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Posts mislead about COVID-19 vaccine safety with out-of-context clip of FDA official
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Posts mislead about COVID-19 vaccine safety with out-of-context clip of FDA official

Jeffrey S. Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that many adverse medical events, even those clearly unrelated to vaccines, have been reported an order of magnitude more for COVID vaccines during the pandemic than any time before.

Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health
Taussia Boadi stands on the mezzaine of the Wharton Academic Research building, with the lobby seen below and a floor to ceiling piece of art in various shades of green behind her.

Sociology fourth-year Taussia Boadi’s research looks at looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women. 

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Who, What, Why: Taussia Boadi on trauma and Black maternal health

The fourth-year sociology major’s research looks at the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, birth outcomes, and resilience in Black women.

Kristen de Groot

Killings of unarmed Black people and racial disparities in sleep health
An African American person in bed, unable to sleep.

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Killings of unarmed Black people and racial disparities in sleep health

Penn Medicine research finds that Black adults across the U.S. suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters.

Eric Horvath

Penn & Philly shines light on community partnerships
View of Philadelphia skyline from campus

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Penn & Philly shines light on community partnerships

The Office of the Executive Vice President launched the initiative in January, highlighting important service work across the University, the Health System, and Philadelphia.

Penn Today Staff

Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi
Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health Collaborators on the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health visited the University of Pennsylvania in October for a project meeting. Pictured are Lauren Schmitz (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Namrata Ray (Penn), Hans-Peter Kohler (Penn), Kondwani Katundu (Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi), Kazione Kulisewa (Kamuzu University), Iliana V. Kohler (Penn), and Victor Mwapasa (Kamuzu University).

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Two-and-a-half decades of research in Malawi

As the country’s life expectancy has risen, the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health has shifted its current and future research to aging.
Trauma surgeon works to confront firearm injury at its source
Elinore Kaufman.

Elinore Kaufman, assistant professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Trauma surgeon works to confront firearm injury at its source

Elinore Kaufman, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, focuses on helping patients and communities with firearm violence.

From Penn LDI

The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award
Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. pose together at an award ceremony. Branson and Tan both hold plaques.

From left to right: Ira Harkavy, Paulette Branson, Andy Tan, and John L. Jackson Jr. 

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The 2023 Provost/Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award

Andy Tan, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and community partners Cross-Grade Sports and OurSpace were honored for their work in the West Philadelphia community.

Kristina García

Over a third of Americans worry about getting the flu, RSV, or COVID-19
A child on a nebulizer.

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Over a third of Americans worry about getting the flu, RSV, or COVID-19

American adults are worried they or loved ones will succumb to the ‘tripledemic’ illnesses in the next three months, according to a new health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center