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The large tower crane at the construction site of Penn Medicine’s new, state-of-the-art hospital, the Pavilion, will be disassembled and removed from the grounds on the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania campus beginning Dec. 20, 2019.

The total amount of opioids dispensed per new opioid prescription decreased by 22 percent in Penn Medicine outpatient practices in New Jersey after the state passed a law limiting prescriptions to a five-day supply for new opioid prescriptions.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine to protect against genital herpes.

Penn Study Shows Unanticipated Adverse Effects of Affirmative Action Bans on Health Behaviors

When patients with HIV who are also battling opioid dependence go without addiction treatment, they are more likely to stop taking their HIV medications than drug-free patients.

Penn Medicine’s IMPaCT (Individualized Management for Patient-Centered Targets) program has received a 3-year, $1.4 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help three new sites establish community health worker programs, based on the IMPaCT model, to serve 4,600 low-income and chronically-ill Americans.

Gun-related homicide rates in states with strict gun laws increase when neighboring states have less restrictive laws as a result of gun trafficking across state lines, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine.

Laws that require landlords to disclose bed bug infestations help combat the spread of the insects and protect the health of potential tenants. According to a new study, these laws also lead to cost savings, on average, for landlords within five years.

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