Philadelphians hope a cleaner city will reduce gun violence. Will Oh or Parker make it a reality? Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Philadelphians hope a cleaner city will reduce gun violence. Will Oh or Parker make it a reality? A $3 million blight reduction project in Philadelphia is informed by Penn research showing that cleaning up trash and revitalizing vacant lots can reduce gun violence rates by as much as 29%. Universal basic income is working—even in red states Penn In the News Business Insider Universal basic income is working—even in red states Researchers at Penn concluded that a basic income program in Stockton, California, could have profound positive impacts on local public health. NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn partnered with New Jersey’s Camden County to create a virtual reality training video for administering the opioid-reversing drug Narcan. Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 Image: iStock/angelp Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 The latest Annenberg Public Health and Knowledge Survey finds the answers to eight survey questions—four for the flu and four for COVID—have the strongest ability to independently predict individual vaccine willingness. Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents. Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent five weeks shadowing doctors at the Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, one of Italy’s foremost hospitals. (Image: Julia Ognibene) Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding Image: iStock/PrathanChorruangsak Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center introduces an assessment model to gauge the extent to which public perceptions align with the way scientists define their work. An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Penn In the News NPR An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing says that over-the-counter Narcan is a baby step in the right direction, not a game changer. This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock Q&A This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines. Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event. Load More
Universal basic income is working—even in red states Penn In the News Business Insider Universal basic income is working—even in red states Researchers at Penn concluded that a basic income program in Stockton, California, could have profound positive impacts on local public health. NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn partnered with New Jersey’s Camden County to create a virtual reality training video for administering the opioid-reversing drug Narcan. Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 Image: iStock/angelp Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 The latest Annenberg Public Health and Knowledge Survey finds the answers to eight survey questions—four for the flu and four for COVID—have the strongest ability to independently predict individual vaccine willingness. Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents. Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent five weeks shadowing doctors at the Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, one of Italy’s foremost hospitals. (Image: Julia Ognibene) Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding Image: iStock/PrathanChorruangsak Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center introduces an assessment model to gauge the extent to which public perceptions align with the way scientists define their work. An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Penn In the News NPR An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing says that over-the-counter Narcan is a baby step in the right direction, not a game changer. This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock Q&A This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines. Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event. Load More
NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn In the News CBS Philadelphia NJ’s Camden County deploying virtual reality to teach students about naloxone Penn partnered with New Jersey’s Camden County to create a virtual reality training video for administering the opioid-reversing drug Narcan. Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 Image: iStock/angelp Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 The latest Annenberg Public Health and Knowledge Survey finds the answers to eight survey questions—four for the flu and four for COVID—have the strongest ability to independently predict individual vaccine willingness. Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents. Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent five weeks shadowing doctors at the Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, one of Italy’s foremost hospitals. (Image: Julia Ognibene) Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding Image: iStock/PrathanChorruangsak Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center introduces an assessment model to gauge the extent to which public perceptions align with the way scientists define their work. An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Penn In the News NPR An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing says that over-the-counter Narcan is a baby step in the right direction, not a game changer. This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock Q&A This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines. Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event. Load More
Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 Image: iStock/angelp Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19 The latest Annenberg Public Health and Knowledge Survey finds the answers to eight survey questions—four for the flu and four for COVID—have the strongest ability to independently predict individual vaccine willingness.
Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Image: iStock/Jacob Wackerhausen Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents.
Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent five weeks shadowing doctors at the Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, one of Italy’s foremost hospitals. (Image: Julia Ognibene) Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy
Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding Image: iStock/PrathanChorruangsak Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding A new study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center introduces an assessment model to gauge the extent to which public perceptions align with the way scientists define their work.
An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Penn In the News NPR An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll? Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing says that over-the-counter Narcan is a baby step in the right direction, not a game changer. This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock Q&A This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines. Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Image: Bernard Chantal for Adobe Stock Q&A This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines Judith A. O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine answers common questions about this year’s flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccines.
Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health. (Image: Tommy Leonardi) Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.