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COVID-19 immunity

COVID-19 immunity may persist for years, new research suggests

Salmonella outbreak linked to red onions sickens more than 1,000 people

red onion salmonella outbreak

Health Insurance

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

Health Insurance Premiums 2021

Demi Lovato gets engaged to Monmouth County native Max Ehrich

Demi Lovato engagement

Behavior changes help Northeast control COVID-19 as cases spike elsewhere

COVID-19 behavior changes

New Jersey now wants travelers from 16 states where COVID-19 infections are rising to quarantine upon visiting

New Jersey travel advisory

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

COVID-19 cheek swab.jpg

New Jersey 'beyond grateful' for ventilators sent by California

Sixers hold team meeting to discuss coronavirus prevention

Sixers

Vanessa Bryant files wrongful death lawsuit for helicopter crash that killed Kobe, Gianna

Kobe Bryant Lawsuit Crash

Lansdale-native Amie Harwick allegedly killed at Hollywood Hills home

Amie Harwick killed Hollywood

Does Tylenol cause cancer? California considers declaring acetaminophen a carcinogen

Tylenol Acetaminophen Cancer Carcinogen

Pennsylvania legislators push 'fair pay to play' bill for college athletes after California success

Pennsylvania fair pay to play

DeSean Jackson teams with NFL Media for Nipsey Hussle mini-documentary

DeSean Jackson Nipsey Hussle documentary

Longtime crusader against OxyContin begins to see the fruits of her struggle

Barbara Van Rooyan CSPAN 09182019

Vaping-related death count now at seven

vaping death lungs

Scientists may have found a way to prevent the common cold

Common cold cure

Apple unveils iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro with camera improvements and new colors

new iphone 11 apple

Kevin Hart's car crash could lead to change in California law

0905_Kevin Hart

'Striking' discovery gives hope for future drugs to prevent Alzheimer's

Plaques Microglia University California 08212019

Reading and listening to books stimulates the same areas of the brain

Brain Maps Berkeley Reading Books Listening Audiobooks study

Amid teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ Juul taps addiction expert as medical director

Mark Rubinstein Juul Labs 07222019

Study: Overdose, suicide among top causes of death for new moms

suicide overdose new moms

Allen Iverson salutes Warriors after devastating injuries to Durant, Thompson

Allen Iverson DeSean

Children's Health

Keeping kids healthy and sane in a digital world

Teen Cellphone 06062019

Surprising study finds red and white meat to be equally bad for cholesterol

meat cholesterol health

Meth vs. opioids: America has two drug epidemics, but focuses on one

Children's Health

Autism can be reliably detected months earlier than current screening guidelines

Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Study

When is the best time to exercise? Researchers identify ideal hours

Carroll - Running in Philadelphia

Flat Earth movement's 'rocket man' plans to travel to space (and Antarctica)

Mad Mike Hughes

This novel nose job takes five minutes – and no scalpel

Woman Nose Face 04032019

Pa.-based maker of Mike and Ike candy facing lawsuit over half-empty boxes

Mike and Ike Candies

States push for caregiver tax credits

Caregiver Alzheimers Patient Care 03272019

Kobe Bryant, Nick Foles have hilarious encounter in Newport Beach

020619NickFoles

Sixers' Joel Embiid slated to join Stephen Curry on YouTube series '5 Minutes from Home'

Alternative Medicine

Major breakthrough in search for cure of Type 1 diabetes, researchers say

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

Senator Kamala Harris announces her run for president on MLK Day

Pro gamer passes out drunk after the Eagles’ Double Doink win, gets suspended from Twitch

Mango Gamer Eagles fan

Monk's Cafe throwing fundraiser for Camp Fire Relief Fund

Coachella 2019: Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Tame Impala to headline

It's possible to 'inherit' food allergies from an organ donor — here's proof

peanut butter pexels

Doctors remove a 70-pound tumor from man who thought he had a 'beer belly'

70-pound-tumor-usc

Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat

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