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Wendy Ruderman

Reporter · US

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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Wendy Ruderman

    Philly 9/11 responders inhaled a ‘witch’s brew’ of toxic dust. Now they’re sick with deadly diseases. (opens the original)

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    Retired Philadelphia Police Capt. Mark Fisher gets winded and lightheaded while emptying the dishwasher or pushing his gas-powered lawnmower, his lungs forever scarred by the ankle-deep ash that he trudged through at ground zero. When Fisher arrived at the nation’s worst crime scene, two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, each step he took kicked up a powdery plume, coating his tan work boots. Dense smoke from fires burning beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center site stung

  2. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Wendy Ruderman

    Selling blood plasma for money is becoming a side hustle as more Philadelphia-area residents try to make ends meet (opens the original)

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    Maleka Evans waited outside Octapharma Plasma in South Jersey at 8:30 on a recent sweltering morning, sweat beading on her face. A dozen other prospective donors had arrived before her, and the line was still growing a half hour before doors opened. One woman sat on an overturned shopping cart pilfered from the nearby Walmart. Another brought her own folding chair. A man held a bicycle tire, removed to protect his bike from being stolen once he was inside and hooked up to a machine that extracts

  3. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Wendy Ruderman

    A rare disease weakened his muscles. Plasma donors came to the rescue (opens the original)

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    When Richard Sperry’s right shoulder began to ache, the pharmaceutical executive thought he was overdoing it at the gym. “I was doing CrossFit at the time,” Sperry said. “I thought it was from doing things that I shouldn’t be doing in my mid-40s.” Then, almost overnight, the entire right side of his body was weak. He could not pick up a coffee mug, grasp a pen, or shave his face with his right hand. His wife had to help him button his dress shirts each morning. An orthopedic doctor s

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Wendy Ruderman

    A Main Line psychiatrist who had sex with a patient poses no threat to other patients, judge rules (opens the original)

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    A Main Line psychiatrist who lost her medical license after a state investigation found she had a yearslong sexual relationship with a young patient while prescribing him highly addictive psychotropic drugs may continue practicing while she appeals the revocation, a state judge ruled. In ruling in favor of Amy Mazza MacIntyre on Thursday, the judge agreed that she posed no threat to patients, who would likely suffer if their care was disrupted or if they had to find a new provider amid what Comm

  5. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Wendy Ruderman

    To boost literacy, pediatricians are prescribing books to children (opens the original)

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    Pediatrician Daniel Taylor opened a crisp hardcover book and began reading to a 5-year-old patient inside an exam room at the clinic at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. “I am laughter that falls like —,” Taylor read, pausing. “Rain!” the little girl finished, smiling. “That was amazing,” Taylor said to the girl’s mother, LaShonda Williams, 35, of East Mount Airy. “That’s nice phonetic awareness.” Williams’ daughter, Xylo, already grasped context and recognized s

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