VA cited for treatment errors
The Philadelphia Veteran Affairs Medical Center was found to have committed eight apparent rule violations in connection with the use of radioactive ipellets to treat prostate cancer.
SHS reports 100 possible H1N1 cases
Penn Student Health Service reported 100 cases of influenza-like illness suspected to be type H1N1 on campus for the week of Nov. 8 through 15, according to VPUL.
Reporter's Notebook | Meteor shower: Blink and you'll miss it
This week, as happens every year in mid-November, the Leonid meteor shower returned, and despite some setbacks I went in search of a stellar shower.
For the sleep deprived, a new solution may be on the way
A Penn-led international team of researchers published a study in Nature last month suggests that certain drugs can counteract the memory-related effects of sleep deprivation.
More than 3,000 students get H1N1 vaccine
Volunteers distributed more than 3,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine to students last Friday in what was described as a “ridiculously efficient” H1N1 vaccination clinic at the ARCH building.
Engineering students get down for H2O
The Penn Engineers Without Borders event, called “For the Love of H2O,” was organized in order to raise money for a water distribution project in Gundom, Cameroon.
Positive Psychology Center trains army officers in resilience
Researchers from the Penn Positive Psychology Center will train 155 Army non-commissioned officers and family members in “Master Resilience Training” in an attempt to bring them up to that psychological standard.
SHS reports 111 cases of possible H1N1
Penn Student Health Service reported 111 cases of influenza-like illness suspected to be type H1N1 on campus for the week of November 1-7.
Reporter's Notebook | Public health expo focuses on H1N1, water
This year, more than 13,000 professionals descended upon the Philadelphia Convention Center for the American Public Health Association's 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition, whose theme was “Water and Public Health.”
H1N1 vaccine clinic to proceed as planned
This Friday’s scheduled H1N1 vaccination clinic, previously pending the delivery of vaccine, will occur as planned.