So many employees were stressed out about student loans that Temple University Health System this fall offered a new benefit — a concierge service to help them qualify for a much-touted federal program that can massively cut their debt.

As the national advisor for Black engagement for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Temple graduate Adjoa B. Asamoah knew that for many Black people, a win for the former vice president was the difference between living freely and living in fear.

Like any physician, Ryan Gibbons learned in medical school how to listen to a patient’s lungs with a stethoscope. But in the emergency department at Temple University Hospital, he never carries one — despite having evaluated the lungs of hundreds of COVID-19 patients since April.&nbsp ...

“A newer, fresher mask is likely to have tighter fibers, and so it’s likely better at keeping out other particles and keeping your particles in,” says Krys Johnson, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Temple University.

When death is near for one of Maria Rodriguez’s patients, she speaks to them. The oncology nurse/interpreter at Temple University Hospital wants to help. She tells them that people love them and care for them. She tells them to go in peace.