Patrick Ammerman

African Americans are one of the groups most likely to not have health insurance; they are 55 percent more likely to be uninsured than wh ...

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Today’s kids are heavy technology users, but the Free Library of Philadelphia is encouraging them take on a new role — one of tec ...

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Could a lack of sleep make children eat more? As scientists and policymakers are scrambling to put the brakes on rising childhood ...

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Federal agents have arrested 27 people in connection with a prescription drug ring operating throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. Offic ...

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The Pennsylvania-based company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. is beginning clinical trials on a new therapeutic vaccine to help treat hepati ...

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A new push from the federal government to teach nurses about caring for patients with HIV/AIDS is taking root in New Jersey. Rutge ...

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