
Health
New Jersey resiliency models will help small towns plan for storms
Hurricane Sandy caused $37 billion of damage in New Jersey. But what if municipal leaders could have better anticipated the storm damage?
7 years ago
Thousands sign up for Delaware health insurance marketplace despite challenges
Delaware’s health insurance marketplace remains strong after nearly 25,000 people signed up for 2018 coverage in midst of many insurance challenges.
7 years ago
Robust health insurance sign-ups surprise supporters and opponents
Not only was the sign-up period reduced by half, but the White House dramatically cut funding for advertising and enrollment aid. Still, it was 96 percent of last years total.
7 years ago
Hundreds remember Philadelphians who died with no place to live
Hundreds gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday night to remember more than 250 homeless people who died this year.
7 years ago
Report shows significant overdose increase in tri-state area
Nationally, more than 63,600 individuals died from overdoses in 2016—a 21 percent increase from the previous year, and more than three times the rate in 1999
7 years ago
Volunteers bring Christmas to Kensington corner struggling with homelessness, addiction
The volunteers started on a corner near the railroad tracks where the city and Conrail cleared out an encampment of homeless heroin users this summer.
7 years ago
Listen 2:22Treating tremors through ultrasound waves deep in the brain
A new non-invasive procedure uses a beam of ultrasound waves to damage brain tissue associated with the involuntary movements.
7 years ago
Listen 3:29Pa. officials scramble to plan for possible CHIP shutdown
CHIP insures more than 180,000 kids across Pennsylvania, and it costs nearly a half-billion dollars to run. Federal money pays for almost 90 percent of that.
7 years ago
New Castle County to hire addiction coordinator
The New Castle County Police Department will use new grant money to hire a coordinator for its addiction treatment program
7 years ago
Philly’s first harm-reduction coordinator takes new aim at city’s opioid crisis
Allison Herens, Philadelphia’s first harm-reduction coordinator, says the creation of her role signifies a changing perspective on addressing a drug crisis.
7 years ago
Listen 5:35More Philly overdose patients turning down ambulance ride after naloxone
'It’s a near-death experience, and you really want to get these people the help they need,' says the Philadelphia Fire Department's head of emergency medical services.
7 years ago
Listen 5:03Trump Administration reportedly instructs CDC on its own version of 7 dirty words
The seven words that were to be stricken from official documents being drafted for the 2019 fiscal year budget, according to the Post, are:
7 years ago
Pennsylvanians signing up as ACA open enrollment deadline looms
"We're trying to do the best that we can and see as many folks as we can in these last 48 hours,” said Patrick Keenan of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.
7 years ago
Teen opioid abuse dropping nationwide, survey finds
Researchers say higher rates of past drug abuse by teens may have contributed to the increase of opioid addiction in adults — and the current overdose crisis.
7 years ago
Listen 1:20Delaware’s first flu death strikes 47-year-old man
The victim from New Castle County was a resident of a long term care facility and had multiple underlying health conditions.
8 years ago