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Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

El Dr. Llera pone al servicio su experiencia al venir de Puerto Rico a Filadelfia para tratar a sus pacientes en la clínica Maria de los Santos Health Center, en Allegheny.

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

With cases teetering at about 60,000 to 70,000 per day, hyper-transmissible variants and state rollbacks of restrictions, the CDC chief urges Americans to be vigilant.

In an interview with WHYY, Kamala Harris talked about Philly’s FEMA site and balancing the need to get shots into arms with the need to do it fairly.

Pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long permeate the state’s waterways, according to a PennEnvironment Research & Policy report. Could they pose a health risk?

Pennsylvania will dedicate the newly approved single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to teachers and staff.

More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden reopened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response.

Risk ripples outwards. A family member cohabitating with an essential worker has a 17% greater chance of testing positive. Other roommates face a 38% increase.

Research by the city, Penn, and VA Medical Center found fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses rose dramatically among Black Philadelphians in spring 2020.

Biden noted that vaccine supply was only one bottleneck toward that goal and that the new challenge will be injecting doses into arms as swiftly as possible.

A total of 324 positive test results were reported last week. That’s nearly three times higher than the University of Delaware's previous weekly high in mid-November.

Jefferson Health CEO Stephen Klasko said he expects the merger to close within the next six months. The combined system would have 17 hospitals.

If you've been delaying routine medical care, now's the time to catch up, doctors say. The consequences of missing some key screenings and health checkups can be lethal.

The city is recommending vaccine providers use this single-dose vaccine for people who are hard to reach, like people who are homebound.