Meet Victoria Ke Li! Victoria Ke Li will be writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer 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-…

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 Aubrey Whelan Sarah Gantz report for The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/health/einstei…

Last month I got to know this sharp young woman named Sarah, whose journey through the US healthcare system has been more eventful than most. To put it mildly… (a thread)

Katalin Karikó won a Nobel for her research partnership at Penn, but was rejected for tenure there. Tom Avril writes about her grit and persistence, which led to the COVID vaccine and proved naysayers wrong. inquirer.com/health/univers…

“It’s a recognition that just being good at physics doesn’t make you a good doctor." Tom Avril on why psych is in, and calc out on today's premed req lists in Philly and beyond. The Philadelphia Inquirer

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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, Sarah Gantz writes The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/health/leukemi…

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. Wendy Ruderman probes how medical errors like this continue to happen. The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/health/inq2/me…

CRISPR news just in: U.S. FDA approves 1st ever gene-editing treatment, from $VRTX and $CRSP - A Children's Hospital doc was chair of study committee inquirer.com/health/crispr-… via @phillyinquirer

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 Wendy Ruderman writes. inquirer.com/health/thomas-…

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. Harold Brubaker reports in an exclusive for The Philadelphia Inquirer. inquirer.com/health/thomas-…

Critics have questioned three dozen studies involving a Philly Alzheimer's researcher. Tom Avril explores the allegations of research misconduct. The Philadelphia Inquirer

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 The Franklin Institute Institute on its 200th anniversary: (MIT photo from Jake Belcher) inquirer.com/science/frankl…

Jefferson's top emergency medicine doctor was disciplined for leaving a shift without calling for backup, while he underwent a procedure under anesthesia Wendy Ruderman's latest for The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/health/theodor…

My colleague Tom Avril 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. x.com/TomAvril1/stat…

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. Sarah Gantz writes The Philadelphia Inquirer inquirer.com/health/st-chri…

We're launching a newsletter to keep a pulse on Philly's vital health and meds community. We'll deliver weekly insights by Aubrey Whelan Abraham Gutman and the The Philadelphia Inquirer health team to inboxes, starting Wednesday (4/3). Sign up here! inquirer.com/newsletters/he…

Harper’s first home run for the season, Embiid back on the court — and Aubrey Whelan and I finished the first edition of the The Philadelphia Inquirer health newsletter that comes out in the morning. Big night for Philadelphia! Sign up, for Bryce and Joel: inquirer.com/newsletters/he…

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 Letitia Stein that @CaryBetagole made a reality.

NEW: Judge rejects latest bid to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia w/ Aubrey Whelan inquirer.com/health/opioid-…