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Health & Science

Crozer-Chester Medical Center is one of the Crozer Health's four hospitals
Health

Crozer Health’s transition back to nonprofit status could come with a catch

Prospect Medical Holdings, the parent company of the four-hospital system, wants to receive a management fee from Crozer Health after the nonprofit conversion.

3 years ago

Level Up in the summer of 2021. (Sayten Studios / Level Up Facebook)
Health
Billy Penn

As COVID lingers, Philly club owners are trying to figure out how to handle monkeypox

The Health Department hasn’t said whether cases originated at any local bars or clubs. Now, staff are relying on signage and rubber gloves to stay safe.

3 years ago

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., April 14, 2022. The EPA is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Science

EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances.

3 years ago

Telehealth
Health
Spotlight PA

Major shift in medical malpractice rules in Pa. could help victims, but opponents fear the cost

Pa.’s highest court took the controversial step of reversing a rule aimed at tamping down a crisis of doctors leaving the state because of high medical malpractice insurance.

3 years ago

Michael Colluccio works on a team that answers 988 calls
NPR
Health

At 988 call centers, crisis counselors offer empathy — and juggle limited resources

In a mental health crisis, a conversation with an empathetic listener can be life-saving. But when someone needs in-person help, there's a shortage of resources in many areas.

3 years ago

Anthony Carbajal, who is battling ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) throws out the ceremonial first pitch with the help of a pitching machine prior to a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
The Pulse
Health

From Power Wheelchairs to Prosthetic Hands — the Gear That’s Changing Lives

It was a summer day in 2012 when Bob Richey’s life was changed forever. He was a new college grad, having fun with friends at the beach ...

Air Date: August 26, 2022

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Ed Nathan pulls up the liner, socks he uses to protect his leg from rubbing, and the compression sleeve of his prosthetic limb. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Amputees rely on clinics to fit them with prostheses. What happens when a manufacturer owns the clinic?

For the first time, prosthetics manufacturers in the U.S. also own clinics that can recommend their products to patients.

3 years ago

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Chris Donges was diagnosed with heart failure in 2018—and when his health dramatically declined, he opted to use a new life saving medical device to help his heart pump blood. (Courtesy of Donges)
The Pulse
Health

‘No pulse, no problem’: Learning to live with a life-saving device

When Chris Donges was diagnosed with heart failure in 2018, he was given two options: Wait for a heart transplant or implant a medical device onto his heart.

3 years ago

Listen 11:38
University of Delaware's campus (U Del.)
Health

First case of monkeypox found at University of Delaware days before classes start

Just days before the start of the new semester, University of Delaware officials confirm the first case of monkeypox on the Newark campus.

3 years ago

Johnny Whetzel says goodbye to his two University of Virginia Hospital nurses, Beverly Archer, center, and Peggy Moore, right, who cared for him during five months of treatment for polio in Charlottesville, Virginia (AP Photo)
The Pulse
Health

How one doctor’s risky experiment paved the way for modern intensive care

Some anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians mark August 27 as Bjørn Ibsen Day — honoring the lives he saved during a polio outbreak 70 years ago.

3 years ago

Listen 19:54
University of Delaware's campus in Newark
Health

Mask requirement returns for University of Delaware to start fall semester

Students will be required to wear masks on campus for the first two weeks of the fall semester to stem an expected spike in COVID cases.

3 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health

COVID caregivers in Camden County are eligible to receive $1,000 bonus checks

The Camden County Care Grant stems from federal relief funds and is targeted at those who care for the elderly, children, or adults with disabilities.

3 years ago

A vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years old
Health

Pfizer COVID vaccine appears 73% effective in children under 5

Only about 6% of youngsters ages 6 months through 4 years had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-August, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

3 years ago

A close-up of a nurse injecting a syringe, filled with a vaccine, into a patient's arm.
Health

More monkeypox vaccine on the way to Philadelphia

The city health department plans to distribute the vaccine in three phases.

3 years ago

Sonja Michaluk evaluates water quality in the wetlands around Princeton, N.J., by looking at the inverabtrate life found in water samples. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

A teen phenom is working to protect New Jersey’s watershed

Sonja Michaluk has spent a decade working to preserve wetlands and species along the Princeton Ridge.

3 years ago

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