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Immigration
Philadelphia
Public Health

Language gap between doctors, patients evident in Philly's Vietnamese community

What happens if you and your doctor don’t speak the same language? According to a new report, that’s the case for many patients across the country.

8 years ago

Radio Times
History
Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris on “The Butchering Art”

Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, pain, saws and no sanitation.  In fact, operating theaters use ...

8 years ago

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This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
NPR
Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Washington Post, 60 Minutes investigation finds bill helped fuel opioid crisis

8 years ago

Radio Times
History
Medicine

“The Butchering Art” / Bergdahl pleads guilty

Guests: Lindsey Fitzharris, Dan Lamothe Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, ...

Air Date: October 17, 2017

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Memory Wall
Behavioral Health
New Jersey

Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction

The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.

8 years ago

General Josh Shapiro announces that he is suing the Trump administration for rolling back contraceptive coverage for women under the Affordable Care Act
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Shapiro joins other states in suing Trump over diluting ACA mandate on birth control

Pennsylvania's attorney general says the Trump administration has broken the law and "undermined the health and economic independence of American women."

8 years ago

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Delaware
Public Health

Foodborne illness outbreak in VA might have impact in Delaware

Delawareans who attended the Chincoteague Chili Chowder Cook-Off are being asked to fill out a survey, following an outbreak of food poisoning linked to the event.

8 years ago

David Jones is head of Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Public Safety

Philadelphia has momentum to combat opioid crisis, behavioral health chief says

As the opioid crisis affects the whole nation, a Philadelphia expert offers strategies to address what's being cast as a problem of supply, addiction, and treatment.

8 years ago

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During an appearance Thursday night at Rowan University, former Gov. Chris Christie blasted New Jersey's current Gov. Phil Murphy, claiming Murphy is casting too much blame on him. (AP, file)
Medicine
New Jersey
Public Health

Task force offers 40 recommendations to help N.J. fight opioid epidemic

Gov. Chris Christie devotes $200 million in initiatives, rest of his term to battling tide of opioid overdoses.

8 years ago

Hundreds of drivers got their flu vaccine at a drive-through clinic in Dover in October. (Kyle Bressler/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware flu clinic doubles as disaster prep drill

Hundreds of drivers in Dover got their flu shots through the state’s first drive-thru flu clinic of the year.

8 years ago

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Voices in the Family
Aging

The Cost of Care

As the population ages, more and more people want to stay in their own home as opposed to transitioning to a nursing home facility. There ...

Air Date: October 6, 2017

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Work being done at University of Delaware's STAR campus will help children with mobility impairments by creating assistive technologies or clothing with sensors. (Gene Ashley/WHYY)
First
Delaware
Higher Education

UD grad students help children with disabilities be more independent

Work being done at University of Delaware's STAR campus will help children with mobility impairments by creating assistive technologies or clothing with sensors.

8 years ago

Packages containing a nasal inhalant
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. offering $5M worth of naloxone to first responders

Pennsylvania will spend $5 million on the overdose-reversal medication naloxone to help first responders fight the toll of the opioid epidemic.

8 years ago

(File/WHYY)
Delaware
Insurance

Lower Delaware ACA rate hike approved

Delawareans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will face premium hikes next year.

8 years ago

Nurse taking elderly woman's blood pressure in nursing home
Law
New Jersey

Attorney: Delays at N.J. Board of Nursing endanger public, leave health care workers uncertain

The New Jersey Board of Nursing is broken, and the next governor will have to fix it.

8 years ago

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