Youth CGM devices

Sticking to it

Youth with diabetes use CGM more consistently when they're involved in the decision

Irish contact tracing app, COVID Green, considered for use in Pennsylvania

nearform contact tracing app

Eli Lilly launching COVID-19 treatment trial in nursing homes

Eli Lilly COVID-19 treatment

Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way

Parenting Timeouts

Health Insurance

Don’t count on lower premiums despite pandemic-driven boon for insurers

Health Insurance Premiums 2021

Nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry

salmonella outbreak chicks 2020

Do we need protection from ourselves to live healthy?

COVID-19 government regulations

New blood test can detect Alzheimer's 20 years before symptoms show, study finds

New Alzheimer's blood test

New Jersey secures 30,000 daily Rutgers COVID-19 saliva tests

Rutgers Saliva NJ

Stroke risk among COVID-19 patients may be lower than previously thought

Stroke risk in COVID-19 patients low

In health care field, family doctors now appear at highest risk of COVID-19 death

Doctor Primary COVID-19

Cinnamon supplements may slow advancement of type 2 diabetes

Cinnamon supplement type 2 diabetes

COVID-19 sparks six distinct symptom clusters, researchers say

Six types of COVID-19

In Philly, COVID-19 contact tracing shows relatives, Jersey Shore trips a big source of spread

Philly COVID-19 Family

Penn Medicine hospitals again named among nation's best by U.S. News & World Report

Penn Medicine best hospitals

Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations?

Vaccine State mandate

Flu and pneumonia vaccines may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk

Flu shot Alzheimer's

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