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

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

Former Eagle Correll Buckhalter charged with defrauding NFL health benefit program

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

Googling health symptoms online

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

My Life, My Story Veterans Affairs Thor Ringler

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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

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Philly residents to get a new health insurance option in 2020

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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

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New Jersey's aid in dying law takes effect Thursday

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

cancer survivor medical bills

Former GSK facility in Upper Merion becomes world's largest co-working space

Discovery Labs Upper Merion

Harvard researchers posed as drug addicts to illustrate the struggle for treatment

addiction treatment struggles

New Jersey 'Patient Protection Act' sparks battle between Philly and Jersey health systems

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24 million insured Americans are spending a big chunk of their income on medical bills

insured american medical bill spending

Comcast is the latest corporate giant to jump on the health tech train

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The U.S. could have ended up with a British-style health care system: Here is why it didn’t

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These are the non-negotiable health care screenings all women should be getting

health care screenings women should be getting

IBX Foundation celebrates National Nurses Week

IBC Foundation national nurses week

Robotic health care is coming to a hospital near you

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