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Racial gap in doctor visits disappeared in 2020 as telemedicine adopted

Penn Medicine study finds the rate of completed primary care visits for Black patients rose to the same level of non-Black patients, as COVID-19 necessitated the wider adoption of telemedicine.

Penn Medical School holds first in-person commencement since pandemic

Graduates of The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine were honored during their 2022 commencement Sunday morning at The Kimmel Center. The graduating class of 169 people were able to receive their diplomas and take the Hippocratic Oath in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

Better fat bubbles could power a new generation of mRNA vaccines

Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the goal to design ionizable lipids that activate favorable immune pathways without overstimulating detrimental ones.

GoFundMe medical campaigns reveal a big problem with health care

Jules Lipoff of the Perelman School of Medicine writes that staggering costs of health care force some people to resort to crowdsourcing to afford their medical care.

Can a monthly injection be the key to curbing addiction? These experts say yes

Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the medications available to treat opioid addiction.

Mailed at-home disposal kits up opioid disposal rates

Anish K. Agarwal of the Perelman School of Medicine assessed and analyzed the effect of a mailed at-home disposal kit on disposal rates of unused opioids after surgery.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia awards gold medal to Dr. Katherine High, gene therapy pioneer

The work of the Perelman School of Medicine’s Jean Bennett and Albert M. Maguire on gene therapy in animals leads to award-winning achievements in advancing children's health.

A matter of trust: Community health workers in West Philly

As part of the Penn Medicine at Home enterprise, community health workers are one element of Penn’s initiatives to deliver quality care and improve health outside hospital walls.

The racial gap in completed doctor visits disappeared in 2020 as telemedicine availability rose

Krisda Chaiyachati of the Perelman School of Medicine says that offering telemedicine, even though it was for a crisis, appears to have been a significant step toward addressing long-standing inequities in health care access.

Kits increase likelihood of safe disposal for unused opioid pills, study finds

Anish K. Agarwal of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how options for disposing of unused prescriptions are important for health systems, prescribers, and pharmacies to consider.

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