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The case against separating breastfeeding mothers and infants during the pandemic
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Diane Spatz is a professor of perinatal nursing and the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition at the School of Nursing, and a nurse scientist for the lactation program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. (Image: Eric Sucar)

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    • The case against separating breastfeeding mothers and infants during the pandemic

    In a Q&A, Diane Spatz of Penn Nursing and CHOP discusses why it’s safe and beneficial to keep them together, even when the mother tests positive for COVID-19.

    Michele W. Berger

    Can widespread protests bring lasting change?
    A crowd of people wearing masks march in the streets, one protester holds a sign reading "Justice for George Floyd."

    Demonstrators march to protest George Floyd’s killing by a police officer.

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    • Can widespread protests bring lasting change?

    Amidst the current protests decrying the killings of Black people by police and demand for reforms, Penn Today speaks to political scientist Daniel Gillion about his new book, “The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy.”

    Kristen de Groot

    Can, or should, the Insurrection Act be invoked?
    Armed soldiers stand in the grass in front of a low wall behind which a large protest is taking place.

    Military police soldiers attached to the Texas Army National Guard’s 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade support local law enforcement during a protest in Austin, Texas, on May 31, 2020.

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    • Can, or should, the Insurrection Act be invoked?

    Claire Finkelstein of the Law School spoke to Penn Today to discuss the history and meaning of a rarely used law, propelled into the news this week.

    Kristen de Groot

    Language in tweets offers insight into community-level well-being
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    Lyle Ungar, a professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and one of the principal investigators of the World Well-Being Project, which has spent more than half a decade working on ways to grasp the emotional satisfaction and happiness of specific places.

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    • Language in tweets offers insight into community-level well-being

    In a Q&A, researcher Lyle Ungar discusses why counties that frequently use words like ‘love’ aren’t necessarily happier, plus how techniques from this work led to a real-time COVID-19 wellness map.

    Michele W. Berger

    Pandemics and presidential elections
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    • Pandemics and presidential elections

    The coronavirus outbreak has already caused disruptions in the 2020 election cycle. What if the nation is in the midst of another shutdown come Election Day in November?

    Kristen de Groot

    Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus
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    • Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus

    The United States has faced pressure to ease sanctions to help Iran manage its coronavirus outbreak. Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani, a doctoral candidate in the History Department, discusses how the sanctions have played into Iran’s energy development and complicated its management of the viral outbreak.

    Kristen de Groot

    Domestic violence and gun sales in the time of COVID-19
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    • Domestic violence and gun sales in the time of COVID-19

    In a Q&A, School of Social Policy & Practice researcher Susan B. Sorenson describes new challenges surrounding intimate partner violence and the uptick in gun purchases since this crisis began.

    Michele W. Berger

    At the dental school, the dietitian is in
    A dietitian shows a nutrition label to a person in a dental clinic

    Matthew Whipple, a registered dietitian, consults with patients in clinics at Penn's School of Dental Medicine. (Image: Penn Dental Medicine)

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    • At the dental school, the dietitian is in

    Matthew Whipple, a registered dietitian at the School of Dental Medicine, consults with patients in clinics and educates students about the importance of spreading nutrition advice. He also cooks up a mean chicken and sausage gumbo.

    Katherine Unger Baillie