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Public knowledge varies greatly on flu and COVID-19
Three vials of vaccines: RSV, COVID, and flu.

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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.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response
Two police officers knocking on the door of a house.

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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.

From Penn Nursing News

Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy
Julia Ognibene gives two thumbs up next to a series of sinks

Julia Ognibene spent five weeks shadowing doctors at the Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, one of Italy’s foremost hospitals.

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Julia Ognibene shadows doctors in Italy

Julia Ognibene spent the summer connecting with family and shadowing doctors in Italy

Kristina García

Five factors that assess well-being of science predict support for science funding
A doctor being interviewed for a podcast.

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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.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

This season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Four bottles of Influenza vaccine beside one medical syringe.

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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.

Liana F. Wait

Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields
Deans sit on Climate Week panel.

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.

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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.
Can the COVID playbook help end malaria?
A Perry World House forum at the University of Pennsylvania discusses how lessons from COVID-19 can impact the fight to end malaria

A Sept. 12 Perry World House event, Can the COVID Playbook Help End Malaria?, looked at the historic fight against this disease, along with new developments in mRNA vaccine technologies and lessons learned from the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Can the COVID playbook help end malaria?

In a Perry World House conversation, Matthew Laurens, Martina Mchenga, and Drew Weissman discussed how lessons from a global pandemic could help in the fight to eradicate malaria.

Kristina García

Why more baby boomers are sliding into homelessness
The Wall Street Journal

Why more baby boomers are sliding into homelessness

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that homelessness among elderly people hasn’t been an issue since the Great Depression.