Health

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

Hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina that makes more than half of the U.S. supply of intravenous fluids. Hospitals use them everyday.

The vaccine program is open to all county residents and offers shots for COVID, flu, RSV and other diseases.

Medical sociologist Liz Chiarello discusses the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on both patients and physicians.

A look at some of the innovative efforts to transform the relationship between law enforcement and the health care system.

Drug overdose deaths among Philadelphians have risen every year since 2018, but preliminary numbers for 2023 show a drop.

Researchers looked at 230 cases of children 6 and younger who accidentally ingested opioids from common and uncommon sources.

Surviving cardiac arrest is rare. Only about 10% of patients pull through. One major factor is getting CPR immediately. New AEDs could help speed things up.

Cardiac researcher Sian Harding discusses scientific advances in heart health including growing artificial hearts from stem cells.

Sublocade is a long-acting form of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid use disorder. It’s given once a month as an injection instead of a daily oral dose.

Only 111 of 250 spots have been filled as part of the guaranteed income pilot program. Officials hope to fill the remaining spots by the end of the year.

The $1.2 million in Health Resources and Services Administration federal grants is to bring more behavioral health options into primary care.

With cardiac emergencies, every second counts. We look at the latest innovations saving patients and their hearts.

The gene therapy comes seven years after another research group at the university helped come up with the first FDA approved gene therapy for an inherited disease.