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Pharmacy manager Aylen Amestoy administers a patient with a COVID-19 vaccine
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Public Health

How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure it’s covered by your insurance

Many people start seeking vaccinations in the late summer or early fall to get protection against any winter surges in cases. Here's a closer look.

10 months ago

Ru Amagasu and Aaron Deede smile
Government Accountability
Health Care
Public Health

Pa. disability advocates and long-term care facilities are bracing for the ripple effects of impending Medicaid cuts

Health policy experts and long-term care operators predict that federal funding cuts will ultimately affect services for “most vulnerable” patients and residents.

10 months ago

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Barbara Wadsworth smiles
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Pennsylvania
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Technology

Innovation program helps nurses and frontline workers at Main Line Health bring medical inventions to market

Health care workers have invented devices to improve catheter insertion, prevent injuries from falls and support limbs in rehab patients.

10 months ago

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in the Norristown Public Health Center in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021
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Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health
WESA

Amid CDC turmoil, Pennsylvania joins Northeastern states in regional public health coalition

The Northeast Public Health Collaborative has formed working groups to identify opportunities for states to share emergency public health planning and response resources.

10 months ago

Two trees, one living and one dead facing each other
The Pulse

Different Patients, Different Outcomes

A look at some of the recently discovered factors that shape health, disease, and survival.

Air Date: September 19, 2025

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Volunteers with different skills sit at tables
Health Care
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

‘Not for fashion, for function’: Local group makes reusable pads to help women around the world

The Pan-African Sisterhood Health Initiative, or P.A.S.H.I., meets every Wednesday to create reusable pads that are distributed internationally.

10 months ago

Psilocybin mushrooms are seen in a grow room
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. House Democrats consider ‘magic mushrooms’ as mental health treatment

A growing body of research has shown that microdoses of psilocybin could be an effective tool for treating mental health illnesses.

10 months ago

Doctors in the Young Adult Cancer Program
Health Care
Billy Penn

Young adults with cancer have unique needs; new Fox Chase program tries to meet them

The Young Adult Cancer Program helps address issues like fertility, relationships and finances for a group increasingly at risk.

10 months ago

School kids in Center City Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

3 Pennsylvania cities ranked among worst places to live for people with asthma

The 2025 U.S. Asthma Capitals report identifies cities with high rates of asthma-related emergency room visits and deaths.

10 months ago

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hospital entrance
Government Accountability
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Unclear how much Pa. stands to gain from feds’ $50 billion rural hospital program

Mehmet Oz, the administrator of Medicare and Medicaid, has sole discretion as to the distribution of the federal funds.

10 months ago

Delaware Governor Matt Meyers at podium
Delaware
Government
Health Care
Medicine

‘A prescription we’ve written for every Delawarean’: Gov. Meyer’s order lets virtually all residents get updated COVID-19 vaccine

The governor’s move aims to override the FDA’s action to restrict shots to people 65 or older and others with serious health issues.

10 months ago

Listen 1:45
an Ozempic prescription
Delaware
Health Care
Medicine

Delaware report shows growing use of GLP-1 meds are driving increased spending, not drug price tags

Costs to Delaware patients and health insurers for GLP-1 drugs have remained flat while utilization has more than doubled in recent years.

10 months ago

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Muscle drawing
The Pulse

The Science and Beauty of Muscles

A celebration of muscles — from their beauty and biology, to the history of how weightlifting went mainstream.

Air Date: September 12, 2025

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Taylor Hospital
Business
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Taylor Hospital has a buyer. Can Delaware County investors find a way to reopen it?

Prospect Medical Holdings closed Taylor Hospital in April. The former Crozer Health hospital now has a new owner.

10 months ago

a culture of human breast cancer cells
Biology
Medicine
Public Health

Penn researchers find killing dormant, ‘sleeper’ breast cancer cells may prevent recurrence

New results from a clinical trial show that existing drugs can successfully kill dormant breast cancer cells, thereby reducing lifetime risk of recurrence.

10 months ago

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