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Penn study debunks myth about increased suicide during holidays
KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)

Penn study debunks myth about increased suicide during holidays

Dan Romer discusses the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s recent study noting the frequency of false reports that suicides increase around the holidays.

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research
Emily Largent smiles in a chair

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research

Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.

Marilyn Perkins

An evolving animal health emergency
Two chickens in a grassy yard

An outbreak of avian influenza is impacting birds both wild and domestic. Penn Vet researchers are helping track and better understand the disease, which has affected more than 52 million birds in the United States this year.

An evolving animal health emergency

More than 52 million birds in the U.S. have been affected by an outbreak of avian influenza. Researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine are supporting Pennsylvania’s diagnostic work and launching new investigations to better understand the virus.

Katherine Unger Baillie

One step closer to a universal flu vaccine?
The New York Times

One step closer to a universal flu vaccine?

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues are developing a vaccine that could be used against the entire family of flu viruses, acting as a shield against potential pandemic threats.

Bird flu: What is it and what’s behind the outbreak?
BBC News

Bird flu: What is it and what’s behind the outbreak?

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that the latest bird flu outbreak has refused to die out, spreading from Europe to North America and affecting species like seals and foxes.

UPenn has promising early results of new flu vaccine
CBS Philadelphia

UPenn has promising early results of new flu vaccine

Scientists at the Perelman School of Medicine are testing a flu vaccine that can adapt to new viral strains using the same mRNA technology as the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.