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Rothman Orthopaedic has a new location in South Philadelphia.

Rothman Orthopaedics relocates its South Philly office to Navy Yard

The orthopedic practice hopes to continue growing its South Philly clinic.

Twanda Eakins, 53, with her daughter Gianna Showell, 14, at their home in Telford. Eakins says Medicaid coverage paid for her daughter's lifesaving mental health treatment.

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ is poised to cut Medicaid. Here’s what’s at stake for five Philly-area families.

Sarah Gantz and Julia Terruso

Graduates of Jefferson Health's Community Health Worker Academy pose behind a sign at the graduation ceremony on May 29. This is the second cohort to graduate from the academy since its launch in April 2023.

Jefferson Health looks to community health workers to improve health outcomes and build trust

Sienna, a 3-year-old lab and pit bull mix, alerted a man that he was about to have a seizure at an adoption event on June 7.

At adoption event, shelter dog alerts man he is about to have a seizure

Sydney Page, Washington Post

Gilead Sciences HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir) at a manufacturing facility in La Verne, Calif., in June 2025. A Temple professor wanted to see if messaging about PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, the medication used to prevent HIV infection, needed to change based on connection to community. (Gilead Sciences via AP)

Selling better health to Philly’s residents

Sarah Bauerle Bass, The Conversation

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Expert Opinions

Selling better health to Philly’s residents

I’m an expert in crafting public health messages: Here are three marketing strategies I use to make Philadelphia healthier.

Sarah Bauerle Bass, The Conversation

Gilead Sciences HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir) at a manufacturing facility in La Verne, Calif., in June 2025. A Temple professor wanted to see if messaging about PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, the medication used to prevent HIV infection, needed to change based on connection to community. (Gilead Sciences via AP)

Gilead Sciences HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir) at a manufacturing facility in La Verne, Calif., in June 2025. A Temple professor wanted to see if messaging about PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, the medication used to prevent HIV infection, needed to change based on connection to community. (Gilead Sciences via AP)

Selling better health to Philly’s residents

I’m an expert in crafting public health messages: Here are three marketing strategies I use to make Philadelphia healthier.

Sarah Bauerle Bass, The Conversation

My parents’ doctors didn’t always welcome me. Here’s how I engaged them.

Barry J. Jacobs, For The Inquirer

If you are a caregiver for an aging parent, you can approach doctor's visits strategically to get the most out of them.

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

Lindsay Becker and Hayley Goldner, For The Inquirer

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

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.

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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

Neighbors Byron McDonald, 7, and Calii Wilson, 7, are cooling off in the summer heat in a pool outside their homes in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Philly hit 100 degrees Tuesday for the first time in 13 years, but a cooldown is coming

Anthony R. Wood

A runner stops at the Logan Circle fountain on the start to a hot day in Philadelphia on Monday.

Philly set a temperature record Monday, and it may hit 100 Tuesday

Anthony R. Wood

Children play in the Dilworth Park water feature on Saturday. Better keep that water running this week.

Philly about to bake in a potentially dangerous first heat wave of the season

Anthony R. Wood

The Philly skyline can be seen as kids cool off at the spray park inside Roberto Clemente Park during August heat wave. It's about to get mighty hot around here.n Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. A heat wave is currently gripping the Philadelphia region.

‘Extreme heat warning’ in effect for the entire Philly region. More than 40,000 still without power

Anthony R. Wood

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

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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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