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Health and Medicine

Health and Medicine

A physician performs a visual assessment of a young patient holding an ice pack to their head.

Study confirms spit testing may help doctors diagnose concussions

Person eating lemon

Smell and taste changes provide early indication of COVID-19 community spread

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Diseases of despair diagnoses increase in Pennsylvania

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Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?

Logan DeSanto

SEN grant allows nursing student to further develop clinical and research skills

Implantable Biodegradeable Sensor

Implantable sensor could measure bodily functions -- and then safely biodegrade

A female doctor enters data onto an iPad as part of a patient's electronic health record

AI model could help patients predict disease risk with electronic health records

Two people wearing masks in a gym and weight training

Researchers study strength-training gender gap, possible solutions

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SAFE-T Center receives grant to increase access to SANE services on campus

Penn State shield: A general image used to accompany some pieces of content on Penn State News.

New simulation finds max cost for cost-effective health treatments

A woman in a white lab coat, blue gloves, and glasses sits next to a microscope in a lab and smiles at the camera

New bacterial testing method to improve health care, food safety and more

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Barriers to health care for violence victims

Nikki Hill

Identifying early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Small light blue dots and one cylindric yellow shape are on a grey background.

Two-hour sepsis test in development at Penn State

Penn State faculty, student honored

Penn State materials scientists to earn key awards at annual meeting

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