Health
Lying – With Lives at Stake
CHOP’s renowned immunologist responds to RFK Jr.’s shocking — or maybe not so shocking — untruths about vaccines.
By Paul Offit
Fighting Loneliness, Generationally
Loneliness is a scourge, particularly among older Americans. As we head to play the Giants on Thursday, the two-time Super Bowl champ highlights a New York-based nonprofit that has been successfully addressing social isolation for decades.
By Lane Johnson
Students, Help Each Other
Founded at Penn, Active Minds is now a national college and high school network of students helping each other address their mental health struggles
By Lane Johnson
Mental Health is a Team Sport
As the Eagles take on the Bucs this week, the two-time Super Bowl Champion highlights a Tampa mental health collaborative that is a model Philly might want to steal
By Lane Johnson
How Is PA Spending Its $2.2 Billion Opioid Settlement?
Counties across the state will decide how to use the money from opioid producers. Researchers at Penn State, Temple and Pitt created a database so the rest of us can see how they’re doing
By Jonathan Larsen, Amy Yeung, Dennis Scanlon, Renee Cloutier
“Do We Have to Wait Until He Stabs Someone?”
One Philadelphian learns a complicated lesson in how to help a stranger in public mental health distress — featuring a confusing municipal system and one very simple (and under funded) solution
By Kristen Demilio
My Friendship with Jay Glazer
The two-time Super Bowl Champion, five-time All-Pro, and six-time Pro Bowler offensive lineman relies on a powerful tool he learned from the NFL and MMA broadcaster and trainer to strengthen his own mental health: authentic friendship
By Lane Johnson
Mobile Care for KC Kids
As the Birds head to Kansas City to play the Chiefs on Sunday, the Eagles’ five-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler shares the city's innovative approach to get children the mental healthcare they deserve
By Lane Johnson
Federal Grants Should Serve People, Not Politics
A mental healthcare provider CEO says Trump’s new executive order on federal grants will take the scientists out of science
By Dr. Jeannine L. Lisitski
Dear City Council, Support Women’s Health
Planned Parenthood clinics serve 20,000 Philadelphians each year. They’re at risk of closing — unless the City steps up
By Signe Espinoza and Sarah Scully