Health Care

COVID-19 Vaccines Racial Disparities

Many Black and Hispanic Americans lack confidence in access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments

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Think your health care is covered? Beware of the 'junk' insurance plan

Short-term health insurance

'Our Community, Our Health' campaign providing free health screenings to Philly's African American residents

Health Screenings IBC

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What to know as the Affordable Care Act heads to the Supreme Court — again

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Daniel Hilferty retiring as chief executive officer of Independence Blue Cross

Daniel Hilferty Gregory Deavens

Why Black aging matters, too

COVID-19 Racial Disparities

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

Doctor Primary COVID-19

Bucks County man pleads guilty to posing as former Navy SEAL, POW to receive health care benefits

richard meleski plead guilty

Philly, Pittsburgh rank among top cities for health care jobs, report finds

Philly Health Jobs

U.S. facing a growing physician shortage and COVID-19 may be making it worse

U.S. physician shortage

Kevin Hart surprises Philly nurse on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Kevin Hart Philly nurse

You can help Dock Street send pizza, positive messages to homeless shelters

Dock Street donations

Rutgers launches nation's largest study of health care workers exposed to COVID-19

Rutgers COVID-19 Healthcare

Organization aims to help struggling restaurants and Philly health care workers at the same time

Cafe Ynez Off Plate

New Jersey to issue emergency medical licenses to foreign doctors

Emergency medical license doctor

Wawa announces free coffee for health care workers, first responders during coronavirus pandemic

Wawa Free Coffee Coronavirus

Honeygrow offering BOGO deal to health care professionals

Honeygrow healthcare coronavius

Mercy Hospital in West Philadelphia closing its inpatient facilities

Jefferson, Welltower partnership aims to improve senior care

Jefferson Welltower

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Federal appeals court strikes down portion of Obamacare

Portion of Obamacare struck down

Former Eagle Correll Buckhalter charged with defrauding NFL health benefit program

Correll Buckhalter health care fraud

VA's 'My Life, My Story' program finds unique way to personalize veteran health care

My Life, My Story Veterans Affairs Thor Ringler

Googling health symptoms is problematic, but many Americans still do it

Googling health symptoms online

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Medicare-for-all is not Medicare, and not really for all. So what does it actually mean?

Opinion: Health equity is the real vaccine for hepatitis A

Health Insurance

Philly residents to get a new health insurance option in 2020

oscar health insurance philadelphia

Alternative Medicine

Temple, other Philly-area health care facilities earn LGBTQ-friendly distinction

lgbtq friendly health care philly

U.S. health care: An industry too big to fail

Health Care Big Business 07242019

New Jersey's aid in dying law takes effect Thursday

Carroll - Pills Medication Prescription Drugs Stock

Doctor Alexa will see you now: Is Amazon primed to come to your rescue?

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South Jersey hospital has more than 100 health care jobs to fill

Stock_Carroll - New Jersey Ambulance Inspira

Today is #BumpDay: help spread word about rising maternal mortality rates in U.S.

Pregnant woman holding stomach

How to get a cheaper prescription before leaving the doctor’s office

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Trump signs executive order to overhaul nation's kidney program

Philly-based NeuroFlow, Jefferson Health team up on better mental health treatment

NeuroFlow app 07092019

WHO updates medicine and diagnostic test recommendations for more than 150 countries

who medicines tests update

New Jersey's CarePoint Health planning layoffs despite owners' sizable earnings

carepoint health employee layoffs

American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors

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Health care price transparency: Fool's gold, or real money in your pocket?

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Surgeons who mistreat co-workers put patients in danger, study finds

Surgeon stock photo

Jefferson exec's health care vision shaped by unique obstetrics career, wife's cancer battle

Carroll - Dr. Bruce Meyer Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Cancer patients first face physical hardships, then financial struggles as survivors

cancer survivor medical bills

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