
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.
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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
Listen 35:30“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
Listen 49:00Camden 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.
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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."
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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
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.
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Listen 0:00Task 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.
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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.
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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
Listen 51:18UD 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
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
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
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.
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