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Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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New Pa. nursing home staffing requirements in effect, with more changes slated for 2024

New regulations require more direct care hours for residents and tighter staffing ratios at nearly 700 long-term care facilities statewide.

2 years ago

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Even the smallest of fireworks can cause serious burns. A Philadelphia ER doctor explains what to do for July 4 mishaps

About 73% of all firework-related injuries nationally occur in the two weeks before and after the Fourth of July.

2 years ago

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NPR
Addiction
Medicine
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Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported

The CDC concluded that by 2021, the "rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine was 35 times higher than the 2018 rate."

2 years ago

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Pennsylvania
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Penn Medicine to offer VA services at former Brandywine Hospital

Penn Medicine is also weighing the possibility of re-establishing emergency care at Brandywine Hospital “beyond the partnership with the VA.”

2 years ago

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Business
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Tower Health to sell shuttered Brandywine Hospital to Penn Medicine

Tower Health and Penn Medicine signed a letter of intent that would allow Penn to acquire Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville.

2 years ago

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Health Care
National

90,000 Pennsylvanians have lost Medicaid coverage since the end of pandemic-era rule

According to data the state shares with the federal government, nearly 20% of Pennsylvanians who had to renew their Medical Assistance coverage have lost it.

2 years ago

Protesters marched through Center City demanding access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

1 year after Dobbs, Pa. clinicians say it’s time to revise the state’s physician-only abortion law

Pennsylvania law only allows physicians to perform abortions. Advanced practice clinicians say they want to be able to do the same.

2 years ago

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Delaware
Health Care
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s health system is among the nation’s best, according to latest scorecard ranking

The Commonwealth Fund’s 2023 state scorecard also graded New Jersey and Delaware as having a “better-than-average” health system performance.

2 years ago

A woman speaks at a podium, with others holding signs next to her.
Behavioral Health
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia City Council paves way for $3 million funding bump for mobile crisis response services

Mobile crisis program supporters say additional funding will help to better staff professional teams and improve response times.

2 years ago

The skyline is reflected in the Schuylkill River as the sun rises over Philadelphia.
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

How clinics in the Philadelphia area are dealing with a national shortage of penicillin

This injectable form of penicillin is a critical treatment for infections like syphilis, and could be in short supply for the rest of the year.

2 years ago

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Samantha Richards stands outside of her apartment, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. Richards has been on Medicaid her whole life and currently works two part-time jobs as a custodian
Government
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls

States were prohibited from removing people from Medicaid during the pandemic. But that ban was lifted in April.

2 years ago

The SKCC and Dietz Watson Mobile Cancer Screening van is visible parked outside on a sunny day.
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Delaware County partnering with Jefferson to offer free prostate cancer screening

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 21 at the Wellness Center in Yeadon, healthcare professionals will administer the free test. Health officials say early detection is key.

2 years ago

Amy Treglia shows scarring on her arm.
NPR
Addiction
National
Public Health

A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it’ll happen again

Xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

2 years ago

A doctor takes a man's blood pressure.
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

This weekend, Philly residents can get free screenings for peripheral arterial disease

Peripheral arterial disease is a serious health condition that causes blockage of blood vessels in the lower body that can lead to amputations.

2 years ago

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Addiction
Government
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Delaware County was the first in Pa. to sue drug companies for opioid crisis. Now it’s time to spend settlement money

Over the course of the next 18 years, Delco will receive $63 million in settlement payments. Now comes the tough part. What should Delco spend the money on?

2 years ago

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