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 In April 2013, homes severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy line the beach in Mantoloking, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Environment
New Jersey

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

This Sept. 15, 2014, file photo shows part of the HealthCare.gov Website in Washington.  (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
Delaware
Health Care

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

Kelley Mui helps a client sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act on Dec. 15 at the Midwest Asian Health Association in Chicago.
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Health Care
National
Public Health

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 of Philadelphians gather at Thomas Paine Plaza to remember the those homeless and formerly homeless Philadelphians who died in 2017 and to call for an end to homelessness on December 21, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Homelessness
Philadelphia

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

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Addiction
Delaware
Public Health

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

Asteria Vives, head of Home Quarters and Friends, sings carols at the Emerald Street and Lehigh underpass, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Homelessness
Philadelphia

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

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Dr. Gordon Baltuch and his team check on James Neyhart throughout a procedure that uses a beam of ultrasound waves to stop his hand from trembling.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health Care
Philadelphia

Treating 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 3:29
Pennsylvania’s interim Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller says she fears that the CHIP program will not be reauthorized. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Health Care
Kids
Pennsylvania

Pa. 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

Matt Meyer and New Castle County police announce a grant to combat opiate addiction.
(WHYY/Zoe Read)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Delaware
Policing

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

NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Medicine
Philadelphia

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 5:35
Dante Jones was revived with Narcan during an overdose by his girlfriend. He said he wouldn’t go to the ER because of the judgement of those working at the hospital.
NewsWorks Tonight

More 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 5:03
A report from The Washington Post said the health agency was issued a list of prohibited words from the Trump administration. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
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Politics

Trump 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

Gokhan Ozagacli looks over paperwork Thursday after enrolling for health insurance with the help of Pennsylvania Health Access Network. (Anne Hoffman/ for WHYY)
Health Care
Insurance

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

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NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Kids

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 1:20
Delaware

Delaware’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

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