Health
Can City Council Fix Our Reproductive Healthcare Crisis?
Federal and local funding cuts are decimating an already precarious healthcare landscape, especially for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable communities. City funding could help
By Courtney DuChene
Deborah Burnham
Even before she experienced cancer herself, the retired Penn English professor had a knack for “magical” prompts to help patients write through their illness at the Abramson Cancer Center
By Daphne Sashin
Dr. Paul Offit
The man who RFK Jr. wants you to hate just wants to save our kids, using proven science
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Sonura, a Cap that Protects Preemies
Penn Engineering grads developed a high-tech beanie that protects the tiniest of ears from NICU noise
By Laura Brzyski
Disruptors Carl June and Jeff Marrazzo
They’re charting a course to a world without cancer tumors and reinvigorating Philly’s “Cellicon Valley” with their new company, Dispatch Biotherapeutics. For their bold vision, we’re awarding this duo our Disruptors of the Year.
By Malcolm BurnleyVelshi On The Ohio GOP Bill That Would Track Every Pregnancy
The MS NOW host and Citizen board member talks to law professor Michelle Goodwin about the threat the proposed legislation represents for women
By Ali Velshi
Velshi Asks What is Trump Doing With Pregnant Teen Migrants in Texas?
The MS NOW host and Citizen board member talks with Jonathan White, former director of a federal unaccompanied child program, about a Texas facility reportedly flagged for inadequate medical care where pregnant teen migrants are being sent
By Ali Velshi
Could these Tiny Robots … Cure Cancer?
Researchers at Penn and the University of Michigan have developed the world’s smallest, fully autonomous robots. The health applications are nearly endless
By Courtney DuChene
What RFK Jr.’s CDC Doesn’t Want You to Know
The federal health agency is withholding critical information about vaccine-preventable diseases from the American public. CHOP’s renowned immunologist explains why
By Paul Offit
Weaponizing the FDA Against Vaccines
Why did the federal agency shelve a new vaccine that promises to dramatically improve flu resistance? The renowned CHOP immunologist explains
By Paul Offit