Health
FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug panned by experts
The Food and Drug Administration said it granted approval to the drug developed by Biogen for patients with Alzheimer's disease.
3 years ago
As the county aims for a health department launch in 2022, local nonprofits are using the grant money to address health and dental care needs in children.
3 years ago
Ending work from home post-COVID: What will it be like?
How will we reset the pandemic radar on the job? With friends? While dating? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about the office fridge, handshakes, and more.
3 years ago
Listen 2:42A new type of COVID-19 vaccine could debut soon
Instead of putting genetic instructions into people whose cells then make a viral protein, the vaccines from Novavax, Medicago and Sanofi carry a spike protein payload.
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Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15.
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40 year later: Philly nonprofits help residents living with HIV/AIDS
Saturday marks the first of two awareness days in June that honor people who live with HIV/AIDS, four decades after the first cases of AIDS were reported by the CDC.
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New Jersey is formally ending its COVID-19 health emergency; indoor gathering limits lifted
Gov. Murphy signed a bill Friday drawing down over 100 executive orders enacted since March 2020. Bans on evictions, utility shut-offs remain.
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Air Date: June 4, 2021
Listen 49:04Canada has universal health coverage. So why is a new ‘miracle drug’ so hard to get?
Trikafta costs $360,000 a year per cystic fibrosis patient, a big price the government has hesitated to approve.
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Listen 7:12How Philadelphia escaped disaster in the face of a dozen shuttered maternity wards
Births are a high-risk, low-return part of the health business. The city’s hospitals rallied together a decade ago. Is a new challenge ahead?
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Listen 20:58Lack of diversity in clinical trials has hurt patients of color. A new program aims to change that
A lack of diversity has persisted for years in the U.S, limiting patients' access to potentially effective new drugs and therapies.
3 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: State will phase out six vaccine megasites
Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that smaller sites can handle the dwindling demand for vaccines.
3 years ago
COVID-19 slowing down in Delaware, but still harming some of the unvaccinated
Of the 50,000 COVID-19 cases diagnosed since the start of the year, 99.3% of the patients were unvaccinated people.
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Naomi Osaka reveals mental health struggles — and other athletes rally around her
Leaving the French Open, Osaka says she's suffered long bouts of depression since 2018. Top athletes praised her bravery and decried systems that don't give athletes support.
3 years ago
Biden’s budget proposal reverses a decades-long ban on abortion funding
Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions.
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