Todd Bookman

GoPuff going bigger with expanded late-night delivery of everything from munchies to diapers

A Philadelphia startup that offers late-night delivery of convenience store items is raising big money for a national expansion. G ...

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23% hike sought by Pa. health insurers for ACA policies likely to shrink

Each year, health insurance companies file paperwork with Pennsylvania’s Insurance Department, laying out what they hope to charge ...

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Health

Protecting the dead, both body and soul

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

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Can virtual reality make us kinder?

Researchers are looking into VR’s empathetic potential. Slip on the virtual reality headset, a sort of ski-goggles wit ...

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Philadelphia-area YMCA settles a discrimination case involving child with diabetes

A Philadelphia-area YMCA and the U.S. Department of Justice have settled a discrimination complaint involving a child with Type 1 diabete ...

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Controversial vaccination film debuts in Philadelphia

Despite being pulled from the Tribeca Film Festival, the controversial movie ‘Vaxxed: From Cover-Up To Catastrophe’ will have ...

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Patent models trace history and highlights of 19th century innovation

The engine of the American economy, in miniature. In 1790, with American democracy still a work in progress, American capita ...

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Money

With ‘virtual’ shareholders meeting, Comcast joins growing trend

When shareholders gather for Comcast’s annual meeting next Thursday, they won’t be inside Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, ...

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With $185 million in earnings, HUP is nation’s seventh most profitable hospital

While most hospitals in the country lose money delivering care to patients, some larger facilities, including the Hospital of the Univers ...

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At 100, Penn Relay runner sets records for her life and 100 meter dash [photos]

This year marks the 122nd annual running of the Penn Relays. The race had only been around for 22 years when Ida Keeling was born. ...

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Science

Moving out of the weeds and toward the mainstream, cannabis conference comes to Philly

This weekend, Philadelphia will play host to its first-ever ...

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Pa. legalizes medical marijuana, but program rollout could take years

Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a ...

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