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Smoke safety: What to know and how to keep safe with poor air quality
A person crosses the Schuylkill River on a blue bike. The city skyline behind him is obscured with smoke haze.

A person cycles past the skyline in Philadelphia shrouded in haze, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.

(Image: AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

  • Q&A

    • Smoke safety: What to know and how to keep safe with poor air quality

    Olajumoke O. Fadugba of the Perelman School of Medicine addresses why smoke irritates the body, why people with allergies and asthma are particularly affected, and how to stay safe. Writer: Kristina García

    Kristina García

    Project HOME receives $25M gift, launches opioid abuse initiative with Penn Medicine, Jefferson and Temple Health

    Project HOME receives $25M gift, launches opioid abuse initiative with Penn Medicine, Jefferson and Temple Health

    Thanks to a $25 million donation, Project HOME will team with Penn Medicine, Jefferson Health, and Temple Health to improve how people experiencing homelessness are treated for opioid abuse disorder, with remarks from Richard C. Wender of the Perelman School of Medicine.

    Why the Vaccine Safety Reporting System should be renamed
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    Why the Vaccine Safety Reporting System should be renamed

    VAERS, the federal health system for reporting “adverse events” after vaccination, is designed to assist in the early detection of complications and responsive action. But the flood of social media references to the system during the COVID-19 pandemic created confusion.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community
    Four older Latinx people with Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez at a community health center.

    Participants of Tiempo Juntos with community health promoter, Ruby Rivera and Adriana Perez.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Memory Center)

    Promoting exercise for healthy brain aging in the Latino community

    Penn Nursing’s Adriana Perez engages the Latino community in fitness classes through Tiempo Juntos Por Nuestra Salud.

    From Penn Memory Center

    Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through
    Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang pose in business suites.

    Catherine Chang and Kenneth Pham are co-founders of Act First and winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize. Their nonprofit teaches Philadelphia high school students how to do CPR, prevent blood loss, and administer Narcan. 

    (Image: Eric Sucar)

    Act First, a PEP winner, wants to teach Philly students critical first aid—and the confidence to follow through

    Kenneth Pham and Catherine Chang, winners of the 2023 President’s Engagement Prize, will teach Philadelphia high school students CPR, Narcan administration, and blood loss prevention.