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Health

Medics with the Cincinnati Fire Department nasally administer naloxone to a man while responding to a possible overdose report at a gas station, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in downtown Cincinnati.
The Why
Addiction
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

The Chronicles of Narcan

Narcan is heralded as one of the most important weapons to fight the opioid epidemic. But on the ground, the decision whether or not to use Narcan is a bit more complicated.

Air Date: November 8, 2018

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Those signing up for a health care plan in Pennsylvania this year will find new options and  lower priced coverage, but they may end up paying more. (File photo)
Insurance
Pennsylvania

Despite arrival of competing plans, some ACA enrollees face higher premiums in region

The open enrollment period for 2019 runs through Dec. 15.

7 years ago

NPR
Gender
Health Care
Medicine

She chose to ‘go flat’ and wants other breast cancer survivors to know they can too

Catherine Guthrie already knew a lot about breast cancer when she found a lump on her left breast at age 38.

7 years ago

(Danya Henninger / Billy Penn)
Income Inequality
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Broke in Philly

Fear of Schuylkill Punch: Residents with lower incomes spend more on water, survey finds

The Water Department also found notable disparities in race and education level.

7 years ago

(Katherine Streeter for NPR)
NPR
Home & Family
National

Ready for the time change? Here are tips to stay healthy during dark days ahead

The time shift in the fall and again in the spring can influence our health in unexpected ways.

7 years ago

Nina Ajdin has spent years battling eczema, a chronic skin condition that affects roughly 30 million Americans. (Image courtesy of Ajdin)
The Pulse
Health Care
Medicine
Mental Health

Can skin become addicted to topical steroids?

Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.

7 years ago

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Open enrollment for 2019 health plans begins Nov. 1 on HealthCare.gov and on most state insurance exchanges. (Healthcare.gov via Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Health Care
Insurance

Looking for ACA health insurance for 2019? Here’s what to expect

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act coverage starts Thursday across most of the country.

7 years ago

Kiana Wallace is a part of a new movement on social media called ‘skin positivity.' (Rachel Ishikawa/For The Pulse)
The Pulse
Health Care
Mental Health
Technology

‘Skin positivity’ confronts acne stigma

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

7 years ago

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This 1981 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a group of adenovirus virions. The adenovirus 7 strain, a common virus blamed for a deadly outbreak at a New Jersey children's rehabilitation center in October 2018, usually poses little risk for healthy people but can lead to dangerous pneumonia in already frail patients. (CDC via AP)
Kids
New Jersey

10th patient dies at N.J. pediatric facility in viral outbreak

A different strain of the virus was found at another facility in the state, New Jersey health officials said Thursday.

7 years ago

A U.N. military truck patrols on the road linking Mangina to Beni, the current epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo. (John Wessels/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Health

Why are people so angry at Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of The Congo?

The DRC's government reports that burial teams, health workers and responders are being threatened as often as three or four times a week.

7 years ago

Janet Winston stands in her rose garden in Eureka, Calif. Testing revealed she is allergic to numerous substances, including linalool. Winston still can handle roses, which contain linalool, but she can't wear perfumes and cosmetic products that contain the compound.
NPR
Health Care

Bill of the month: A $48,329 allergy test is a lot of scratch

A study recently published in Health Affairs found that consolidation in California has caused health care costs to spike for both patients and insurers.

7 years ago

(Bigstock photo)
Health Care
Public Health

Philly’s best and worst nursing homes, according to government data

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

7 years ago

A general look of the marquee outside of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Health Care
New Jersey
Public Health

State sending training teams to centers amid fatal outbreaks

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

7 years ago

Beth Carroll, of New Castle, Del., has been a registered nurse for 16 years. Today she works at a surgery center with regular hours. But that was not always the case. At other healthcare facilities, she frequently had to work overtime and overnight shifts. She’s says that’s because of a national shortage of nurses. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
National

Delaware nurses, health care experts, discuss national, state, nurse shortage

While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

7 years ago

Mogadishu's free ambulance service was founded in 2006 by Dr. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan after he saw people bringing relatives to the hospital by wheelbarrow. (Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan)
NPR
International

Patients in wheelbarrows inspired him to start a free ambulance service

He called it Aamin Ambulance. ("Aamin" is Somali for "faithful.")

7 years ago

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