Suspect In Death Of Center City Doctor Held For Trial
According to a statement read in court, the alleged killer of a Children's Hospital pediatrician says she pleaded for her life as he strangled her inside her Center City home in January.
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According to a statement read in court, the alleged killer of a Children's Hospital pediatrician says she pleaded for her life as he strangled her inside her Center City home in January.
Cindy Burdick admitted assaulting the four-month-old boy in her care last year; he suffered a near-fatal brain injury.
It's called the GSK "Hope For Families" Fund, and it was started in 2008.
Her 4,000-mile trip from her home country was just the begining of her journey.
Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who inflamed conservative Americans at the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic, passed away in New Hampshire on Monday morning at age 96.
The medical team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia began their examination of 5-year-old Nora Situm, who is battling Leukemia and will undergo a new gene therapy treatment.
An argument between an exterminator and a center city doctor led to her gruesome death inside the basement of her home, police said Thursday.
Police sources tell CBS Philly that a person of interest was taken into custody Wednesday evening in connection with the murder of a Center City doctor.
A reward of $35,000 is now being offered for the arrest and conviction of the suspect responsible for the gruesome murder of a doctor who was found bound and burned inside her Center City apartment earlier this week.
But, they say 35-year-old Melissa Ketunuti's body was on fire, found by her dog walker, in the basement of her row-home along the 1700 block of Naudain Street.
Doctors at CHOP say cancer among adolescents is on the rise.
Police say the Good Samaritan, identified as 27-year-old sanitation worker Nelson Mandela Myers, was walking to work around 4:30 a.m. found the girl under the bleachers of an athletic field.
Doctors say they expect the twins -- Allison June and Amelia Lee Tucker -- will now enjoy full, healthy, and independent lives.
Two children were transported to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Wednesday night after a fire broke out at a home in the city's Belmont neighborhood.
Officials say surgeons at a Philadelphia hospital have successfully completed operations to separate 8-month-old twin girls from New York who were joined at the lower chest and abdomen.
Surgeons at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were scheduled to operate Wednesday to separate 8-month-old twins from New York joined at the lower chest and abdomen.
Courtney Simmons, 17, is a cancer survivor who says donations like this have helped young people like her.
Chris reviews Michelle Obama's speech from the Democratic National Convention last night. He talks to CBS 3's Chris May from Charlotte, WOGL's Frank Lewis from Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Tom McGrath of the Philly Post and Larry O'Connor of Breitbart TV.
Patients travel from across the country to undergo proton therapy through Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, often staying in Philadelphia for weeks or months at considerable expense. Now someone's there to help.
One cardiologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia doesn't just monitor human hearts.
A new study on child obesity indicates that students gain less weight if they go to schools in states with stronger laws about what foods can be sold outside their breakfast and lunch programs.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has decided to file a lawsuit against the maker of "Buckyballs" a popular magnetic desk toy, following a years-long investigation.
The report in the journal "Pediatrics" found that hospital admissions for abuse injuries rose in direct relation to an area's mortgage foreclosure rate.
A Montgomery County judge ordered a Bridgeport couple held for trial on Thursday on all charges for nearly starving their 6-year-old son to death.
Montgomery County authorities have charged a Bridgeport, Pa. couple with assault and endangerment for nearly starving their six-year-old son to death.
