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Don’t pay for cord-blood banking
The Atlantic

Don’t pay for cord-blood banking

Steve Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the rarity of cord blood use doesn’t lend itself to a successful business model for private cord blood banks.

Both gun owners and non-gun owners trust doctors in gun safety talks
A family in a doctor’s office, one parent holds a young child who is elbow-bumping a masked doctor.

Both gun owners and non-gun owners trust doctors in gun safety talks

New Penn Medicine research shows that parents are open to talking about gun safety measures with their children’s pediatricians and willing to change firearm storage practices.

From Penn Medicine News

PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist
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PIK Professor Kevin Johnson: Informatics evangelist

The Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in Penn Engineering and the Perelman School of Medicine on forging his own path in the fields of health care and computer science.

From Penn Engineering Today

Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines
An adult wearing a mask squatting next to a child wearing a mask at the end of a slide on an outdoor playground.

Children younger than 5 eligible for COVID-19 vaccines

In a Q&A, Lori Handy of Penn Medicine and CHOP discusses what it means now that this final group can get protection, plus offers recommendations for families with concerns about doing so.

Michele W. Berger