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Health

Yuva Gambhir at the 2019 Napa Wine Series Gala
Music
Philadelphia

Penn senior and family host 10th annual fundraiser for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Between classes at Penn and DJ gigs, Yuva Gambhir manages the rare degenerative disease with grit and determination.

3 months ago

Local hair stylist Christine Meehan sits in front of her medication
Explainers
Government
Health Care
Pennsylvania

As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire

A hair stylist in Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania, has a neck condition that may require surgery. She says if ACA subsidies expire, she'll further delay the procedure.

3 months ago

Jefferson Health's Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Business
Employment
Philadelphia
6abc

Jefferson Health to lay off hundreds of employees, impacting 1% of staff

Jefferson Health says it is reducing its workforce by 1%, affecting between 600 and 700 of its 65,000 employees.

4 months ago

an estrogen patch for hormone therapy
Community Events
Health Care
Philadelphia

‘It’s the wild, wild West’: Philadelphia menopause care providers see fallout from quick online hormone prescriptions

Health care providers say patients should be careful before getting easily accessible prescriptions for hormone products.

4 months ago

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A nurse checks on IV fluids while talking to a patient.
Health Care
Insurance
Pennsylvania

Pa. approves higher ACA health insurance premiums for 2026, with some price hikes as high as 38%

Insurance regulators say Pennie customers will see premiums rise by 21% on average, which factors in the potential loss of federal premium tax credits, or health subsidies.

4 months ago

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Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland.
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Prospect Medical Holdings finds tentative buyers for Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Springfield Hospital

It is unclear when either deal will be finalized. If a sale falls through, Prospect Medical Holdings is allowed to abandon the property.

4 months ago

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building
Delaware
Health Care
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Medicare open enrollment begins Oct. 15. Here’s what to know about changes in Pa., N.J. and Del.

People 65 and older may see higher or lower Medicare premium costs, different plan options, limited telehealth access and other changes for 2026 coverage.

4 months ago

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Former President Joe Biden stands in front of an American flag
Delaware
Health Care
Politics

Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer

Biden's office announced in May that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that it had spread to his bone.

4 months ago

Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland
Business
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Judge will allow Prospect to abandon Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Springfield Hospital if a sale fails

Springfield’s solicitor said that word of a possible abandonment came as a “total surprise.”

4 months ago

Cooper Medical School students
Government
Higher Education
Medicine

RFK Jr. is demanding medical schools teach nutrition. Drexel and Rowan programs say they’re already doing that

RFK Jr. gave all organizations in charge of medical education standards two weeks to include nutrition in licensing exams and residency requirements.

4 months ago

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Diamond Stahl speaking into a microphone
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly overdose deaths keep declining as wellness ecosystem expands

Providers say Narcan availability is saving lives. But has the city’s huge investment to address the Kensington drug market made an impact?

4 months ago

University of Pennsylvania archivist John Bence
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania

A Penn physicist accidentally created X-rays over 130 years ago. His family is now donating some of the earliest known images

Images taken in 1896 by Arthur Goodspeed of coins inside a small purse were a precursor to medical X-rays and the birth of radiology in the U.S.

4 months ago

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Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
Delaware
Health Care
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

New Medicare dementia program offers free, enhanced support services to families in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

The GUIDE program pays local health and home care organizations to provide free dementia respite services, education, training and care coordination.

4 months ago

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Save Healthcare sign outside U.S. Capitol
Government
Health Care
National

Looming health insurance spikes for millions are at the heart of the government shutdown

Democrats have demanded that the subsidies, first put in place in 2021 and extended a year later, be extended again.

4 months ago

Governor Josh Shapiro signs executive order at press conference
Government
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania governor announces new vaccine safeguards, expanded access to shots in executive order

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s executive order, issued Oct. 1, directs state agencies to create vaccine information hubs, safety net programs and insurance requirements.

4 months ago

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