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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 https://t.co/xbHmlwQrME

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. https://t.co/dHQyH0xWVx

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@PhillyInquirer …Probably. Many members of the deaf community, on the other hand, have reservations, as I describe here. (4 /4) https://t.co/rGYcb0wxAa via @phillyinquirer

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 https://t.co/uH19in9K22

RT @TomAvril1: The scientist who jokes that he "wasted" the first 30 years of his career. Another one who teaches physics with molten choco…

Critics have questioned three dozen studies involving a Philly Alzheimer's researcher. @TomAvril1 explores the allegations of research misconduct. @PhillyInquirer

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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. https://t.co/6SvqDtJvW8

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. https://t.co/3Gt1FvAXWM

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. https://t.co/pqgglUOuoN

RT @TomAvril1: CRISPR news just in: @US_FDA approves 1st ever gene-editing treatment, from $VRTX and $CRSP - A @ChildrensPhila doc was cha…

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 https://t.co/bHSvu1WcPH

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 https://t.co/Q0c8VKzxMx

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“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

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Medical schools say they want Renaissance scholars and humanists. Can those qualities really be measured with a standardized test? https://t.co/do2ktRPtsC

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. https://t.co/zt9CeWReYj

RT @TomAvril1: Last month I got to know this sharp young woman named Sarah, whose journey through the US healthcare system has been more ev…

RT @AAASMassMedia: Meet Victoria Ke Li! @VictoriaKeLi will be writing for @PhillyInquirer and expanding #SciComm knowledge! Victoria gradua…

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 https://t.co/Km7DJfxZw4