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Five things to know about COVID-19 protocols for the fall semester

In an effort to keep everyone within the Penn community healthy, Benoit Dubé, Penn’s chief wellness officer, says it is critical that University students, staff, and faculty adhere to the recommended public health guidelines.

The Wall Street Journal

Variant-targeted COVID-19 boosters test the promise of mRNA technology

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine, whose key discoveries about mRNA contributed to Moderna and BioNTech, says that mRNA is designed to rapidly adapt to new strains and variants of virus.

Los Angeles Times

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn’t

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the CDC fostered a culture of arrogance, overestimating their ability to get things right.

NPR

What's behind the FDA’s controversial strategy for evaluating new COVID boosters

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the FDA needs solid data to ensure that the new BA.4/5 boosters have a dramatically greater neutralizing antibody response.

Philadelphia Inquirer

‘COVID? What COVID?’ More and more people say they’ve returned to normal

A survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that many people rarely wear masks when indoors with strangers, despite their awareness of continuing COVID risks.

Philadelphia Inquirer

More than two years into the pandemic, hospital care still may not save you from dying of COVID-19

Lewis J. Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine says that improvements in outpatient therapy have prompted some hospitals to only admit very ill COVID patients.

KCBS San Francisco

40% of Americans say they've returned to pre-COVID life, study finds

An Annenberg Public Policy Center survey shows that four in 10 Americans have decided to return to “normal” pre-pandemic life, with a quote from Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Grid

How monkeypox myths mimic lies about COVID and AIDS

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the human impulse to scapegoat is both predictable and dangerous.

A person, Helaine Heggs, standing outside in front of a tree.

‘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.

San Francisco Examiner

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.

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