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Covid vax leads to higher antibody levels in pregnant women, babies
Pregnant women, who received one of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, had 10-fold higher antibody concent…
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More than a dozen people — including 7 children — were killed in a fire at a publicly owned apartment building in Philadelphia
None of the smoke detectors in the house worked when the Philadelphia apartment building went up in…
Rebecca Cohen
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A 5-year-old boy playing with a lighter near a Christmas tree may have started Philadelphia fire that killed 12, investigators say
The duplex went up in flames early Wednesday morning, and was the deadliest fire in Philadelphia in…
Rebecca Cohen
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A woman who was 7 months pregnant was fatally shot while returning home from her baby shower in Philadelphia, police say
The police said the 32-year-old woman had been bringing gifts from her baby shower into her home wh…
Taylor Ardrey
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9-month-old Afghan refugee on C-17 military jet from Germany dies after landing in Philadelphia
The baby girl died Wednesday, marking the first known death of an evacuee from Afghanistan in the U…
Natalie Musumeci
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5 people killed, including one kid, in Philadelphia shooting; suspect with 'AR-style' weapon and bulletproof vest arrested
The shooting suspect is currently in police custody, according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner …
Charles R. Davis
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Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found
Doctors found that giving financial support to low-income families could lower rates of child negle…
Allie Kelly
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Philadelphia is experimenting with guaranteed income pilots for pregnant people and housing insecure families
Philly Joy Bank and PHLHousing+ are guaranteed basic income pilots in Philadelphia offering familie…
Allie Kelly
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Flyers mascot Gritty surprised a 7-year-old Flyers fan in the hospital and left him speechless
When he first debuted, Gritty was a decisive figure, with some initially loathing the orange furbal…
Tyler Lauletta
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Police knew Walter Wallace Jr. was having a mental-health crisis and visited his house 3 times the day he was fatally shot — and laughed at his family at one point, his mother said
Walter Wallace Jr. was shot dead by two Philadelphia police officers on Monday after walking toward…
Ashley Collman
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33 high school students took photos to capture the everyday reality of living in North Philadelphia, where the poverty rate is 40% and life expectancy is 20 years shorter
The Philadelphia Collaborative for Health Equity is part of the Jefferson Health hospital system, a…
Zachary Tracer
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800 nurses in Pennsylvania staged a walkout today to protest dangerous working conditions that they say are caused by understaffing
About 42% of nurses nationwide said staffing has gotten "slightly or much worse recently," per a re…
Allana Akhtar
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The most common coronavirus variant in the US is no worse for kids than adults, despite more children showing up at hospital, experts say
B.1.1.7, the coronavirus variant first found in the UK and the most common strain in the US, is no …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Pennsylvania to require all public schools to mandate face coverings
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, made the announcement at a Tuesday afternoon news conferenc…
Charles Davis
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Black children are nearly 3.5 times more likely to die after surgery than white children, according to a new study
Even when they're normally healthy, Black children are more likely to have surgical complications, …
Julia Naftulin
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Teen Pedestrian Deaths Are Up And Texting May Be The Reason
In any case, the number of teens killed while walking still pales in comparison to those killed whi…
Alex Davies
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This little boy is the first person in the world to get a double hand transplant
When Zion was two years old, he developed a life-threatening bacterial infection that required both…
Tanya Lewis
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The Supreme Court heard a case concerning LGBTQ rights and religious liberty about one week after Amy Coney Barrett joined the bench
The case represents a "legal supernova clash" between the rights of LGBTQ people and the First Amen…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Texas hospitals are rushing to expand their ICU capacity, at the front line of a wider surge in US coronavirus cases
With 5,000 new cases of the coronavirus being recorded daily, authorities in Texas are planning on …
Tom Porter
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Biden will require vaccines at any health facility that gets government funding. That's nearly all of them.
The new policy requires staff members at hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding to be …