Health Care

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As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.

An increasingly congested Center City could affect the most vulnerable across the city, they said.

Donald Trump has offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that's become a major political vulnerability for Republicans.

Penn Medicine says one nurse is hospitalized in critical condition. Two others received treatment for their injuries.

As of September 10, all mammogram centers and providers are required to inform patients if they have dense breast tissue, which can make screening more difficult.

Philadelphia police and the district attorney’s office say they’ve identified the driver who struck nurses and a gunshot victim Oct. 12 outside Penn Presbyterian.

A Rutgers University report says about 40 million U.S. voters are disabled. Advocates say they are less likely to receive political information and can face voting challenges.

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.

Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in Philadelphia, were born via cesarean section on Sept. 29, 2023.

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

Advocates hope the rulings will serve as reminders about what’s at stake in a post-Roe America just weeks before a presidential election partly defined by abortion rights.

Hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina that makes more than half of the U.S. supply of intravenous fluids. Hospitals use them everyday.

The vaccine program is open to all county residents and offers shots for COVID, flu, RSV and other diseases.