Jul 10, 2020
Penn State Health and College of Medicine update their travel policy with processes regarding specific scenarios where asymptomatic employees have access to COVID-19 testing at the employees’ request through Employee Health.
Jul 9, 2020
Vemos y escuchamos nuevas noticias COVID-19 casi cada minuto del día. Pero separar los hechos de la ficción puede ser un desafío, especialmente cuando se trata de máscaras. Rompemos algunos mitos comunes de máscaras con dos expertos en Salud de Penn State.
We see and hear new COVID-19 news almost every minute of the day. But separating facts from fiction can get challenging, especially when it comes to masks. We bust some common mask myths with two Penn State Health experts.
Jul 8, 2020
A collaboration between Penn State College of Engineering and the Center for Medical Innovation at Penn State College of Medicine may lead to a useful tool for physicians at Penn State Health during the COVID-19 pandemic – disposable stethoscopes.
Women who deliver their first child by cesarean section (C-section) are less likely to conceive a second child than those who deliver vaginally, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Jul 7, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear face coverings in public settings when around people outside of their household, especially when other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. Wearing a face mask is a simple way to help slow the spread of COVID-19 but there is a lot of misinformation about wearing a mask. Learn more from Dr. Jessica Ericson, pediatric infectious disease physician at Penn State Health Children's Hospital.
Jul 6, 2020
Pennsylvania could benefit from implementing statewide guidelines for defining patient navigation and specifying the roles and responsibilities of patient navigators in cancer care, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Penn State College of Medicine is creating a new partnership with Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Hampton University in Virginia that provides their undergraduate students early acceptance into its physician assistant program.
Jul 4, 2020
Penn State Health employees celebrated milestone work anniversaries in July.
Jul 2, 2020
A team of Penn State researchers developed a first-of-its kind clinical trial to test the use of exercise as a treatment for patients with a severe form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
