Health Care

The hearing on the overall closure plan is now scheduled for Friday, July 19.

Protesters slammed Joel Freedman, Hahnemann’s owner, for what they see as an attempt to encroach on a vulnerable hospital for real estate profits.

Area nurses, midwives and other medical providers said the loss of a hospital like Hahnemann that takes many Medicaid-dependent patients is unfathomable.

Drexel College of Medicine and Hahnemann Hospital announced a shift of most residency programs to Philly region facilities managed by Tower Health.

The fate of the ACA is again on the line, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans takes up a case in which a lower court judge has already ruled the law unconstitutional.

Lawmakers are trying to set aside their irreconcilable differences over the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and work to reach an agreement on more immediate health care issues.

We start the hour talking with U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean about her visit to migrant detentions centers and then, we discuss the role compassion plays in medicine.

A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed it will put an independent monitor in place to oversee Hahnemann University Hospital’s closure.

The Center City hospital’s chief medical officer said: “We felt this move is in the best interest of patient safety.”

Citing concerns about loss of ER services, Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine says the hospital’s owners must give 90 days’ notice before shutting.

Is it possible to pluck one newsworthy moment from last night's cacophonous 10-contestant Democratic quiz show? You bet. Here we go.

In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.

People who are visually impaired know what works for them and what doesn’t. They’d rather innovate their own technologies.

About 30 million Americans have this allergy noted in their medical records. That means the most commonly prescribed antibiotics are off-limits.