Health
How Jefferson Health went from $78M in the red to turning a profit
The Jefferson Health enterprise — which includes 18 hospitals, a university and a health insurance company — transformed its financial situation in the past year.
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Listen 1:11Philadelphia program allows students to tap into healing power of music
Beyond the Bars pulls techniques from music therapy to help students tie music and social-emotional learning together.
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Listen 5:49New updated vaccines for flu and COVID-19, as well as protection against RSV for infants and seniors, will be available this fall.
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Listen 1:23The academic conference is open to researchers, students and the public. Topics will include psychedelics, mental health and metaphysics.
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N.J. lawmaker wants to create an office to combat eating disorders
Andrea Katz, who represents Burlington and Atlantic counties, introduced a bill to create the Office of Disordered Eating Prevention within the state’s health department.
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Philadelphia-area health experts see shift in attitudes on vaccination in ‘post-COVID’ era
Misinformation, distrust in medical providers, politics and experiences during the height of COVID are playing into people’s views of vaccination, experts say.
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Listen 7:44Air pollution at Philadelphia’s 15th Street subway station ‘considerably higher’ than EPA standard
Local researchers say it’s unclear what the health impact is, but public transit is still preferable to driving.
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A Philly design agency wants people to help spread awareness about the 988 mental health crisis line
The Jeme Agency’s new online 988 awareness branding tool includes thousands of images and designs that people can pick from.
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Listen 1:23Delaware County elected officials accuse the California-based Prospect Medical Holdings of starving Crozer Health to line the company’s coffers.
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Dr. Ala Stanford’s memoir, actor Ed Helms on 1970s FBI scandal
We talk about Dr. Stanford’s North Philly childhood, the barriers she broke to become a pediatric surgeon and her new memoir. Plus, Helms talks talks about a 1971FBI heist.
Air Date: August 29, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 53:11Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions
A review by Pa.'s elected financial watchdog says there are shortcomings in a state agency’s oversight of fees paid to pharmacy benefit managers in the Medicaid program.
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Resident doctors at Penn Medicine to demand contract both inside and outside the hospitals this week
After almost a year of negotiations, the big sticking point now is over wages. Residents say they make a little above minimum wage after accounting for long hours.
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Listen 1:27Temple’s Institute on Disabilities launches a new community center
Tech OWL, which stands for Technology for Our Whole Lives, provides the surrounding North Philadelphia community with workshops, classes and a space for connecting.
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Mosquito-borne illnesses discovered throughout Philadelphia region
West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes in nearly every county in the region, and one case of Eastern equine encephalitis was reported in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
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FDA approves two updated COVID vaccines
The new COVID vaccines are designed to keep the shots up to date with the virus, which keeps evolving to evade our immune systems.
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