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Volunteers work at a drive-through flu shot event in Stenton outside Philadelphia in October 2020, also distributing home test kits to detect possible signs of colon cancer. Organizer Carmen Guerra of Penn Medicine helped to organize similar efforts in partnership with Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in North Philadelphia.

Philly’s leading cancer centers partner with the community to fight cancer disparities

Penn Medicine, Temple Health, and Jefferson Health are working together to address cancer disparities in Philadelphia in partnership with community-based organizations.

Mrs. Reid Nix was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2018.

Orien Reid Nix, Hall of Fame TV reporter and international Alzheimer’s volunteer, has died at 79

Canadian certified organic farm-raised King Salmon filets are placed on a tray in a store in Fairfax, Va., April 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Most people aren’t following this important dietary advice. Are you?

Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post

A child runs across the splash pad at Love Park on Friday, July 28, 2023. A heat wave hit the Philadelphia region on Friday, with temperatures reaching nearly 100 degrees.

Philadelphia summer heat: How to stay cool, avoid heat exhaustion, and find public pools and cooling centers

Philly endures more heat waves each year. See how they’ve changed in your lifetime.

Is Philadelphia’s heat as bad as Philadelphians say it is? See how it’s changed over the course of your lifetime.

Garland Fordice

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Expert Opinions

A teenager suffered from two years of vomiting and abdominal pain | Medical Mystery

The patient said she had on and off belly pain for the last two years, but now the pain above her belly button had intensified to what she described as “stabbing.”

Lindsay Becker and Hayley Goldner, For The Inquirer

A blood test provided the solution for a teen's on and off vomiting episodes.

A blood test provided the solution for a teen's on and off vomiting episodes.

A teenager suffered from two years of vomiting and abdominal pain | Medical Mystery

The patient said she had on and off belly pain for the last two years, but now the pain above her belly button had intensified to what she described as “stabbing.”

Lindsay Becker and Hayley Goldner, For The Inquirer

Sleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain – a neurologist explains the science behind the cycle

Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation

People who are short on sleep may find they suffer food cravings and weight gain.

With the U.S. health system, the high costs and dysfunction are baked in | Expert Opinion

Zachary W. Schulz

U.S. healthcare's high costs and limited access have happened because of the way the system has been designed.

Why is chronic kidney disease now on my medical problem list?

Renée Betancourt and Jeffrey Millstein

A patient waiting for a kidney transplant shows a notation from her medical charts.

Do pediatricians contribute to declining vaccination rates?

By Daniel R. Taylor, For The Inquirer

Shifting guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics allows physicians to discharge patients who refuse to immunize a child.

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A kindergartener takes part in distance learning in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 outbreak in October 2020. Threats to funding of public broadcasters increses the difficulty of planning for the next education crisis, writes Yoni Greenbaum.

As STEM faces a funding crisis, we’re dismantling public broadcasting — our best educational safety net

Yoni Greenbaum, For The Inquirer

Forecast near-surface smoke from Canadian wildfires for 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Wildfire smoke from Canada will likely last the workweek in Philly, but air quality should improve

Anthony R. Wood and John Duchneskie

Pedestrians ambling in Center City on Tuesday as temperatures climb and veils of smoke fill the air. It's going to get steamier Wednesday.

Canadian smoke persists over Philly, with a ‘code orange’ air-quality alert

Anthony R. Wood

An aurora borealis as seen in October in Idaho.

The northern lights show over Philly on Sunday and Monday was ambushed by timing and smoke

Anthony R. Wood

A kindergartener takes part in distance learning in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 outbreak in October 2020. Threats to funding of public broadcasters increses the difficulty of planning for the next education crisis, writes Yoni Greenbaum.

As STEM faces a funding crisis, we’re dismantling public broadcasting — our best educational safety net

Yoni Greenbaum, For The Inquirer

Forecast near-surface smoke from Canadian wildfires for 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Wildfire smoke from Canada will likely last the workweek in Philly, but air quality should improve

Anthony R. Wood and John Duchneskie

Pedestrians ambling in Center City on Tuesday as temperatures climb and veils of smoke fill the air. It's going to get steamier Wednesday.

Canadian smoke persists over Philly, with a ‘code orange’ air-quality alert

Anthony R. Wood

An aurora borealis as seen in October in Idaho.

The northern lights show over Philly on Sunday and Monday was ambushed by timing and smoke

Anthony R. Wood

Climate & Environment

The summer solstice sun sets on Philadelphia as scene from the Camden waterfront in June 2022. The solstice arrives this year at 10:42 p.m. Friday.

The longest days arrive in Philly, and the sunsets are about to get even later

Anthony R. Wood

Philly endures more heat waves each year. See how they’ve changed in your lifetime.

Is Philadelphia’s heat as bad as Philadelphians say it is? See how it’s changed over the course of your lifetime.

Garland Fordice

Pedestrians stroll Center City on a warm day earlier this month. It's about to get a lot warmer.

Heat advisory in effect for Philly Thursday, with strong storms possible

Anthony R. Wood

A path of destruction is obvious as the sun slowly sets in Atlantic, Pa., on May 31, 1985, after a twister all but leveled the small town, leaving five dead and dozens injured. About a dozen homes were flattened, and most of those remaining were severely damaged. In all, 64 people were killed in Pennsylvania.

40 years ago a rare and deadly tornado outbreak struck Pennsylvania. Are more in our future?

Anthony R. Wood

Michael Mann, then a professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, arrives at the "Before the Flood" premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016.

A Penn climate scientist was awarded $1 million in a defamation case. Now he owes that much to those he sued.

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The Opioid Crisis

Joseph Kunz undergoes an examination at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. He had been using tranq at the time; eight months later, his life has taken another turn.

Amputations are soaring as a tranq crisis takes hold in the Philly region

Aubrey Whelan, Max Marin, and Dylan Purcell

Friends and family who lost loved ones to the overdose crisis placed hundreds of cardboard memorial markers near the U.S. Capitol during a Trail of Truth event on Sept. 23, 2023, calling on lawmakers to take more action to address addiction policies. (Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News)

The Opioid Crisis

For opioid victims, payouts fall short while governments reap millions

Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News

Wellness court operates inside of the 24th / 25th Police District every Wednesday, at 3901 Whitaker Avenue.

Only two people have successfully completed the Kensington ‘wellness court’ so far. The Parker administration wants to expand it.

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

Joseph Kunz undergoes an examination at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. He had been using tranq at the time; eight months later, his life has taken another turn.

Amputations are soaring as a tranq crisis takes hold in the Philly region

Aubrey Whelan, Max Marin, and Dylan Purcell

Friends and family who lost loved ones to the overdose crisis placed hundreds of cardboard memorial markers near the U.S. Capitol during a Trail of Truth event on Sept. 23, 2023, calling on lawmakers to take more action to address addiction policies. (Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News)

The Opioid Crisis

For opioid victims, payouts fall short while governments reap millions

Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News

Wellness court operates inside of the 24th / 25th Police District every Wednesday, at 3901 Whitaker Avenue.

Only two people have successfully completed the Kensington ‘wellness court’ so far. The Parker administration wants to expand it.

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement to lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin

Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

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