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Post-sex pill seen as new tool to fight rising STD rates

Experts believe STDs have been rising because of declining condom use, inadequate sex education, and reduced testing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 years ago

Abortion Pill Explainer
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The far-reaching ruling, which the judge put on hold for a week to allow for an appeal, could affect access to the drug in every state.

3 years ago

Garrett Brownat the company’s office and assembly warehouse in West Chester, Pa.
Health Care
Philadelphia
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Meet ‘the Zeen’: Philly inventor behind the Steadicam creates wheelchair-walker hybrid

Nearly 50 years ago, Garrett Brown invented the Steadicam for motion picture filming. Today, he’s using his skills to give people more mobility options.

3 years ago

Listen 3:48
Organ donation paperwork.
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

April is National ‘Donate Life Month.’ Here’s what it means

About 5,000 people in the Philadelphia area are awaiting an organ transplant. Some wait for over five years.

3 years ago

Listen 1:45
Long lines for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Delaware spilled onto the highway on Saturday. (Delaware Department of Health and Social Services)
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware’s COVID-19 public health emergency to end May 11

The state’s emergency order was first put in place March 23, 2020, as cases of COVID-19 started to spread throughout the state.

3 years ago

A train derailed in Paulsboro, N.J., at the Jefferson Street Bridge on Nov. 30, 2012
Public Health
Public Safety
Transportation

A decade after Paulsboro, N.J. train derailment, questions linger over rail safety and public health

Residents in East Palestine, Ohio worry about the health impacts of vinyl chloride exposure. A similar accident occurred about 10 years ago in Paulsboro, N.J.

3 years ago

Listen 5:28
A medical professional gives someone a COVID-19 vaccine.
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

FDA will let some adults get a second boost of the bivalent COVID-19 shot

The decision to authorize a second booster is expected to be officially announced within the next two weeks.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services in Harrisburg. (Google maps)
Employment
Government Accountability
Health Care
Spotlight PA

Pa. faces a shortage of benefits workers as health coverage for thousands is on the line

Workers in the system and advocates for health care access fear thousands of children and adults could wrongly lose their coverage as a result.

3 years ago

Will Bethea speaks with someone whose back is turned to the camera.
Health Care
Insurance
Public Health

Continuous Medicaid enrollment has ended. Here’s how you can prepare for renewals in Pa., N.J., and Del.

Continuous coverage policy expired Friday as pandemic protections more broadly begin to phase out.

3 years ago

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Delaware
Health Care
Politics

‘Can’t get blood from a stone’: Delaware bill would restrict medical debt collections

The legislation would forbid hospitals and other large facilities — plus third-party debt collectors — from charging interest and other fees.

3 years ago

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Health Care
Medicine
Military
Philadelphia

Philly VA hospital hosts town hall for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals

The event is a part of broader VA efforts to raise awareness about new health care benefits that were signed into law last summer.

3 years ago

Moira Hahn and Mark Hotchkiss live in Long Beach, California, just near a streetlight that had been previously proposed for a 5G cell site.
The Pulse
Government
Technology

How one California couple beat the future at their doorstep: a 5G cell site

A sudden shift of momentum in a long conflict between industry and activists.

3 years ago

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A Narcan dispenser in Kensington's McPherson Square park. (Sam Searles/WHYY)
Addiction
Medicine
Public Health

FDA approves naloxone nasal spray for over-the-counter use

Public health advocates and harm reduction proponents in Philadelphia have long fought to make the medication more accessible.

3 years ago

Pope Francis meets children at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican
Health Care
International
Medicine
Religion

Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says Francis, 86, does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.

3 years ago

The exterior of Jennersville Hospital in West Grove
Business
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania

ChristianaCare to reopen Jennersville as a ‘micro-hospital’ in late 2024

The West Grove Campus, formerly known as Jennersville Hospital, will return with 10 emergency department beds and 10 inpatient beds.

3 years ago

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