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Where and when violent crime rates fall, heart disease deaths fall, too
Chicago city skyline.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine evaluated 15 years of data gathered from the city of Chicago for their study.

Where and when violent crime rates fall, heart disease deaths fall, too

A study of data from Chicago by Perelman School of Medicine researchers revealed that, as violent crime decreases, so does the area’s death rate from heart disease.

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‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims
A group of men in India stand in a line holding first aid kits and certificates

Participants in the A-B-C Stop the Bleed program hold their first aid kits and certificates of training in the Kalakal neighborhood, outside Hyderabad, India. (Image: Courtesy of A-B-C Stop the Bleed)

‘Stop the Bleed’ program helps bystanders in India aid accident victims

The innovative program addresses the country’s high rate of preventable fatalities by offering training on how to recognize and stop life-threatening bleeding.

Kristen de Groot

The economic impact of rural hospital closures
Two vehicles parked outside the Harris Sub-Regional Clinic in Alaska

The economic impact of rural hospital closures

A study led by Paula Chatterjee and colleagues shows that rural hospital closures reflect existing economic downturns in communities and economies that were already declining before the hospital shut its doors.

From Penn LDI

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.

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How to navigate another summer of COVID-19
On a sunny day on an outdoor patio, a man in a surgical mask pours a smiling woman a drink.

Hosting safe summer gatherings is possible with the right precautions. Penn's Melanie Kornides and John Wherry give advice as to how.

How to navigate another summer of COVID-19

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine and Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing stress the continued importance of vaccination and testing.

Luis Melecio-Zambrano

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

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days
Guobin Yang and the cover of the book called "The Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang." The image shows a person fully covered in what appears like a hazmat suit next to a person in a hospital bed. They are outside.

Frontline voices from the pandemic’s early days

In his new book, “The Wuhan Lockdown,” Guobin Yang uses personal diaries from that city’s residents to recreate how it felt at the epicenter of what was then a scary and unknown new virus.

Michele W. Berger