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CHART: Flu Sends Nearly 500 Pennsylvanians to Hospital in One Week

According to this chart from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, PA hospitals reported 487 admissions thanks to the flu during the first week of 2013. […]

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This Flu Outbreak Is A Devastating Plague That Will Bring About the Zombie Apocalypse

Have you had your flu shot yet? If not: Prepare to suffer. Influenza is out to get you this year: Boston on Wednesday declared a […]

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Another Thing Philly Does Poorly: Ambulance Care

Today’s Daily News cover story by Sean Collins Walsh will probably make you terrified ever to sneeze in this town ever again. Plainly put: The […]

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Will Pennsylvania See Legal Marijuana in 2013?

Back in the ’70s, former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer’s national commission on marijuana ultimately recommended the decriminalization of pot with reams of scientific evidence. President […]

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City Hall Carolers Make Up Song About the Fiscal Cliff

A group of City Hall carolers have achieved something I thought impossible–they breathed a flicker of life into the most ill-named and over-covered political story of […]

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Did the University of Pennsylvania Just Cure Cancer?

Well, maybe not. But news of a life-saving new gene therapy is certainly promising. “Our goal is to have a cure, but we can’t say […]

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Watch: Mazzoni Stories

“The mere existence of it validates who we are.” That’s just one of the testimonials featured in a new video about the Mazzoni Center, one […]

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Philly Could Offer Incentives for LGBT Health Plans

For Councilman James Kenney, offering new health care protections for same-sex couples simply makes good financial sense. That’s why he’s introduced a bill that would […]

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Baby Boy Born In Rush Hour Traffic on Pennylvania Turnpike

Damn kids think they can just do whatever they want. Leaving lights on, staying up til all hours, initiating the birth process on the Pennsylvania […]

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Nah’Easter Love-Taps City

Athena Wisely Avoids Philly. You can’t blame us for our Post-Sandy Stress Disorder freakout yesterday, but in the end the season’s first nor’easter pretty much […]

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Surgeons at CHOP to Separate Conjoined Twins

Surgeons at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will attempt to separate 8-month-old conjoined twins on Wednesday. The twins are from upstate New York and are […]

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When I Enter the Voting Booth, I Won’t Be Alone

As a member of media, I try my best (publicly at least) to remain impartial in regards to politics. Those who know me, know me. […]

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Debate Over In-Home HIV Tests

Finding new ways to encourage people to get tested is on the minds of many HIV and AIDS organizations – both in Philly and around […]

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Garrett Reid Died of an Accidental Heroin Overdose

On Thursday afternoon, the Northampton County coroner revealed that the results of Garrett Reid’s autopsy and toxicology report show that the coach’s son died of […]

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NASA Scientists Have Built an Iron Man Suit

It’s not exactly as modern as the updated version of Tony Stark’s getup that you saw in The Avengers, but NASA scientists have developed a […]