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Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

CNN

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.

Physician’s Weekly

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.

NPR

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.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

WHYY (Philadelphia)

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.

Physician’s Weekly

The quality and management of penicillin allergy labels in pediatric primary care

A study by Yun Li and Jeffrey S. Gerber of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that penicillin allergy documentation is uninformative, with children infrequently referred to allergists.

Stat

FDA: Base blood donation policy on science, not stigma

In an Op-Ed, Scott Jelinek of the Leonard Davis Institute and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia urges the FDA to remove its restriction on blood donation by gay and bisexual men.

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