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Gov. John Carney holds legislation he signed that increases funding for direct-service providers working with Delawareans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Services for disabled Delawareans get funding boost

Delaware Gov. John Carney signed legislation to fully fund services for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

7 years ago

(Photo courtesy of Healthcare.gov)
Health Care
Insurance
New Jersey

N.J. joins states launching reinsurance programs to shore up Obamacare plans

New Jersey projects its reinsurance program will cut premiums by 15 percent.

7 years ago

An acupuncturist in Hong Kong treats a man for hip and leg pain.  (Elaine Ng)
Medicine
Public Health

Delaware, other state Medicaid programs consider acupuncture as opioid alternative

State governments are thinking about how to treat pain other than opioids.

7 years ago

NPR
Medicine
Personal Finance

Insulin’s high cost leads to lethal rationing

Insulin is an unlikely symbol of America's problem with rising prescription costs.

7 years ago

Drew Calver, a high school history teacher and swim coach in Austin, Texas, had a heart attack at his home on April 2, 2017. A neighbor rushed him to the nearby emergency room at St. David's Medical Center, which wasn't in the school district's health plan. (Callie Richmond/KHN)
NPR
Health Care
Personal Finance

His $109K heart attack bill is now down to $332 after NPR told his story

The story of Drew Calver was first reported by NPR and Kaiser Health News on Monday as part of the "Bill of the Month" series.

7 years ago

Philadelphia’s Health Center #1 at Broad and Lombard streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Sex & Relationships

STDs are up in Philadelphia, across the country

Some of the increase can be attributed to lax protection habits.

7 years ago

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Lewes residents have been alerted about elevated lead levels in their drinking water. (WHYY file)
Delaware
Public Health

Lewes residents alerted about elevated lead levels in tapwater

The public should be mindful — but health concerns are minimal.

7 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Delaware
Health Care
Medicine
Mental Health
Public Health

Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction

Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.

7 years ago

Aerial view of Graterford State Prison in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pa. locks down all prisons after a surge in staff illnesses

Pa.'s state prisons are on lockdown after staff members required treatment in recent weeks from exposure to a yet-unidentified substance described as a liquid synthetic drug.

7 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Advocates say PFAS bills would tighten federal control over chemicals

Legislation aims to improve detection, spur cooperation between federal and state governments.

7 years ago

Photographs of marijuana plants are on the wall during an open house and media availability for the opening of CY+ Medical marijuana Dispensary, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 in Butler, Pa.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Radio Times
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Medical marijuana in Pa.

Guests: Steve Twedt, Marcel Bonn-Miller, Shalawn James Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania more than ...

Air Date: August 29, 2018 10:00 am

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A billboard on Callowhill Street is part of Philadelphia's campaign in support of breastfeeding features a photo taken by Vanessa A. Simmons of a city woman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

To promote breastfeeding among women of color, Philly campaign features black moms

Philadelphia's Department of Public Health has launched a new campaign to promote breastfeeding, especially among women of color.

7 years ago

Listen 1:16
A tinted transmission electron micrograph of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (light purple/black) inside a cell. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., with more than 1.7 million reported cases in 2017. (Biomedical Imaging Unit, Southampton General Hospital/Science Source)
NPR
National
Sex & Relationships

Record high number of STD infections in U.S., as prevention funding declines

"It is time that President Trump and Secretary Azar declare STDs in America a public health crisis."

7 years ago

NPR

Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths In Puerto Rico, independent study estimates

Independent researchers from George Washington University have estimated that Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico in the six months following the storm.

7 years ago

The rabies virus. A Delaware woman died last week from the disease. It was the first human case in the state since a boy died in 1941. (Via shutterstock)
Delaware
Public Health

First confirmed human rabies death reported in Delaware since 1941

It’s been 77 years since Delaware had a confirmed human death from rabies; the second in the United States this year.

7 years ago

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