
Health Care
CHA Partners deal to acquire Crozer Health collapses
CHA Partners had signed a letter of intent to purchase the embattled four-hospital system from Prospect Medical Holdings.
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The regional coalition of health systems is reevaluating the role of race in tools used to assess kidney and lung function and other health conditions.
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Philadelphia jail withheld insulin from a diabetic inmate who died, lawsuit says
The family of a former Philly jail inmate is suing the institution, saying officials there caused the death of a diabetic inmate by failing to provide insulin, other care.
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50 years after Philadelphia halted prison medical testing, families seek reparations
Thousands of people at Holmesburg Prison were exposed to painful skin tests, anesthesia-free surgery, harmful radiation and mind-altering drugs.
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Sen. Casey, state and county officials discuss Black maternal health at Philly campaign stop
Casey joined Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Janine Darby and Pa. state Reps. Morgan Cephas and Gina Curry to discuss the cause behind the spike in Black Maternal mortality.
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A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride
Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.
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Listen 1:23Philadelphia medical students see street medicine as vital to care for more unhoused people
As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.
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Medical professionals gather to say arena would hurt health outcomes regionally
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The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID
A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
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Medical professionals gather to say arena would hurt health outcomes regionally
An increasingly congested Center City could affect the most vulnerable across the city, they said.
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Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights
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.
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Driver surrenders to police, accused of hitting 3 nurses outside Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Penn Medicine says one nurse is hospitalized in critical condition. Two others received treatment for their injuries.
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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.
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Listen 5:56Philadelphia 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.
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