Penn scientists awarded grant to develop portable, odor-based COVID-19 detector

The rapid, handheld device that is more than 90% sensitive and specific for COVID-19. 

Penn Med study finds that media overreports fatal and multiple shootings

Researchers at Penn Med find that the media underreports shootings of Black victims and overreports shootings of female victims.

Penn Med discovers rare form of dementia that could be targeted for new therapies

The newly discovered disease — which researchers are calling Vacuolar Tauopathy — could be targeted for new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.