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A doctor prepping a vaccine for a pregnant person.

To increase acceptance of an RSV vaccine, explain the FDA’s vaccine approval process

A new report by Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center shows a need for more public visibility of the FDA’s rigorous review process to sway public opinion about the safety of vaccines and maternal health during pregnancy.

How heat makes health inequity worse, hitting people with risks like diabetes harder

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine says that extreme heat, like most public health issues in the U.S., is a health equity issue.

Here’s how to deal with an allergic reaction on your face

Temitayo Ogunleye of the Perelman School of Medicine outlines the symptoms and signs of different types of dermatitis.

Doctor touches virtual image of kidneys and bladder.

How machine learning could aid compatibility in kidney transplantation

Through the PURM internship program, undergraduate students are further researching an algorithm developed to group kidney donor-recipient pairs into low-risk and high-risk groups for graft survival.

‘I didn’t have it in my bag before’: Incoming Penn students say carrying Narcan is shaping their outlook on medicine

Penn Medicine welcomed a new class of 157 first-year medical students with a hands-on orientation for administering naloxone, a life-saving medication used to help reverse opioid overdoses.

A new blood test may predict your Alzheimer’s risk. Should you take it?

Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine cautions that the uncertainty of learning one’s Alzheimer’s risk from test results might be difficult for some people to handle.

Health care has an ‘LMNO’ problem

In an Op-Ed, David A. Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School and Roy Rosin of Penn Medicine says that contractions of language and behavior reinforce each other throughout medicine, resulting in needless tests and avoidable costs.

Four doctors at a table, one gestures to an open laptop.

To reduce medical errors, connect doctors with other doctors

A new study from Annenberg’s Damon Centola uncovers how information-sharing networks can improve medical care.

The truth about four ‘anti-aging’ pills

Anne R. Cappola of the Perelman School of Medicine says everyone would like to find “that magic pill where we don’t get older, don’t feel worse, and have more energy all the time.”

These eight diseases are so rare that drug firms haven’t tried treating them with gene therapy. A $97 million program aims to help

Gene therapy for a rare form of blindness will be tested at Penn Medicine while gene therapy for a condition that causes skeletal deformities and seizures will be tested at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

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