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Health Care Policy
Second lady of Ghana visits Penn
Second lady of Ghana visits Penn
The second lady of Ghana, Hajia Samira Bawumia, spoke to an energized room in Penn Nursing’s Fagin Hall about what’s needed to forge ahead on the road to progress on the African continent as a whole and in her home country.
Dismantling health disparities in Philadelphia and beyond
Dismantling health disparities in Philadelphia and beyond
Community health workers can help patients in ways others can’t—but these programs haven’t always been successful. One program reversed that trend and is a national model.
Travel tips for breastfeeding mothers
Travel tips for breastfeeding mothers
As the traveling season gets underway, experts Diane Spatz and Elizabeth Froh offer advice for breastfeeding and pumping on trains, planes, and automobiles.
In the News
The New York Times
How Kennedy could make it harder for you and your family to get vaccinated
In a co-written opinion essay, PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel explains how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies in the Trump administration could discourage the use and research of vaccines.
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The New York Times
Elon Musk asked people to upload their health data. X users obliged
Matthew McCoy of the Perelman School of Medicine recommends not contributing private health data to the X chatbot Grok as an individual user.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn is giving out free gun safes to help Philadelphians secure their firearms
Penn Medicine is giving out gun safes and locks to help people keep their firearms safe from children in the home, with remarks from Sunny V. Jackson and Neda Khan.
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MedPage Today
Nurse suicides high during the pandemic, but feared surge never materialized
K. Jane Muir of the School of Nursing says that safeguards for nurses need to be strengthened given their higher rates of suicide compared to the general population.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Can ‘magic’ mushrooms help one of the most painful conditions?
Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s compelling evidence that psilocybin is efficacious, safe, and seems to help people with cluster headaches.
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Stat
Being a patient can be a full-time job. This ICU nurse wants to make it easier
Michael Anne Kyle of the Perelman School of Medicine is linking survey data and medical records to determine exactly how administrative burdens impact health care.
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