Public Health

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Does it make sense to delay children’s vaccines?

West Chester University student gets mumps after visiting Temple campus

West Chester University

Pennsylvania is keeping an eye on ticks with statewide collection survey

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Saying another flu pandemic inevitable, WHO launches global strategy

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Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking in the United States: 4 questions answered

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EPA's plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a drop in the bucket

Well-meaning legislation will worsen affordable housing shortage in Philadelphia

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Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

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Two crises in one: As drug use rises, so does syphilis

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Measles outbreak sends vaccine demand soaring, even among the hesitant

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Dying while black: Perpetual gaps exist in health care for African-Americans

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Children's Health

Measles: Why it's so deadly, and why vaccination is so vital

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Casey excoriates EPA's reported pass on limits on PFOA and PFOS in drinking water

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A proposal to reduce vaccine exemptions while respecting rights of conscience

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Children's Health

3 ethical reasons for vaccinating your children

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Careless Christmas party guests can ruin recycling for your whole block

Christmas recycling philadelphia

Teen's science experiment uncovers roundworm contamination at Montgomery County parks

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Why did the flu kill 80,000 Americans last year?

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About 1.9 million vapers in the United States – and numbers growing

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City announces plan to clear Frankford Avenue, Emerald Street drug encampments

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A polio-like virus is popping up in the U.S., with cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

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Mayor: 'Yes, there are rats in Longport'

Rats in Longport

Are rats taking over Longport? Some locals fear it's true

Rats in Longport

Appeals court rules Bux-Mont families can resume fight to compel Navy to pay for medical monitoring

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In 1918, Philadelphia was in 'the grippe' of misery and suffering

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Governor's action on PFAS is vital first step, but many questions remain

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Stop recycling takeout containers, Philadelphia – but go ahead and leave caps on water bottles

Philadelphia what can be recycled

Death count debates overshadow the real story: Hurricane Maria was partly a human-made disaster

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This Harvard professor calls that coconut oil you've been obsessively using 'pure poison'

New Jersey drug overdose deaths jump 21 percent, nation reaches new high

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Facebook and Instagram want to help break your social media addiction

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Invasive longhorned tick species confirmed in Pennsylvania

Longhorned Tick

The first 2018 case of West Nile Virus in Pennsylvania has been reported

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Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here's why it shouldn't be

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Who's avoiding sex, and why

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Pew: Philadelphia has highest rate of disability among large U.S. cities

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To improve digital well-being, put your phone down and talk to people

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How the EPA and the Pentagon downplayed a growing toxic threat

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Dangerous Portuguese-men-of-war washing up on Jersey beaches

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Under pressure, California lawmakers ban soda taxes for 12 years

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Wolf, Philly officials pledge $15.6 million to remove lead, mold, asbestos at schools

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Turkey Hill testing bathroom blue lights to deter heroin use at Pennsylvania stores

Turkey Hill Minit Markets

Those small, venomous clinging jellyfish have returned to the New Jersey coast

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