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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.

COVID boosters can’t outpace new mutations. Here’s why they still work

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why it doesn’t matter which variant to target when it comes to vaccine-booster development.

A CHOP pediatrician shares how she talks to patients—and her own kids—about pedestrian safety

In a Q&A, Katie Lockwood of the Perelman School of Medicine explains when and how to teach children about pedestrian safety.

Kids with allergies at risk of developing more of them, study confirms

A study by David Hill of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that children with allergic conditions might be on track to develop other allergies later in life.

Treatment failure down with standard-course therapy in pediatric UTI

Theoklis Zaoutis of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on his research that shows standard-course therapy is associated with lower rates of treatment failure in pediatric urinary tract infections.

Two Penn faculty elected to the American Philosophical Society

Paul Offit and Dorothy Roberts have been recognized for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.

FDA advisers support approval of RSV vaccine to protect infants

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine expressed concern that premature births could be a consequence of an RSV vaccine for newborns.

Philly’s med schools are in a unique position to reverse racial disparities in the profession

Dennis Dlugos of the Perelman School of Medicine says that social determinants of health are important, with most health disparities attributed to race actually due to environmental influences.

Child shootings doubled in Philly during the pandemic. Black children bore the brunt

Joel Fein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that COVID has coincided with an increase in gun purchases and more guns in the home, as well as more kids stuck at home and unable to go to school.

Benjamin Prosser with his daughter, Lucy, and wife, Erin.

Gift to Penn Medicine and CHOP establishes Center for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

This $25M gift will bolster the efforts of an interdisciplinary group of clinicians and scientists at Penn and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, led by director Benjamin Prosser, to accelerate research in genetic therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders.

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