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Colorado has the most cases of bird flu among dairy cows in the U.S.

The School of Veterinary Medicine has developed a bird flu vaccine that is to be tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A teen driver with a driving instructor.

States differ widely in requirements for young driver training

A new paper from Annenberg Public Policy Center shows how states differ in licensing requirements for teens, and how the crash rate correlates to training; the authors advise for families of teens to go beyond the minimum state requirements to keep teen drivers safer.

A senior man receives a vaccination from a healthcare provider in a pharmacy,

Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds

In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.

The Hill

This Juneteenth, we must invest in our future as well as remember our past

Victor Roy, an incoming assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, writes that “baby bonds” could help mitigate the worsening racial wealth gap.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Nursing student and Peace Corps alum Eva Farrell

Serving in the Peace Corps as a math and science teacher in Kenya from 2012 to 2014 inspired MSN student Eva Farrell to go into nursing.

A line of people waiting to register for vaccines.

Knowledge a factor in closing Black-white COVID-19 vaccination gap

New research from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that exposure to knowledge about vaccine safety and efficacy from trusted sources can matter.

People gathered outside appearing solemn and wearing orange.

Bells toll around Penn, across the city, for National Gun Violence Awareness Day

On Friday, June 7, bells tolled at 1 p.m. at 44 locations around the region, as part of Penn Live Arts’ “Toll the Bell” community initiative.

Los Angeles Times

Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie

Jeffrey S. Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that even with a 100% effective vaccine, there would have been high levels of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in 2021.

A small child getting a Band-Aid on their arm from a doctor after receiving a vaccine.

False belief in MMR vaccine-autism link endures as measles threat persists

As measles cases rise across the United States and vaccination rates for the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine continue to fall, a new survey finds that a quarter of U.S. adults do not know that claims that the MMR vaccine causes autism are false.

Many hands holding smartphones and other sources of information about COVID-19.

How unflagged, factual content drives vaccine hesitancy

A new paper from computational social scientist Duncan Watts examines how factual, vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook has a greater overall effect than “fake news,” discouraging millions from the COVID-19 shot.

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