Public Health

3 ethical reasons for vaccinating your children

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

Heather Place Park

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

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

Frankford avenue towards emerald

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

Water poured in glass

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

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

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

Who's avoiding sex, and why

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

Carroll - City Hall, Broad Street and the Philadelphia Skyline

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

Portguese man of war

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

Stock_Carroll - The School District of Philadelphia

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

Turkey Hill Minit Markets

Camden County to spray for mosquitoes in eight towns this week

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

Clinging jellyfish

Philly has announced the 2018 public pool opening dates

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A farm just opened in front of City Hall for the summer

farm for the city

These Jersey Shore beaches tested too high for feces-related bacteria

Carroll - Wildwood Beach

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

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If a parent doesn't get treatment for depressed child, is that abuse?

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Juul: Why a trendy e-cig is causing a social – and public health – commotion

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City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

Pennsylvania first state to OK medical marijuana to treat patients addicted to opioids

Medical Marijuana photo

CDC: E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce continues to spread

Pennsylvania establishes review committee on rising maternal mortality rate

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Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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In a Puerto Rican mountain town, hope ebbs and health suffers

Drexel study shows at least one benefit of the Philadelphia soda tax

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Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

New cervical cancer screening guidelines endorse the use of self-swab kits

Pediatric Cancer Lianna Munir

'We need to have another option'

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How to keep holiday stress in check this season

Light Lamp SAD

After a lifetime of seasonal depression, I finally tried light therapy. Here's what I learned

Shinges Vaccine Dementia

Shingles vaccine may offer an additional benefit — slowing the progress of dementia

Zipporah Washington Temple

Nurse who beat hard-to-treat cancer says she stayed strong by thinking of herself as a 'survivor'

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