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By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN Are children really spared the worst effects of COVID-19? What’s the likelihood that an expectant or new mother will pass SARS-CoV-2-or antibodies that protect against it-to her fetus through the placenta or to her infant through breastfeeding? Are COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective for children as they are for adults? What about vaccination during pregnancy or breastfeeding? Now that vaccines, along with mask wearing, physical distancing, and other precautions, are slashing the number of older adults in the U.S. who are hospitalized with or die...

Share Six members of the University of Pennsylvania faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. They are Cristina Bicchieri and Michael Hanchard of the School of Arts & Sciences, Vijay Kumar, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Stanley Plotkin and Kenneth Zaret of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sarah Tishkoff, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor with appointments in Penn Medicine and Penn Arts & Sciences. They join more than 250 new members honored in 2021, recognized for their work to “help solve the world’s most urgent challenges, cre...

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Why COVID-19 vaccination has become an issue for some who oppose abortion Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS A health-care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine at South Philadelphia High School in South Philadelphia on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The school is one of six sites across the city where teachers and school personnel can receive vaccines. This week, the newly approved, one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine was cheered as a way to dramatically accelerate the COVID-19 immunization race. But it also renewed a long-standing...

JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters An expert panel that advises the federal government on vaccination has determined that second doses of COVID-19 vaccines can be given up to four months after the first, two sources say. The shift from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which previously supported extending the interval between doses to no more than six weeks, would open the door for more people to receive their first vaccination while supplies are still limited. It would also lend support to other provinces to follow the new vaccine schedule B.C. adopted on Monday. The Globe and M...