Medicine

Mutter Museum Meet and Geek Yellow Fever

Find out what yellow fever smelled like at the Mütter Museum

What was it like to be a patient in the past? This Mütter Museum workshop invites you to find out

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Are you really allergic to penicillin? A pharmacist explains why there's a good chance you're not

Coconut used in first 3D MRI image in the 1970s now lives in Old City

Coconut MRI

More than 50 local researchers sign letter protesting Trump administration for 'gutting' science

Trump open letter

FDA approves non-opioid painkiller, first new class in decades

non-opioid medication fda

Jefferson resident physicians vote to unionize, joining national trend

Jefferson residents union vote

How eye drops used to prevent blindness in newborns funded the Barnes Foundation's art collection

barnes eye drops

Mütter Museum to hold free open houses as part of ethical review of its exhibits

Mutter Museum Open Houses

New Pa. law requires consent for medical students to perform pelvic, rectal exams on unconscious patients

Pennsylvania Pelvic Exams

Penn scientists receive Nobel Prize for research that led to COVID-19 vaccines

Mütter Museum asks the public to weigh in on ethical battle over displaying human remains

Mutter Museum Gallery

Artificial intelligence may influence whether you can get pain medication

Pain Medication AI

This treatment for an intestinal infection sounds disgusting, but it may be a breakthrough, and it has FDA approval

C. Diff Treatment Vowst

Before Roe v. Wade, a Philadelphia drug company sold women a fake abortion pill

Chichester abortion pills

Four signs that your allergy medicine is no longer working and what to do

Allergy Medications

Philly medical society apologizes for 'silence' over Holmesburg Prison experiments

holmesburg prison apology

Temple University to create community-based transgender patient care training program

Temple Unique Project

Rite Aid's new hub at Philadelphia Navy Yard to serve as collaborative space for remote workers

Rite Aid Navy Yard

A daily aspirin to protect the heart? That soon may be outdated advice

What the stalemate on Capitol Hill means for your drug prices

U.S. Capitol Drug Price Reform

Before purchasing medications online, make sure the pharmacy is reputable

Online Pharmacies

Safely storing medicine a critical way to prevent accidental child deaths

Safe Medicine Storage

Children's Health

Robitussin, Dimetapp children's cough syrups recalled for potential overdose risk

Cough medicine recall

Inexpensive steroid reduces death risk among severe COVID-19 patients

CVS Pharmacy partners with DoorDash to deliver health and wellness essentials

CVS Partners with DoorDash

Rare disease researcher offers unique perspective on search for COVID-19 treatment

COVID-19 drug inventory

Cooper Specialty Care Center opens in Cherry Hill

Cooper Specialty Care

Rutgers launches nation's largest study of health care workers exposed to COVID-19

Rutgers COVID-19 Healthcare

Rare syndrome nearly killed Pennsylvania man with ear infection

Lemierre Pennsylvania

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria a deadly threat 'that is not going away,' CDC says

Superbugs CDC infections antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Amazon sued over firing New Jersey warehouse worker for using medical marijuana

Amazon

Patients who use online portals to access health records more likely to get flu shots, Penn study finds

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More blood pressure medicine recalled after carcinogen found in pills

Blood pressure medicine recalled FDA

Physician burnout: Why legal and regulatory systems may need to step in

Does zinc really cure colds faster?

Kitchen sponges may hold answer to antibiotic resistance

kitchen sponge bacteria

Naloxone nasal spray is more available in Philly neighborhoods with more white residents, study finds

Carroll - Naloxone, Narcan

Burned-out, depressed doctors are thinking about suicide

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Dermatologists are prescribing fewer antibiotics – but they still outpace other specialties

How the medical profession can help heal divisions as well as diseases

Children's Health

CVS and Walmart among retailers affected by recall of infant ibuprofen

infant ibuprofen recall

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