Jefferson HealthHappy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.Harold Brubaker Hospital-based anti-violence programs get $3 million in state fundingKayla Yup Jefferson Health hit with federal WARN Act lawsuitHarold Brubaker Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowSarah Gantz AdvertisementThomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker 17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareIt remains possible that Jefferson's Lehigh Valley Health Network could reach a deal with UnitedHealthcare before the contracts end.Harold Brubaker Medicare coverage for telehealth suspended as result of government shutdownPenn and Temple said they will continue providing virtual visits for Medicare patients in anticipation of a budget deal. Sarah Gantz Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilitiesThe projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.Harold Brubaker Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker See more storiesAdvertisement
Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy
Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy YardIt will be the homegrown roaster's first physical location.Erin McCarthy
CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.Harold Brubaker
CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowSarah Gantz
Jefferson Abington closes behavioral health unit to accommodate emergency department overflowSarah Gantz
Thomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder
Thomas Jefferson University gets its first alma mater song 200 years later. Meet the composer.Elizabeth Avril Barden said it took her just 25 minutes to write the lyrics and music for the one minute, 55-second piece, "Jefferson How We Adore Thee."Susan Snyder
Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health reported a $104 million operating loss in first quarter of fiscal 2026The loss for the three months that ended Sept. 30 included $19 million in restructuring charges. Jefferson's recently announced layoffs of 600 to 700 people were not part of that.Harold Brubaker
17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey
17 Philadelphia-area hospitals earn top grades in fall Leapfrog report cardSeventeen of 41 hospitals rated in the Philadelphia area received top marks in the Leapfrong fall safety report card. Sarah Gantz and Lizzie Mulvey
Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan
Home visits are helping new moms get healthcare, support, and diapers in the weeks after they give birth at Jefferson Einstein PhiladelphiaWithin two to three weeks after giving birth, mothers and babies receive an at-home health screening, with nurses offering new parents tips on feeding, swaddling, and safe sleeping.Aubrey Whelan
At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz
At some Philly doctors’ offices, AI is listening in the exam roomAmbient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.Sarah Gantz
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
Former Rothman CEO Mike West didn’t want to burden his family with his Alzheimer’s. He quietly planned his suicide.Only 200,000, or 3%, are diagnosed with Alzheimer's before age 65. Such an early onset means the disease is more likely to progress rapidly and shorten their lives. Wendy Ruderman
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin
A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respondBy last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.Aubrey Whelan and Max Marin
Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareIt remains possible that Jefferson's Lehigh Valley Health Network could reach a deal with UnitedHealthcare before the contracts end.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson Health says it will terminate Lehigh Valley Health Network’s contracts with UnitedHealthcareIt remains possible that Jefferson's Lehigh Valley Health Network could reach a deal with UnitedHealthcare before the contracts end.Harold Brubaker
Medicare coverage for telehealth suspended as result of government shutdownPenn and Temple said they will continue providing virtual visits for Medicare patients in anticipation of a budget deal. Sarah Gantz
Medicare coverage for telehealth suspended as result of government shutdownPenn and Temple said they will continue providing virtual visits for Medicare patients in anticipation of a budget deal. Sarah Gantz
Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilitiesThe projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.Harold Brubaker
Penn Medicine is investing more than $500 million in new cancer facilitiesThe projects will add a proton therapy center at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and a cancer center at Princeton Medical Center.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker
Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this weekThe layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.Harold Brubaker
A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz
A year of inspections at Jefferson Health Northeast: July 2024 - June 2025Jefferson Frankford Hospital was cited for failing to check on two patients in restraints every 15 minutes.Sarah Gantz
RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan
RFK Jr. demanded that a scientific journal retract a vaccine study. Its Philly-based editor refused.Annals of Internal Medicine editor and Jefferson Health physician Christine Laine says she won’t retract the study, as demanded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Aubrey Whelan
A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup
A virus gave a man an aggressive blood cancer. Philadelphia doctors want people to know about it.A Jefferson patient died from a cancer caused by HTLV-1, a little-known virus first discovered in 1979.Kayla Yup
How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker
How much did Philly-area nonprofit health system CEOs make in 2023?Compensation for nonprofit health system leaders has spurred intense debate in recent years.Harold Brubaker
