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The Penn Medical Communication Research Institute (PMCRI) is a new collaboration between the Annenberg School for Communication and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania aiming to find out how to reduce medical misinformation.

A new study published in Applied Clinical Informatics assessing uptake of the digital workflow system CareAlign found that the majority of providers are eager to use the system, with nine out of ten confidently using it in their daily work within a week of receiving the system.

Researchers have identified a powerful combination of antivirals to treat COVID-19. Combining the drug brequniar with remdesivir or molnupiravir — both approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use — inhibited the SARS-CoV-2 virus in human respiratory cells and in mice.

“This long-term remission is remarkable, and witnessing patients living cancer-free is a testament to the tremendous potency of this 'living drug' that works effectively against cancer cells,” said J. Joseph Melenhorst, PhD

Considered the father of orthoplastic surgery and a champion of reconstructive microsurgery, L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, is the winner of the 2022 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for establishing and evolving those fields’ approach to the care of serious extremity injuries.

Telemedicine appears to be a key to reducing racial inequities in follow-up care after hospitalization, according to numbers collected amid the pandemic by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.