Health and science editor @PhillyInquirer. Prior @USATODAY @Reuters @TB_Times @orlandosentinel. Lover of quotes and questions: who, what, where, when, why?
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NEW: Judge rejects latest bid to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia
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There's even a brand new a hub of archival stories if you'd like to get caught up on the vital journalism on the health care space. Idea by @LetitiaStein that @CaryBetagole made a reality.
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Harper’s first home run for the season, Embiid back on the court — and @aubreyjwhelan and I finished the first edition of the @PhillyInquirer health newsletter that comes out in the morning.
Big night for Philadelphia!
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We're launching a newsletter to keep a pulse on Philly's vital health and meds community. We'll deliver weekly insights by @aubreyjwhelan @abgutman and the @PhillyInquirer health team to inboxes, starting Wednesday (4/3). Sign up here! inquirer.com/newsletters/hea…
A leadership shakeup at St. Christopher's Hospital comes amid ongoing licensing issues at the children's hospital that's a safety net to many in Philadelphia. @SarahGantz writes @PhillyInquirer
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My colleague @TomAvril1 shares why his story about how a gene therapy treatment giving children born deaf a chance to hear is drawing objections in the deaf community. It's a topic that's personal to him. teapawt.net/TomAvril1/status/17556…
…Probably. Many members of the deaf community, on the other hand, have reservations, as I describe here. (4 /4)
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Jefferson's top emergency medicine doctor was disciplined for leaving a shift without calling for backup, while he underwent a procedure under anesthesia @wendyruderman's latest for @PhillyInquirer inquirer.com/health/theodore…
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The scientist who jokes that he "wasted" the first 30 years of his career.
Another one who teaches physics with molten chocolate cakes.
And more here, from @TheFranklin Institute on its 200th anniversary:
(MIT photo from Jake Belcher) inquirer.com/science/frankli…
Critics have questioned three dozen studies involving a Philly Alzheimer's researcher. @TomAvril1 explores the allegations of research misconduct. @PhillyInquirer
Domenico Praticò, a scientist at Temple University, helped secure a $3.8 million state grant to study Alzheimer’s disease.
The school praised his efforts, but critics claim there are serious flaws in Praticò's work. trib.al/tKVN4nT
Jefferson is poised to grow to 30 hospitals with the acquisition of Lehigh Valley Health Network, ranking among the nation's top 20 nonprofit health systems. @InqBrubaker reports in an exclusive for @PhillyInquirer.
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A federal jury found a Jefferson conducted a gender-biased investigation into allegations that a male surgeon raped a medical resident in a case likely to reverberate nationwide in federal Title IX law @wendyruderman writes.
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CRISPR news just in: @US_FDA approves 1st ever gene-editing treatment, from $VRTX and $CRSP -
A @ChildrensPhila doc was chair of study committee inquirer.com/health/crispr-s… via @phillyinquirer
Didier Epopa went to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital to be treated for COVID. Then an IV bag was mislabeled, and he mistakenly received a medication that causes paralysis. @wendyruderman probes how medical errors like this continue to happen. @PhillyInquirer inquirer.com/health/inq2/mer…
Emily Whitehead came to Penn as a child with terminal leukemia. She was the first child cured with CAR-T. Now she's back for an classic coming of age adventure: Her freshman year of college, @SarahGantz writes @PhillyInquirer inquirer.com/health/leukemia…
“It’s a recognition that just being good at physics doesn’t make you a good doctor." @TomAvril1 on why psych is in, and calc out on today's premed req lists in Philly and beyond. @PhillyInquirer
Medical schools say they want Renaissance scholars and humanists. Can those qualities really be measured with a standardized test? inquirer.com/health/mcat-psy…
Katalin Karikó won a Nobel for her research partnership at Penn, but was rejected for tenure there. @TomAvril1 writes about her grit and persistence, which led to the COVID vaccine and proved naysayers wrong. inquirer.com/health/universi…
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Meet Victoria Ke Li! @VictoriaKeLi will be writing for @PhillyInquirer and expanding #SciComm knowledge! Victoria graduated from @UCLA with a Bachelors in Human Biology while gaining valuable experience writing for UCLA's student paper. Learn more: aaas.org/programs/mass-media…
As hospitals become more dangers workplaces, nurses at Philly's Einstein hospital have been punched, attacked, threatened with rape. A patient bit off part of a medical technician's finger @aubreyjwhelan @SarahGantz report for @PhillyInquirer inquirer.com/health/einstein…