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The Pulse

The Road to Diagnosis

Getting the right diagnosis can be life-changing. It can mean the end of pain and the beginning of answers; it can mean treatment, a cure ...

Air Date: April 1, 2022

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Jake Odmark's career on Broadway took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with Chron's disease. (Courtesy of Odmark)
The Pulse
Biology
Mental Health
Performing Arts

How a Broadway superhero faced a life-threatening diagnosis

When Jake Odmark was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, his career took a back seat. But accepting the diagnosis led to a more stable future.

4 years ago

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Healthcare workers care for COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on Jan. 21, 2021, in Torrance, Calif. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Health Care
Medicine
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COVID-19 infection increases your risk for diabetes, a new study says

Researchers found that people who had COVID-19 were about 40% more likely to develop diabetes within a year after recovering, compared to participants in a control group.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy tests positive for COVID-19

Murphy is currently asymptomatic and feeling well, and will cancel in-person events and isolate for the next five days.

4 years ago

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health Care
National
Public Health

End of COVID may bring major turbulence for U.S. health care

The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then.

4 years ago

A health worker shows a box containing a bottle of Ivermectin, a medicine authorized by the National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (INVIMA) to treat patients with mild, asymptomatic or suspicious COVID-19, as part of a study of the Center for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Studies, in Cali, Colombia, on July 21, 2020. (Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

Ivermectin does not prevent COVID-19 hospitalization, a new study says

The Food and Drug Administration has long warned against using the cow and horse dewormer to fight COVID-19, warning it can cause serious, adverse effects.

4 years ago

A person walks past a COVID-19 testing location
NPR
National
Public Health

COVID.gov: New website offers a single stop for COVID info, tests, and treatment

The new government website includes a locator tool for more than 2,000 sites to access "test to treat" services for COVID. It's meant to be a one-stop shop for pandemic needs.

4 years ago

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot
NPR
National
Public Health

Do I really need another booster? The answer depends on age, risk, and timing

Health officials argue the protection of the COVID vaccine booster wanes over time and say some people need a second booster.

4 years ago

A nurse swabs a woman's nose for a COVID-19 test.
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
National

The more contagious BA.2 version of omicron is now the most common in the U.S.

The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. The variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.

4 years ago

Close-up of a nurse about to vaccinate someone.
Medicine
National
Public Health

FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

U.S. regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

4 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford (right) accepted part of $3 million in funding from Community Project Funding from Congressman Dwight Evans (left) at the Center for Health Equity on March 28, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economic Development
Health Care
Public Health

Philly’s Black Doctors Consortium receives $3 million in federal funding

The free health clinic launched during the pandemic targets Black populations that lack access to health care.

4 years ago

People line up for free COVID-19 tests outside Cibotti Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

How pharmacies and labs are scrambling to manage loss of federal COVID funds

Testing sites have had to turn people away now that they can’t bill the federal government. Vaccinators are bracing for a similar fate.

4 years ago

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Visitors sit among white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's
Health Care
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

COVID-19 deaths drive N.J. population loss

Latest census counts show the pandemic’s toll, not just in the Garden State but countrywide.

4 years ago

A truck drives out the entrance of the Cold Springs Eggs Farm where the presence of avian influenza was reported to be discovered, forcing the commercial egg producer to destroy nearly 3 million chickens on March 24, 2022 near Palmyra, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Animals
Food & Drink
Public Health

Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

Whether the outbreak will affect the price of eggs and poultry depends on how widespread it becomes, an expert says.

4 years ago

Gail Carter-Hamilton smiles, wearing a pink and green scarf and necklace.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia Department of Public Health names first-ever chief racial equity officer

Gail Carter-Hamilton will work to ensure racial equity in the health department and address health inequities throughout the city.

4 years ago

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