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What’s keeping some Hispanic Americans from getting the COVID shot?

A study co-authored by Adriana Perez of the School of Nursing identifies four key barriers stopping Hispanic Americans who want to be vaccinated.

Chung Sye-kyun speaks at the podium at Perry World House.

South Korea’s response to COVID-19: Lessons for the next pandemic

Former South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun shared his nation’s successful approach to the pandemic in a Perry World House lecture.

The FDA authorizes omicron boosters for kids as young as 5 years old

On an episode of “All Things Considered,” Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there’s no evidence yet that the bivalent vaccine is any better than the original COVID vaccines.

Pregnancy, childbirth, the pandemic, and stress

For two years, the interdisciplinary Project IGNITE has followed 1,000 pregnant individuals and their children to learn more about what role environmental factors play in preterm birth, poor pregnancy outcomes, and social and emotional development.

Emily Stafford learned to love field hockey in part because of the pandemic

In a profile, Yorktown high school senior Emily Stafford says that she’s committed to playing field hockey at the University of Pennsylvania, where she’ll be studying at the Wharton School.

COVID vaccine myths drive low rates of uptake among U.S. kids

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that misinformation about vaccine safety is responsible for the dramatic discrepancy between child and adult vaccination rates, with a quote from Dan Romer.

Penn researchers explore how COVID misinformation hampers child vax rates

A study by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and colleagues finds that even parents who have received COVID vaccines might hesitate to vaccinate their children.

Misinformation drives low child COVID vaccination rates, Penn study finds

A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that fears of COVID vaccines are influencing parents’ decisions not to vaccinate their children, featuring a quote from Dan Romer.

Five women who should have won a Nobel Prize

Katalin Karikó of the Perelman School of Medicine is lauded for her work with Perelman’s Drew Weissman pioneering the use of synthetic messenger RNA to fight diseases, which served as the basis for two widely used COVID-19 vaccines.

Education power players—Lauren Overton, Principal, Penn Alexander School

In a video interview, Lauren Overton, principal of the Penn Alexander School and a doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of Education, discusses how she and her staff at PAS have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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