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

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Medical Marijuana

Pennsylvania issues progress report on Medical Marijuana Program

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

No more harm: Gun violence is a public health crisis

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NARCAN will soon be available at all ACME Markets in Pennsylvania
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Harvard study: Philly's soda tax would save $197 million in health-care costs

City Council

Philly residents urged to speak out on heroin, opioid crisis

Drunk Driving

Penn study finds one way to reduce drunk-driving deaths by 15 percent

Research

Drexel researchers selected to lead Delaware River Watershed projects
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Drugs

Pa. drug monitoring program goes after 'doctor shopping'
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Zika Virus

Study: Most Americans support release of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika

Food

Worldwide decrease in meat-eating would save billions in healthcare costs and fight global warming, study says
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Zika Virus

Rowan University researchers say Zika virus not a local problem – yet

Breastfeeding

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Mental Health

Penn study finds drawbacks to cost-saving measures in public mental health clinics

Zika Virus

Montgomery County confirms its first case of Zika virus

Addiction

Needle exchanges can now get federal funding
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Crime

Drexel study: Paramedics face higher risk of assault than firefighters

Public Health

WATCH: Philly rapper uses Jodi Arias case for PTSD awareness campaign
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Crime

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