLean of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about how COVID-19 can affect the heart. “If the heart has already been weakened by a heart attack or other damage from long-standing high blood pressure, for instance, then the heart is less able to handle those stressors,” she said. “By that, I mean the stressors of infection and inflammation due to COVID-19. So you end up with a vicious cycle—the heart needing to work better, but unable to do so.”