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Lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure in children and teens

A study led by Amy Kogon of the Perelman School of Medicine reveals an association between shorter-than-recommended sleep times and high blood pressure among children and teens.

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Small patients, big discoveries

Penn Nursing faculty and researchers are revolutionizing pediatric care to keep pace with technology, advances in treatment, and current events.

A teenager having their eyesight examined.

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

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

“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.

‘Holding our breath’: Philadelphia officials respond to measles outbreak from day care

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why measles is so much more infectious than flu.

Pa. research will study environmental factors’ effects on children

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

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.

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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.

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