
Health
News on hospitals and health care in Philadelphia and stories about the issues that impact minds and bodies everywhere
Delaware professionals who care for adults with disabilities earn around $15 an hour, making it difficult for many to make ends meet.
6 days ago
Listen 1:48Overdose deaths nationally last year dropped for the first time, but advocates say too many people still die of drug use.
6 days ago
Listen 1:18Amid fears of ICE raids, one California doctor is meeting farmworkers where they are
Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.
7 days ago
Listen 08:33How vaccine policy is changing under RFK Jr.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s' overhaul of vaccine recommendations and research and what it means for public health and pandemic preparedness.
Air Date: August 26, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:14Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults. Here’s what to know
Experts across the region are working to educate older adults on how they can prevent falling as they age.
1 week ago
Listen 1:24Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.
1 week ago
Listen 8:07Understanding the latest research on keeping our brains healthy and sharp at any age. From diet, to exercise, technology and more, with Dr. Daniel Monti and Pam Belluck.
Air Date: August 21, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:11Pennsylvanians face higher health insurance costs as insurers propose 19% increase to 2026 premiums
Health insurers offering plans on Pennie, the state Affordable Care Act exchange, say rising costs and expiring enhanced premium tax credits are driving the increase requests.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:07How Scientists Discovered Legionnaires’ Disease
In the summer of 1976, when 2,000 people came to Philadelphia for a national convention of the American Legion, a strange illness gripped ...
Air Date: August 18, 2025
Listen 26:32The Women and Families Hospital will begin offering childbirth and maternity care Sept. 3.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:56Using data from 3,492 patients, a ChristianaCare study found breast cancer hotspots in Wilmington and Middletown.
2 weeks ago
Listen 1:28As farmworkers face longer, hotter harvest seasons, their risk of heat-related illness grows
Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.
2 weeks ago
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