Medicine

After a controversial decision to rethink its collection of medical pathologies, the Mütter will launch a 2-year public discussion about human remains.

New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations come out Tuesday. We hear from Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA advisory panel, about the latest guidelines released by the CDC.

The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.

The new payouts are from a second wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.

Though still lower than past years, cases and hospitalizations have been creeping up. Happily, tests are still readily accessible.

Philly hospital leaders, city officials look to spread the word about changes to insulin costs for Medicare patients under the Inflation Reduction Act.

The university’s School of Biomedical Engineering officials say that the new academic program offers more workforce training for the growing cell and gene therapy industry.

We'll talk about the invention and evolution of ice, the frozen stuff we take for granted. Then, cube that ice and add it to a glass for a cocktail on the rocks!

The city's Commerce Department enables CCP students to earn $15 an hour during a cell and gene therapy industry lab technician certificate program.

The justices on Thursday agreed to a Biden administration request to put the brakes on an agreement reached last year with state and local governments.

Heart attack deaths spiked early in the pandemic, erasing years of progress in battling cardiovascular disease.

Many new first-year Penn Medicine students had never administered or carried Narcan nasal spray before attending the school’s third consecutive naloxone “boot camp.”

Some people are getting cut from the program for missing paperwork. Pennsylvanians have up to 90 days to file appeals with the county and state.

A movement to allow these drugs to be used for treatment — of depression, PTSD, even addiction — is sweeping the nation.

This incident is believed to be a part of a larger cyberattack, which is affecting hospitals in a number of other states.