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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Chester County Hospital (Google maps)
Health Care

Chester County Hospital looks to further expand ER capacity, citing 9-hour wait times

The urgent request, granted by the West Goshen Supervisors, comes as the closures of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals have a domino effect.

5 years ago

Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole with the Narcan vending machine. (Nina Feldman / WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly unveils first-of-its-kind Narcan vending machine at West Philly Free Library

The pilot program for distributing the overdose-reversing drug is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 years ago

Donors give blood at a drive in Rutland, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Public Health

National blood donation shortage a ‘major concern’ in Pennsylvania

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for donated blood has risen even as opportunities to donate have fallen, leading to a significant shortage.

5 years ago

Delaware Air National Guard base (6abc)
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

CDC study finds higher-than-average PFAS blood levels in residents near New Castle Air National Guard Base

The results are part of a 2019 CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry study evaluating exposure to PFAS near the New Castle base.

5 years ago

A health care worker holds up a syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccine at Roosevelt Care Center
Health Care
Medicine
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey officials double down on promoting boosters against COVID

Citing recent data from the CDC, officials in the Garden State will use all of their outreach strategies to promote boosters.

5 years ago

The first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii is held on Feb. 9, 2021. The Army says it will
NPR
Military
Public Health

U.S. Army begins to discharge soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccination

As of Jan. 26, it said, 96% of active troops have been completely vaccinated, while 3,350 soldiers have refused to get the vaccine.

5 years ago

People wearing face masks walk through Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly COVID cases continue to drop, but ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’

The city’s health commissioner said vaccinating children under 5 will help slow the spread, and the city will be ready when federal regulators give the green light.

5 years ago

An illustration of children riding in bowls amid a tide of cereal
NPR
K-12
Kids
Public Health

Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals

Many families with low incomes who want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a federal program that helped them pay for meals.

5 years ago

A lab technician at a Pfizer factory inspects Paxlovid tablets
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

Feds’ contract with Pfizer for Paxlovid has some surprises

NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 million contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.

5 years ago

A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Kids
National
Public Health

When can babies and kids under age 5 get their shots? Here’s the timeline

The first big hurdle was crossed when Pfizer shared its clinical trial data with the FDA. There are five more steps before this vulnerable population can be vaxxed.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Kensington
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

As ‘tranq’ infiltrates Philly drug supply, new health specialists will help

Use of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer, leads to wounds that are very difficult to treat.

5 years ago

File photo: Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Health Care
Kids
Medicine
Public Health

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March.

5 years ago

File photo: Delaware Governor, John Carney credits his mask mandate for the recent downturn in new coronavirus cases. (Jason Minto/State of Delaware)
Delaware
Public Health

Mask mandate has ‘really made a difference’ in vanquishing Delaware’s omicron surge, Carney says

The weekly average of new daily cases has plummeted by 74% since Delaware’s indoor mask mandate went into effect. Hospitalizations are down by half.

5 years ago

This June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Addiction
Public Health
Social Justice

Native American tribes reach $590M settlement over opioids

A federal court filing made Tuesday in Cleveland lays out the details of the settlements with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and distribution companies.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 file photo, the logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review the U.N. health agency’s coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic said on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 it would have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary as the group begins their probe. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
International
Public Health

WHO: In 10 weeks, omicron surge causes COVID cases to soar

90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago — amounting to more than in all of 2020.

5 years ago

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