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Cyberattacks on health care providers in the U.S. have gone up steadily over the last decade, exposing the personal health data of millions of patients.

Many people who serve the homeless have no access to any medical information about their clients, and it can be a big issue.

How one man’s quest to remember everything helped usher in a new era.

Facebook, like other social media companies, control all their data, so researchers either work with Facebook to access what data they can, or struggle on the outside.

Early metaverse pioneers on lessons learned using a 3D virtual platform.

There’s a growing field of academic study where archaeologists study virtual worlds, or work with game developers to recreate historical sites.

A new organ donation technique can recover more organs from each donor, and organs that are less likely to fail. But some doctors say it’s unethical.

Screenings are a big part of preventative health care, but getting the medical profession to accept a new screening into practice is challenging.

To get more people screened for colorectal cancer, Philadelphia doctors at Temple University turn to stool-based take home tests.

Although efforts have been made to break down language barriers, many Latino immigrant families rely on younger generations for translation and interpretation.

A family in Wilmington, Delaware, faced a looming deadline to get their son a new gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia now houses a machine that is helping to make CAR T-cell therapy much less expensive.

A new collaboration of scientists, farmers, and foodies are giving the lima bean a makeover. But will people actually eat them?

How a death doula supports the living, and the dying, at the end of life.

After facing several serious illnesses, Bob Slade and partner Michael Klena, figured out their own way to cope.