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Health secretary nominee Xavier Becerra told senators Tuesday that confronting the coronavirus pandemic will be his first priority if confirmed, but he also pledged to expand health insurance, rein in prescription drug costs and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in medical care.

The prescription pad of a doctor at the Veterans Administration in Philadelphia was used to purchase opioids at pharmacies across eastern Pennsylvania. It’s a tale of fraudulent prescription-writing that the Drug Enforcement Administration calls “a big issue.”

Doctors in Pennsylvania will be required to prescribe opioids electronically, starting Oct. 24, in response to the American opioid epidemic and the susceptibility to fraud of handwritten prescriptions.

British Prime Minister on Sunday renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask for an extension if there’s no withdrawal deal. “We will be packing our bags and walking out on” Oct. 31, Boris Johnson wrote in The...

Dr. Rachel Levine, the secretary of health for Pennsylvania, announced on Friday that a person recently died from lung illness tied to vaping. That death and a slew of other sicknesses have been reported to the CDC.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to fend off allegations of improper patronage and groping a woman as he prepared a final push Monday to fulfill his pledge to lead his country out of the European Union in just over a month — and, he hopes, move British politics beyond its fracture over Europe. Johnson sought to energize Conservative members...

Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region Wednesday night, setting its sights on the U.S. mainland as it threatened to grow into a dangerous Category 3 storm.

The fight to keep Hahnemann Hospital open is very much alive throughout Philadelphia. However, the medical institution’s closure is becoming inevitable as it has been revealed that the hospital’s owners owe over $88 million to more than 30 different businesses.

All non-emergency surgeries and procedures are no longer to be performed at Hahnemann University Hospital, starting July 12, according to a letter to patients Tuesday, and that includes baby deliveries.

A letter stated that all non-emergency surgeries and procedures will no longer be performed at Hahnemann University Hospital starting on Friday, including baby deliveries.

The closure of Hahnemann University Hospital later this year and a pending bankruptcy for its parent company remains on a tumultous path, with hundreds of doctors in residence training wondering what the future holds, a lawyer said at a court hearing Tuesday.

Workers at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia are struggling with the recent news that the hospital will close in September. The Center City hospital also stopped accepting trauma patients, which caused one woman Wednesday injured directly in front of the hospital to be transported to another nearby hospital.

The parent company of Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court.

July 4th will be one of the busiest days for hospitals. But with Hahnemann closing, patients will have to go elsewhere. Doctors at Einstein say they are ready. Meanwhile, community members continue to fight to keep it open.

Hahnemann University Hospital has begun diverting trauma victims to other facilities, despite warnings from both the City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Health Department that doing so could result in legal action.

Hahnemann Hospital was ordered Thursday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to stay open until the medical facility submits written notice of its intent to close.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is ordering Hahnemann University Hospital to stay open after the owner announced the facility would close on Sept. 6.

To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block. The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research , with new hurdles for government-funded scientists around the country who call the special...

The race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May is heating up, the field of Conservative contenders is quickly growing and the focus is squarely on how to handle Brexit. Former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom and former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab joined the fray Saturday night. Both had earlier resigned from May’s Cabinet to protest her Brexit policy....

The death toll in a massive fire at an illegally tapped pipeline in Mexico has risen to 109 after 10 more injured people died at hospitals. Mexico’s Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer said Friday that the latest victims who were severely burned died between Wednesday and early Friday. He said hospitals continue to treat about 40 injured victims. The victims were...