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Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Examining Places Where People Experiencing Homelessness Overdose

Targeted Harm Reduction Efforts in Areas Under Construction Could Reduce Fatalities

By:
  • Elizabeth D. Nesoff, PhD, MPH
January 5, 2023

Blog Post

Population Health

Extreme Heat and Cold Put People with Type 2 Diabetes at Risk for Dangerous Health Conditions

Temperature Extremes Linked to Climate Change Make Lower Income People with Type 2 Diabetes Especially Prone to Bad Health Outcomes

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
January 3, 2023

In Their Own Words

Health Care Access & Coverage

Another Threat to Abortion Privacy? Health Websites Tracking and Sharing Your Data

Researchers Sound the Alarm

By:
  • Ari B. Friedman, MD, PhD
  • Matthew McCoy, PhD
December 29, 2022
Kevin Johnson

In Their Own Words

Health Equity

All I Want for the New Year is a Chance to Give Blood: How Outdated Rules Restrict Gay Men from Donating

A Call for Policy Change

By:
  • Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS
December 27, 2022

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage | Health Equity

Racial Differences in Access to Medicare Plans Have Health Consequences

Low Access to Five-Star Plans Is Linked to High Rate of Preventable Hospitalizations

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
December 19, 2022

In Their Own Words

Health Equity

Expanding the Child Tax Credit Lifted Millions of Children From Poverty

Why One Doctor Thinks It Should Be Revived

By:
  • Zoe Bouchelle, MD
December 15, 2022

Blog Post

Population Health

Chart of the Day: Who Do Consumers Trust With Their Digital Health Data?

National Survey Shows Deep Skepticism of Many Private Companies

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
December 13, 2022

Blog Post

Substance Use Disorder

Overcoming Challenges to Providing Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Analysis of a Philadelphia Policy Shows Changing Beliefs is Essential

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
December 12, 2022

News | Video

Health Equity

The U.S. Health Care Safety Net: Intact, But Still Seriously Endangered

A Penn LDI Virtual Panel Focuses on America's Health Care Facilities of Last Resort

By:
  • Hoag Levins
December 9, 2022

Blog Post

Population Health

Can Black Men Properly Heal in the Neighborhoods That Injured Them?

Injury-Recovery Environment Can Impact Intensity of Psychological Symptoms

By:
  • Nadiyah Browning, MPH, PMP
December 8, 2022

Brief

Population Health

Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing

A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
December 6, 2022

News

What the Twitter Upheaval Means to Penn Health Services Researchers

Coming to Grips with the Chaos at a Crucial Scientific Communications Hub

By:
  • Hoag Levins
December 6, 2022

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