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How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it

A new paper from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes data from three COVID-19 pandemic years and finds that those with conspiracy mindsets discount messages from sources they don’t trust; challenges to misinformation are most effective from their own trusted community.

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Health companies return $2.6 trillion to shareholders over time amid rising medical costs

A study led by Victor Roy of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that consumers and employers ultimately contributed to corporate health profits by paying for insurance premiums, out-of-pocket medical bills, and taxes.

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The deadly NE Philly plane crash caused a plume of smoke and a massive crater. Here’s what to know about the environmental impacts

Marilyn Howarth of the Perelman School of Medicine says that unhealthy compounds in plastics and other building materials can burn more slowly and at lower temperatures than those in jet fuel, creating a greater risk of exposure.

An Army veteran speaking with a medical professional.

Standardizing provider assessments to aid veterans at risk of suicide

A Penn Medicine study of nearly 39,000 health records is the first to examine access to firearms and opioids, and completion of related interventions, among veterans at risk for suicide receiving care at the VA.

How Penn is helping with bird flu research and disease surveillance

Faculty are working on a vaccine for the H5N1 virus, studying its transmission, and helping the state test samples from birds and mammals.

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Avian flu: An explainer

In a video, Penn Medicine’s Scott Hensley gives an overview on what people should know about the avian flu virus and vaccine developments.

Helping Korean Americans with end-of-life planning is her passion

Eunice Park-Clinton, a nurse case manager in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Emergency Department, leads seminars for Korean-speaking families to understand end-of-life care, with funding from a Penn Medicine CARES grant.

Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture.

Climate crisis meets nursing know-how

How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.

An adult giving a high school student menstrual pads.

A champion for period products in Pennsylvania schools

Kayla Cook ensures that all middle and high school students in a Lancaster school district have access to dispensing bins, which hold tampons, pads, and liners in every individual women’s or gender-neutral bathroom stall.

Jovian Patterson looks at some raspberry bushes growing in a community garden.

‘Deeply Rooted’ community partnerships

Deeply Rooted is a community partnership that plants trees, greens vacant lots, and funds grassroots programs. The goal: health justice in action.

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