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Making meaning from the loss of a child
woman sitting cross-legged on sofa using breast milk pumps

Pumping and donating milk to a nonprofit milk bank offers a way to channel grief for some bereaved parents whose child died at birth, according to research by Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing and colleagues. 

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Making meaning from the loss of a child

Research by Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing and colleagues reveals how donating milk served as an important part of the grieving process for some parents who had lost a baby before or at birth.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Michele W. Berger

Building Penn Medicine’s Pavilion helped launch his career. Now, William Griffin is going places
Vice President, Kamala Harris stands at a ceremony with William Griffin and his wife, who is holding their son.

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, with William Griffin and his wife and son. (Image: Penn Medicine News)

Building Penn Medicine’s Pavilion helped launch his career. Now, William Griffin is going places

Griffin participated in PennAssist, a program to help graduates of Philadelphia’s career and technical high schools and city residents enter the building trades, and made an impression on the construction management team for the Pavilion.

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Urging caution but not panic on monkeypox
microscopic view of monkeypox virus

In the last few weeks, an outbreak of monkeypox, a relative of smallpox, has affected nearly 100 people across 12 countries.

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    • Urging caution but not panic on monkeypox

    While unfamiliar to many in the U.S., monkeypox and other poxviruses have been on the radar of researchers at the School of Dental Medicine and Perelman School of Medicine for decades.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Lighting the way for rare disease
    Magnolia Wang posing with Penn Pavilion with the roof lit up

    To commemorate Rare Disease Day, Magnolia Wang organized a lighting of the Pavilion of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in support of the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

    Lighting the way for rare disease

    After finding out about STAC3, a rare disease without a cure, biology major Magnolia Wang of the College of Arts and Sciences set out to raise awareness and advocate for those struggling with the illness.

    Luis Melecio-Zambrano