Penn Medicine

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines still effective in people with MS despite diminished antibody response

Penn researchers awarded $3 million Breakthrough Prize for developing mRNA technology used by COVID-19 vaccines

Penn Breakthrough Prize

Penn Medicine, Wharton School initiative seeks to improve health of lower-income Philly residents

Penn Medicine Wharton School Fund for Health

As COVID-19 booster shots near, Penn immunologist explains why he hates the term 'breakthrough infection'

Vaccine Wherry Breakthrough

Controlling cholesterol may be key to treating a common kidney cancer

Kidney Cancer Cholesterol

Penn Medicine hospitals climb higher on the U.S. News & World Report rankings

U.S. News best hospitals

Penn Medicine to lead study of heart disease, cancer in minority communities

71921 Penn Medicine cancer research.jpg

Fauci speaks at Penn Medicine event, addresses youth mental health and COVID-19 vaccines

Black people die of COVID-19 at higher rates because they lack access to quality hospitals, Penn study finds

COVID-19 Death Rate

Black women do not face greater genetic risk of breast cancer, Penn study finds

Racial disparities breast cancer

Penn Medicine develops an 'electronic nose' to sniff out cancer

Penn Medicine 'electronic nose'

Lung transplants saving severe COVID-19 patients on death's doorstep

Penn Lung Transplant 2

Rapid COVID-19 test developed at Penn uses electrodes to identify positive cases

RAPID Penn COVID-19 Test

Competitive dancer waltzes her way back onto the dance floor after nerve surgery

Gail Cohen Penn Nerve Center

Penn doctor raises $500,000 for Indian hospitals battling COVID-19 surge

Providing exposure therapy to PTSD patients is one of the latest ways VR is being used in health care

Virtual Reality Treatment For PTSD

Barriers to specialty care may be causing disparities in use of diabetes drug, Penn study finds

Diabetes drugs

One vaccine dose may be enough for people who had COVID-19, Penn scientists say

Racial disparities still persist in genetic testing for BRCA-related breast cancer

Carlette Burton Breast Cancer

New Penn Nerve Center assembles interdisciplinary team to treat challenging disorders

Penn Nerve Center

Cancer drugs show promise in blocking hormones that fuel COVID-19 progression

COVID-19 Androgen Hormones

A single head injury can increase the risk of dementia, Penn study finds

Head injuries dementia

Newsweek ranks Penn Presbyterian, HUP among best hospitals in world

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Children's Health

The immune response to MIS-C may hold clues to improving COVID-19 treatments, Philly researchers say

MIS-C immune system

Escapist TV can relieve stress, but it can easily become problematic

Escapist TV and Mental Health

Financial incentives improve hospital care for patients with opioid addictions, Penn study finds

Hospitals Opioid Treatment

Former FDA head Stephen Hahn joins board of Philly therapeutics company

Renowned artist Maya Lin to install sculpture at new Penn Pavilion

Maya Lin Penn Medicine

Even when in remission, cancer can put you at higher risk for severe COVID-19

Cancer Remission COVID-19

Opioid overdoses are killing more Black Philadelphians, but fewer white residents

Philly Black Opioid Deaths

Outcomes improving for critically ill COVID-19 patients, Penn study finds

Post-COVID recovery clinics offer continuing care to 'long-haulers'

Post-COVID Recovery Clinics

Penn physicists get $2 million grant to develop portable COVID-19 detector

COVID-19 community spread linked to lower survival rates at local hospitals, Penn researchers find

Hospital Mortality COVID-19

Children's Health

Many teenagers start driving too soon after a concussion

Teens drivers concussion

Penn scientists played critical role in developing mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines

Penn COVID-19 Vaccines

Pennsylvania hospitals may postpone elective surgeries to meet surging COVID-19 admissions

PA hospitals COVID-19

A rise in post-COVID syndrome is concerning U.S. health experts

A rise in post-COVID syndrome is concerning U.S. health experts

X-rays could raise risk of testicular cancer, Penn researchers find

Penn Medicine TGCT

Telemedicine can reduce wait times for highly-sought dermatology visits

Dermatologist Consult Telehealth

Penn's Ezekiel Emanuel tapped to help guide Biden's COVID-19 response

Zeke Emanuel Biden's COVID-19 panel

Penn Medicine gets $5.4 million grant to study genetic causes of testicular cancer

Penn Testicular Cancer

Radiation doesn't disrupt cellular cancer therapy, Penn study finds

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