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12/11/2025

A rare national health story for RxPhilly:

Two bills failed to secure the necessary 60 votes to break a filibuster and advance Thursday. Congress has no deal ahead of a Dec. 31 deadline to avoid premium hikes under Obamacare.WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate voted Thursday to reject health care bills offered by each party, as t...

12/11/2025

Botulism in baby formula in NJ , PA and others:

Federal health officials on Wednesday said an outbreak of infant botulism tied to recalled ByHeart baby formula has expanded to include all illnesses reported since the company began production in …

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

A remarkable finding:

Research has shown that the vaccine may reduce dementia risk. Now a study has found that vaccinated individuals are almost 30 percent less likely to die of dementia.

11/30/2025

A huge verdict against PennMed and Mainline Health—$35 million

A woman underwent a total hysterectomy at Penn based on a cancer misdiagnosis at Lankenau Medical Center. The verdict is the largest so far this year in Philadelphia.

11/20/2025

Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden was about to harvest a donated organ when a sign of life halted the procedure.

A donor group did NOT intervene.

The New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network is also accused of destroying evidence.

11/14/2025

Update: APPROVED

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.

11/14/2025

Safety ratings for South Jersey hospitals: one only got a C

https://patch.com/new-jersey/haddon/s/jrwb1/major-south-jersey-hospital-graded-c-for-patient-safety-in-new-ratings?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&

11/13/2025

A Jersey man dies from meat allergy triggered by a tick-borne allergy:

11/10/2025

Penn and Jeff are using AI for taking notes during exams:

Ambient listening and AI scribes are among the artificial intelligence tools gaining traction at health systems across the country.

11/07/2025

United Health's Optum is closing 90 offices in New Jersey.

Optum, a UnitedHealth company, is no longer offering a number of services and closing dozens of offices in New Jersey.

11/07/2025

More cuts for Tower Health

A large portion of the job losses will be through the closure of programs at Pottstown Hospital.