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Penn study: Improvements in U.S. mortality rate offset by obesity

Pa. GOP hopeful claims Wolf's opioid disaster declaration infringes on gun rights

Scott Wagner GOP Pennsylvania

Kensington is worst nightmare for family of runaway daughter

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

Pennsylvania declares disaster emergency for heroin, opioid epidemic

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Inside a private eye's search for a teen heroin addict in Kensington

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

Philly creates overdose response unit to address addiction crisis in Kensington

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Pennsylvania Sheetz store installs blue lights in bathroom to ward off drug use

Sheetz Store

In Philly, he wages war on a never-ending tide of rats

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Philly's lingering summer weather could mean higher crime rates, research suggests

Why isn't hand sanitizer more widely used?

'Welcome our new insect overlords': Flying ants spotted in swarms across Philadelphia

Tainted water has cost South Jersey town at least $5.5M over two years

Moorestown water

Longport residents: Rabbit poop is dangerous and making our lives miserable

Rabbits

State judge halts beach dunes project in Margate

Back to court: Margate wants judge to reconsider botched beach dunes plan

Ooops! Army Corps drains one Margate beach swamp, creates another

Dune ponding

Margate official: Dune-building work creating 'cesspools' on beach

Dune ponding

Friday: Another day of summer swelter – and excessive heat warnings

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Menacing tick with risk of human meat allergy observed in Pennsylvania

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Pa. utility commissioner: Climate change may require subsidized cooling

Involuntary paralysis prevents many rape victims from resisting, study finds

A new Zika threat hovers as summer’s mosquitoes get bzzzzy

Wildwoods weighing smoking ban, big fines at Jersey Shore

Wildwood

Public restrooms become ground zero in the opioid epidemic

Drexel researchers: Data management can save fire departments money on injuries

Philly violence rises with density of alcohol merchants, study finds

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$1.5M award will ease LGBTQ center's move to bigger home off South Broad

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Regulators: Pediatrician concocts vaccines with cat saliva, vodka

Penn study: 1 in 9 who enter ER with violent injuries return within two years

Does your Philly tap water smell like moldy lemons?

Rowan University tells students 'Do Not Drink' water from campus faucets

Author: Things I wish I’d known before my daughter became addicted to heroin

Study: Sugary drink consumption dropped after soda tax – by a lot

Philadelphia taking fentanyl fight to the streets

Community Health Explorer tool visualizes Philly by neighborhood

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'Crypto' parasite fears prompt closure of Montgomery County pool

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Medical Marijuana

Pennsylvania issues progress report on Medical Marijuana Program

Mini-Jaws target South Jersey mosquitoes

Fathead minnow

Tiny clinging — and stinging — organism invades Jersey coast

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Food Trust statement on soda tax advocates more water fountains at Philly schools

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No more harm: Gun violence is a public health crisis

Melanoma surge in New Jersey likely tied to beach exposure

NARCAN will soon be available at all ACME Markets in Pennsylvania

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