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Four bottles of Influenza vaccine beside one medical syringe.

This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines

Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines.

Do bats get cancer? Plus, how your wrists could give clues to future health, and more health news

Carsten Skarke of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a new study that indicates wrist temperature is associated with future risk of disease.

Sex for 62 to 72-year-olds could help prevent dementia, study shows

The research of Mike Cirigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine confirms sexual activity is a form of physical exercise.

Your wrist could give clues to future health

A study by Carsten Skarke of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that wrist temperature is associated with the risk of future disease.

The immune health future, today

Breaking the code of the immune system could provide a new fundamental way of understanding, treating, and preventing every type of disease. Penn Medicine is investing in key discoveries about immunity and immune system function, and building infrastructure, to make that bold idea a reality.

Penn, Jefferson, Fox Chase cancer centers join national alliance to advance research

Robert Vonderheide of the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine comments on an alliance that will bring Penn and Fox Chase Cancer Center together with community-based centers to share ideas on improving basic research, expanding technology in clinical trials, creating new educational opportunities, and increasing diversity in the cancer-research workforce.

As One uCity Square nears capacity, developer plots surrounding innovation campus and hotel addition

David Meaney of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted on a building project that will mark the first time Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine will have operations under the same roof.

Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields

Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.

My brother’s recovery from a car crash became a lesson in how to talk to doctors and nurses

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine writes that communication is part of healing, as she experienced when her brother was in a car accident and unable to notify family himself.

In-hospital strokes like Charlie Manuel’s are common

Steven Messé of the Perelman School of Medicine has been working on a solution to a long-standing problem in stroke care and says that for a variety of reasons in-hospital strokes sometimes are not detected until hours after they occur.

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