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Penn Medicine residents vote to approve union contract, a first for Pennsylvania

Resident doctors at Penn Medicine have voted to accept their first union contract, after more than a year of negotiations with the health system. The decision makes them the first residency program in Pennsylvania with a union contract.

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In Pa., spotted lanternflies’ knack for hitchhiking is proving crucial to their staying power

The invasive insect appeared in Pennsylvania 10 years ago and continues to spread west, as far away as Illinois.
By Alan Yu/WHYY

A disease wiped out a lot of Pennsylvania potatoes in 2016. Now research has found out how

After the 2016 outbreak, Penn State researchers collected samples from 26 potato fields in Pennsylvania to study the disease.
By Alan Yu/WHYY


This Philadelphia doctor wants you to consider eating animal organs

Eating organ meat is not mainstream in the U.S., leading to waste in the food supply. A doctor wants to change that.
By Alan Yu/WHYY


Philadelphia health department launches new lab to sequence, track COVID variants

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has opened a new lab to study the genetic makeup of the virus that causes COVID-19.

By Alan Yu/WHYY


Unvaccinated Philadelphia police officers to be placed on leave, possibly fired

The long dispute between the city of Philadelphia and police officers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 is over.

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