Medical Ethics

A home health worker checks the heartbeat of a senior patient.

Home health is another care setting where workers use judgment language

A first-of-its kind study from Penn LDI reveals that Black and Hispanic patients are described negatively, and have shorter visits.

The New York Times

Experts see lessons for next pandemic as COVID emergency comes to an end

According to PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, the pandemic has shown that officials should think carefully about school closures and keep them as limited as possible to avoid negative educational impact.

lecture attendees pay attention to a speaker in an auditorium

Beyond the pipette and the stethoscope, students explore biology’s societal impacts

The new Biology and Society course, supported by SNF Paideia, gave biology majors the chance to explore how scientists must contend with subjects such as health equity and vaccine hesitancy.

Axios

ChatGPT might show more empathy than docs, study finds

David Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School says that ChatGPT tries to be chatty and comprehensive.

Reuters

‘It totally backfired’: The pitfalls of Alzheimer’s genetic testing

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine says that genetic testing for Alzheimer’s can lead to information about siblings and children as well, causing existential dread.

Stat

The NIH has poured $1 billion into long COVID research—with little to show for it

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the National Institutes of Health have nothing to show for a billion dollars’ worth of research on long COVID.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hundreds of workers at a Philly Coca-Cola distributor are on strike. Here’s why

A study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax spurred a 39% reduction in the purchase of sweetened beverages.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Teamsters have voted to strike at Philly area’s largest Coca-Cola distributor

A 2020 study from the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax spurred a 39% reduction in the purchase of sweetened beverages.

NPR

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA’s regulatory authority

Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the Texas ruling banning mifepristone is unprecedented, representing a single federal judge inserting himself to stand in for the FDA.

Boston Globe

A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel decries the high cost of gene therapies.

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