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American Legion members attend a consumer protection subcommittee hearing on Legionnaires' disease
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

How a Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 1976 led to modern-day investigations and surveillance

Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976.

1 month ago

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una mamografía
Delaware
Gender
Health Care
Public Health

Un estudio en Delaware encuentra focos de cáncer de mama, vinculando las bajas tasas de pruebas de detección y los tumores agresivos con diagnósticos en etapa avanzada

Utilizando datos de 3,492 pacientes, un estudio de ChristianaCare encontró focos críticos de cáncer de mama en Wilmington y Middletown.

1 month ago

People relax at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Delaware
Environment
Outdoors

Taking a dip Labor Day weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along U.S. coastline

Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, were under water quality advisories this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste.

1 month ago

A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia

Philadelphia health providers say new COVID-19 vaccine eligibility restrictions are confusing patients

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 65 and older and younger adults and children with underlying medical conditions.

1 month ago

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A sign for the disability services organization Easterseals Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Delaware
Employment
Health Care

‘These aren’t minimum wage jobs’: Workers who help Delawareans with disabilities struggle amid low pay

Delaware professionals who care for adults with disabilities earn around $15 an hour, making it difficult for many to make ends meet.

1 month ago

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Mary Roth is comforted by her granddaughter, Stella Sniras, as she places a marker in the Philadelphia Overdose Memorial Garden for her son, Andrew Roth, who died of an overdose in July 2020.
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are marking Overdose Awareness Day for those lost to addiction epidemic

Overdose deaths nationally last year dropped for the first time, but advocates say too many people still die of drug use.

1 month ago

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Emergency medicine physician Kenny Banh measures a patient’s blood pressure. (Courtesy of UCSF Fresno)
The Pulse
Health Care
Immigration
Medicine

Amid fears of ICE raids, one California doctor is meeting farmworkers where they are

Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.

1 month ago

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Studio 2
Medicine

How vaccine policy is changing under RFK Jr.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s' overhaul of vaccine recommendations and research and what it means for public health and pandemic preparedness.

Air Date: August 26, 2025 12:00 pm

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The Senior Companion Program's Joseph Dennis walks with James Henry
Aging
Public Health

Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults. Here’s what to know

Experts across the region are working to educate older adults on how they can prevent falling as they age.

1 month ago

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Before becoming a student at The University of Pennsylvania, Najay Greenidge experienced ‘Ivy League Fever’ in grade school. (Courtesy of Najay Greenidge)
The Pulse
Higher Education
K-12
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Kids are catching ‘Ivy League Fever’ and the pressure to succeed is leaving many overwhelmed and burned out

Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.

2 months ago

Listen 8:07
Studio 2
Aging
Explainers
Medicine
Mental Health

A sharper brain at any age

Understanding the latest research on keeping our brains healthy and sharp at any age. From diet, to exercise, technology and more, with Dr. Daniel Monti and Pam Belluck.

Air Date: August 21, 2025 12:00 pm

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Outside a Pennie office
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvanians face higher health insurance costs as insurers propose 19% increase to 2026 premiums

Health insurers offering plans on Pennie, the state Affordable Care Act exchange, say rising costs and expiring enhanced premium tax credits are driving the increase requests.

2 months ago

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Dr. Stephen Thacker, right, of the U.S. Center for Disease Control, interviews Thomas Payne in Chambersburg Hospital in Pennsylvania, Aug. 4, 1976. Payne was one of the Legionnaires who became ill after attending a state convention in Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Pool)
The Pulse
Medicine
Public Health

How Scientists Discovered Legionnaires’ Disease

In the summer of 1976, when 2,000 people came to Philadelphia for a national convention of the American Legion, a strange illness gripped ...

Air Date: August 18, 2025

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Entrance of Temple Women and Families Hospital
Gender
Health Care
Kids
Philadelphia

New Temple Health maternity hospital will offer private labor and delivery rooms, expanded NICU services

The Women and Families Hospital will begin offering childbirth and maternity care Sept. 3.

2 months ago

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Staff of Penn Medicine’s mobile mammography unit demonstrate how patients receive a mammogram on Oct. 22, 2021 in Philadelphia
Delaware
Gender
Health Care
Public Health

Delaware study finds breast cancer hotspots, linking low screenings and aggressive tumors to late-stage diagnoses

Using data from 3,492 patients, a ChristianaCare study found breast cancer hotspots in Wilmington and Middletown.

2 months ago

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