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Since the Industrial Revolution, 'normal' body temperature has changed

Pennsylvania hospitals cancel surgeries over surgical gown recall

Allegheny Health Gowns

WHO warns hospitals worldwide about possible spread of new coronavirus

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New Jersey nears ban on flavored e-cigarettes – including menthol products

New Jersey bans e-cigarette flavors

As vaping-related deaths slow, Texas teen becomes youngest to die in outbreak

Vaping-related deaths Texas teen

Flyers tap Penn Medicine as their official health system

Flyers Penn Medicine team doctor

U.S. discards too many kidneys viable for transplant, Johns Hopkins study finds

Kidney Transplant JHU

Alcohol blamed for deaths of an increasing number of Americans

alcohol death health

Here's how to become a registered organ donor

Become an Organ Donor

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Can it match the hype?

Artificial Intelligence Health Care

The biggest health trends of 2020 – from sweet potatoes to road races

Biggest health trends for 2020

Why are so few people born on Christmas and other holidays?

Christmas birthdays

Ten defining health care achievements of the 2010s, from artificial intelligence to immunotherapy

Affordable Care Act Obama 2010s

Listeria outbreak linked to packaged hard-boiled eggs

Hard-boiled eggs Listeria

Jefferson, Temple sign definitive agreement for sale of Fox Chase Cancer Center

Jeff Temple Fox Chase

Pet store puppies are linked to antibiotic resistant infection, CDC says

Pet store puppies outbreak infection

76ers extend partnership with Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

76ers Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Partnership

New migraine drug could relieve symptoms within two hours

Biohaven migraine drug

Philly-based Spark Therapeutics acquired by Roche in $4.3 billion deal

Spark Therapeutics PHL

CDC: At least 1,300 people have died from the flu so far this season

Early flu season complications Pennsyvlania

ChristianaCare develops tool to catch unintended CRISPR gene editing errors

ChristianaCare CRISPR

GLAAD calls for Facebook to remove misleading ads about HIV prevention drug PrEP

Truvada PrEP Facebook ads

Tailor Cut Produce recalls fruit after salmonella outbreak at four Pennsylvania hospitals

Pre-cut fruit salmonella Pennsylvania

Jefferson to build Center City research center with $70 million gift

Jefferson Kimmel Research Center

Pa. Department of Health investigating salmonella outbreaks at four health care facilities

Salmonella petri dish

On World AIDS Day, massive quilt memorializes victims

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display

U.S. birth rate at lowest level in more than 30 years, CDC says

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Teen develops lung injury related to vaping that resembles 'popcorn lung'

Teen popcorn lung vaping

'Vegan' parents charged in death of malnourished son

Vegan Florida Couple

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Alex Azar White House hospital transparency rule

Philly health department warns of possible Hepatitis A exposure at Center City Italian restaurant

Ristorante la Buca

Cholesterol levels among U.S. adults are improving, but greater strides are needed

Cholesterol levels falling among U.S. adults

Popular dietary supplement kratom may cause liver damage

kratom dietary supplement liver damage

Researchers discover new HIV strain, first in nearly 20 years

New HIV strain discovered

FDA keeps brand-name drugs on a fast path to market – despite manufacturing concerns

President Trump nominates former Penn professor, Temple alum to lead FDA

Stephen Hahn FDA Trump

Lehigh County residents sue Juul claiming company marketed e-cigarettes to teens

Lawsuits Lehigh County Juul

Allentown woman, possibly exposed to measles, ordered to remain quarantined by judge

Hamburger patties, kabob, gyro strips among recalled beef due to E.coli risk

1018_beef recall

Bellmawr cuts off half of town's water supply after detection of dangerous chemical

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How DNA from an ancestry website led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania rape suspect 26 years later

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College students tend to underestimate the alcohol content in Four Loko, study says

College students underestimate Four Loko alcohol

Penn alum wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

2019 Nobel Prize medicine Gregg L. Semenza

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