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Gene editing restores some sight in pair of children treated for blindness
A teenager having their eyesight examined.

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Gene editing restores some sight in pair of children treated for blindness

CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing has been found to be safe and largely effective in addressing a form of inherited blindness in a group of patients that, for the first time, included children

Frank Otto

Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed
KFF Health News

Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed

According to Aditi Vasan of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine, evidence is mounting in favor of the model of training community health workers to help their neighbors connect to government and health care services.

Paul Offit looks back on COVID-19, misinformation, and how public health lost the public’s trust in new book
Philadelphia Inquirer

Paul Offit looks back on COVID-19, misinformation, and how public health lost the public’s trust in new book

“Tell Me When It’s Over,” a new book by Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine, chronicles the initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mishaps of public health agencies. Recent surveys by the Annenberg Public Policy Center find that mistrust of vaccines has continued to grow through last fall.

CHOP and Penn get $50 million to study environmental effects on pregnancy
Philadelphia Inquirer

CHOP and Penn get $50 million to study environmental effects on pregnancy

Heather Burris, Sara B. DeMauro, and Sunni L. Mumford of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have won a $50 million grant to study how environmental factors affect the health of fetuses, babies, and toddlers.

Penn, CHOP to study how environmental factors affect pregnancy, children’s health
PhillyVoice

Penn, CHOP to study how environmental factors affect pregnancy, children’s health

Sunni L. Mumford, Heather Burris, and Sara B. DeMauro of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have received a $50 million grant to study how environmental factors impact pregnancy and children’s health.

National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn 
Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.

Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.

(Images: Courtesy of Penn Medicine; Desmond Patton image by Eric Sucar)

National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn 

Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth, Desmond Upton Patton, and Robert H. Vonderheide are among 100 new Academy members elected this year, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
Who should get a COVID vaccine this year?
Reuters

Who should get a COVID vaccine this year?

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine believes that the COVID boosters should be recommended annually only for high-risk groups.