Health
They thought this HIV strategy couldn’t work. But it did
In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.
5 years ago
LGBTQ-focused therapy center offers scholarships for transpeople of color
Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely as their non-identifying peers to experience a mental-health condition.
5 years ago
UN health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines
The WHO notified lawmakers that it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioids in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical industry influenced the reports.
5 years ago
N.J. pharmacies see big turnout for free naloxone
New Jersey officials distributed 20,000 free naloxone packs to pharmacies, and said Tuesday’s event was a pilot program that could be expanded in the future.
5 years ago
US Steel avoids potential shutdown order by restoring pollution controls after fire
US Steel has put its pollution controls back online at its Clairton Coke Works and avoided a potential shutdown order, the Allegheny County Health Department said Tuesday.
5 years ago
The Philadelphia tragedy that changed gene therapy
Twenty years ago, an 18-year-old's death while undergoing a Penn clinical trial changed gene therapy.
Air Date: June 18, 2019
Listen 13:55Deadly bacteria on the rise in the Delaware Bay — and climate change is the likely culprit
A study from researchers at Cooper University Hospital shows an uptick in infections due to Vibrio vulnificus in the Delaware Bay.
5 years ago
US Steel’s Clairton plant pollution controls knocked out again by another fire
The second fire at US Steel's Clairton plant in six months could send SO2 levels up again.
5 years ago
Several states are banning the practice of incarcerating pregnant women alone
With female incarceration rates rising in the United States, prisons and jails across the country are contending with new challenges, including caring for pregnant women.
5 years ago
Midwives hope Philly’s first free-standing birth center will make inclusive care more accessible
The Philadelphia Midwife Collective has launched a GoFundMe campaign to open a birth center they hope will make inclusive care more accessible.
5 years ago
Listen 1:33In Pennsylvania, ‘deaths of despair’ are 50% higher than the national average
Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.
5 years ago
Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak
The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp.
5 years ago
Pa. Lyme disease bill would change coverage amid controversy over ‘chronic’ condition
House Bill 629 passed the house and currently sits in the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee, where past versions of this bill have all stalled.
5 years ago
Allergic to penicillin? Maybe not
About 30 million Americans have this allergy noted in their medical records. That means the most commonly prescribed antibiotics are off-limits.
5 years ago
Listen 05:14A Philadelphia fertility clinic’s secret
The Farris Institute was once Philadelphia's premiere clinic for artificial insemination. But it left an unknown number of children wondering who their fathers really were.
Air Date: June 13, 2019
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