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Measles outbreak sends vaccine demand soaring, even among the hesitant

Running with Raynaud's: Exercising outdoors in the extreme cold – safely

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Two major things you can do to lower your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

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Four cases of adenovirus confirmed at Voorhees Pediatric Facility

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Zika publicity has faded, but the health threat remains real

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Game Commission investigating dozens of dead deer in southeastern Pennsylvania

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Excessive sleepiness during the day could be a warning sign of Alzheimer's

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Alan Alda living with Parkinson's – a neurologist explains treatment advances

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Doctors at Abington Hospital treat man who died from rotting throat due to cocaine use

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Salmonella outbreak across 26 states, including Pa., linked to raw turkey products

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Pennsylvania sets record in 2017-2018 for flu deaths

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What's in your genome? Parents-to-be want to know

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Rare developmental disorder can't keep 12-year-old Jade Boruk from getting her black belt

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Anaphylactic shock in the skies: Docs react quickly to save Bucks County woman

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‘Rapid autopsy’ programs seek clues to cancer within hours of death

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Hospitals lure diabetes patients with self-care courses, but costs can weigh heavily

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Researchers studying skin disease 'epidemic' among Pennsylvania black bears

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‘Scary’ lung disease now afflicts more women than men in U.S.

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Medical Research

Penn researchers help discover previously unknown feature of human body

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Temple medical school announces creation of new Alzheimer's Center

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What's the untreatable disease making Pennsylvania's deer sick?

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States face costly conundrum: how to treat inmates with hepatitis C

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Canola oil may worsen Alzheimer's disease, Temple researchers say

Thomas Jefferson University gets $30M contract to develop Ebola vaccine

Drinking regularly lowers risk of diabetes, new study finds

Philadelphia ranks as one of the worst cities for mosquitoes, report finds

Penn researcher granted $16.3 million toward HIV vaccine development

Thanks to mice, 2017 could be a bad year for Lyme disease in the Northeast

Study: Body shaming can literally make people sick

Penn Medicine launches app to help patients with sarcoidosis

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Here are the leading causes of death in Philadelphia

Bartonella infection steals a life, long before it kills

Please don't freak out about Cat Scratch Disease

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Woman in N.J. gives birth to baby with region's first Zika-linked birth defect

Special lights for Ben Franklin Bridge will highlight causes and events

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Coming Monday: The transformation of health care

More sickle cell patients survive, but care is hard to find for adults

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Fired pharmacist at center of scandal has 30-year history of addiction

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Three pregnant women in Florida test positive for Zika virus

Penn receives $1.4M CDC grant for West Philly Promise Zone

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Good Samaritans from Northeast Philly save girl from rabid raccoon

Philadelphia health department stops daily monitoring for Ebola

Two lesser-known tick diseases spike in Sussex County

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Is scurvy, an 18th century seafarers' disease, making a comeback?

Princeton University combating outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease

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Study: Pollution may be behind rise, earlier onset of dementia

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