
Health
Murphy addresses his health after contracting COVID, says he ‘feels fine’
The governor’s office announced Murphy’s positive test Thursday afternoon and said he was asymptomatic.
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Getting the right diagnosis can be life-changing. It can mean the end of pain and the beginning of answers; it can mean treatment, a cure ...
Air Date: April 1, 2022
Listen 49:10How a Broadway superhero faced a life-threatening diagnosis
When Jake Odmark was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, his career took a back seat. But accepting the diagnosis led to a more stable future.
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Listen 8:55N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy tests positive for COVID-19
Murphy is currently asymptomatic and feeling well, and will cancel in-person events and isolate for the next five days.
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End of COVID may bring major turbulence for U.S. health care
The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then.
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FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up
U.S. regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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Philly’s Black Doctors Consortium receives $3 million in federal funding
The free health clinic launched during the pandemic targets Black populations that lack access to health care.
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How pharmacies and labs are scrambling to manage loss of federal COVID funds
Testing sites have had to turn people away now that they can’t bill the federal government. Vaccinators are bracing for a similar fate.
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Listen 3:12COVID-19 deaths drive N.J. population loss
Latest census counts show the pandemic’s toll, not just in the Garden State but countrywide.
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Philadelphia Department of Public Health names first-ever chief racial equity officer
Gail Carter-Hamilton will work to ensure racial equity in the health department and address health inequities throughout the city.
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CDC Director Walensky says Northeast seeing higher concentration of omicron sub-variant
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was in Princeton, New Jersey on Thursday.
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When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...
Air Date: March 25, 2022
Listen 49:05CHOP, Penn Med collaborate to address children’s environmental health
A new regional center will develop programs to address asthma, lead and chemical exposure, and air pollution in Philadelphia and Chester.
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Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6
Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.
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ChristianaCare to take over two Tower Health primary care practices in Chesco
The Chester County practices were once affiliated with Tower Health, owner of the now-shuttered Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals.
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