Health Care

The White House has disclosed after each of the president’s three annual medical reports that he has been seen by a neurologist, among many other specialists.

Working with trained professionals at the team facilities, students will observe and participate in the care of the NFL players.

Some Philadelphia-area doctors say admissions to intensive care and asthma deaths among children have gone up this year, partly because of supply issues.

Families, cities and states wish to hold Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and its owners, the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid crisis.

Shortages of ADHD medications have forced patients to ration and to spend hours calling different pharmacies to get prescriptions filled.

Gov. Carney said his position on the issue has been public since the bill was introduced. He has 10 days to act after his office gets the legislation.

The deal between the two South Jersey health systems follows a spate of recent hospital mergers and acquisitions in the region.

The union will include about 500 staff physicians at three hospitals in Delaware and Maryland and a stand-alone emergency center.

Remote Area Medical’s free clinic in Philadelphia is scheduled for Aug. 24 and 25. Health services are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The legislation expands access to abortion and the use of state funding to cover the procedures. It now goes to Gov. John Carney.

Pa. state Rep. Brian Munroe said the closure is a “symptom” of an “ongoing onslaught” on abortion rights.

It’s unclear what action Gov. John Carney will take. This is the first time the bill has passed both chambers since it was introduced in 2015.

The Biden administration had sued Idaho, arguing that hospitals must provide abortions to stabilize pregnant patients in rare emergency cases.

The medical group’s lawyer disputes the allegations that the practice acted with “disregard or deliberate ignorance” of reimbursement rules.

The bill would call for a statewide standing order for FDA-approved over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, including emergency contraception.