A sedative that's only approved for animals may be contributing to rise in overdoses

 Joe D’Orazio at Temple University Hospital says xylazine makes it harder to get patients through detox and into treatment. “It’s not like other...

North Philly community members against gun violence stage 'peace ride'

By Hadas Kuznits

14-year-old Quadrice Quarles was just 6 years old the first time he lost someone he loved to gun violence. He said that’s a common experience in ...

Institutions Turn to New Workforce Strategies To Counter Effects of Great Resignation

By Jane Anderson

 Economists and analysts are tracking what has become known as the “Great Resignation,” said Michele Masucci, co-chair of the Federal...

Stan Drayton is impressed with Temple’s growth and unfazed by preseason rankings

By Isabella DiAmore

Stan Drayton wasn’t bothered by Temple football’s last place ranking in the American Athletic Conference preseason polls. The ...

A ‘lost opportunity’: Pa. and Del. are discontinuing their COVID-19 exposure apps

By Zoë Read

 “It wasn’t really supplementing [the health department’s] efforts, because it’s really only capturing less than 1% of cases, and then a small...

FTC suit to thwart Meta's 'campaign to conquer' VR could be a long shot

By Alexis Keenan

 The FTC's lawsuit relies on two potentially challenging arguments that require it to identify markets still in their infancy. The problem is a...

Colleges get creative to solve housing insecurity among students

By Stephanie Hughes

 More than 40% of the students on this country’s college and university campuses report that they’ve experienced housing insecurity, according to...

James ‘Skip’ Wilson, legendary baseball coach at Temple and longtime high school teacher, has died at 92

By Gary Miles

James “Skip” Wilson, 92, of Philadelphia, a baseball lifer, the all-time winningest coach in any sport at Temple University, a longtime teacher at...

How Long Does a COVID Cough Last? Here’s Why It Can Linger for Some People

By Colleen de Bellefonds

 “Prolonged cough after illness is not unique to COVID,” Nathaniel Marchetti, the medical director of the respiratory intensive care unit at...

Philadelphia Ceasefire Recruiting ‘Messengers' to Help Curb Gun Violence

By Aaron Baskerville

 “They know the life, they know the lifestyle, and therefore they’re in a strong position to really help these young men and women who are deeply...

Temple University to create community-based transgender patient care training program

By MAGGIE MANCINI

A Temple University medical school program will pair students at Lewis Katz School of Medicine with community members in Philadelphia to learn...

Pew awards $4.25 million to address growing Philadelphia violence, create jobs

By Jensen Toussaint

 Scott Charles, the trauma outreach manager at Temple Hospital, said the new grants will be used to add professionals to its trauma team,...

Particular brain reactions to traumatic stress are associated with PTSD risk

These findings are important both to identify specific brain responses associated with vulnerability to develop PTSD, and to identify potential...

A case of polio was found in New York state. Should we be concerned?

We're already dealing with COVID-19 and monkeypox, and now a new case of polio was reported in Rockland County, New York. Should we be worried...

The weird side effect you might get from taking Paxlovid—and what to do about It

By KAITLIN VOGEL

 “Ritonavir is well-known to many healthcare providers because it used to be commonly used in the same way with HIV medications,” says Jason...

Inflation pressures Pennsylvania universities to hike tuition

By Alexa Mencia

A period of pandemic tuition freezes has mostly thawed at Pennsylvania universities. What's happening: Temple and Penn State, two...

Doug Mastriano urges Pitt, Penn State, other state-related schools to freeze tuition as Gov. Wolf secures more aid

By Bill SCHACKNER

 The candidate says that in return for a roughly $40 million or 5% funding boost for the four institutions that also include Temple ...

Doug Mastriano calls for tuition freeze at four state-related universities

By JUSTIN SWEITZER

In a letter to the leaders of Penn State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and Lincoln University, state Sen. Doug...

The Pa. General Assembly wants you to know where your in-state tuition discount comes from

By Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Tuition bills for Pennsylvanians who go to Penn State or one of the other state-related universities will come with a new footnote this coming...

Former Temple baseball coach James ‘Skip’ Wilson dies at 92

By DeAntae Prince

James “Skip” Wilson, who led Temple baseball to a pair of College World Series appearances and 1,034 wins in 46 seasons as the program’s head...

Wolf quietly steers $40 million to Pitt, Pa.’s other state-related universities

By Stephen Caruso

 The move follows opponents of abortion access in the state House unsuccessfully attempting to block funding for the schools over Pitt’s research...

Pew awards $4.25M to Philly nonprofits fighting gun violence, creating jobs

By Stephen Williams

According to Pew, the grants include a five-year, $3.5 million to West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, to help create jobs for 2,500 unemployed or...

Pitt, Penn State, Temple and Lincoln get $40 million boost

The one-time funding will come from stimulus money that the governor can decide how to use. The state Legislature did not increase state funding...

Researchers analyze how to rescue weak memories to help in education, PTSD treatment

By Leila Saidane

“Stuff that was once boring…all of a sudden has acquired value because something important happened afterwards,” said co-author Vishnu Murty,...

Sen. Casey delivers $230K to Muhlenberg College collaboration with local prisons

By Glenn Epps

The Muhlenberg College Inside/Out Prison Exchange Program will receive $231,000 in federal funding to support a program to give college credit to...