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Health & Science

A sign for Crozer Health is visible in the foreground, with buildings in the background.
Health

ChristianaCare backs out of deal to buy Crozer Health from Prospect Medical Holdings

Crozer is planning to return to nonprofit status as it seeks to evaluate the services that it offers at its hospitals.

3 years ago

A hydraulic fracturing drill rig in Bradford County
Health

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

The research adds to a growing body of work on the health impacts of oil and gas drilling and bolsters arguments by public health advocates for greater oversight.

3 years ago

The city was supposed to receive more than 3,600 vials, but will instead receive just over 700 vials after the FDA announced a strategy to conserve vaccine doses. (6abc)
Health

Thousands of monkeypox vaccines no longer coming to Philly, as city rethinks prevention strategy

The federal government has reduced the local allocation to about 720 vials of vaccine.

3 years ago

A visitor checks in at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination site in California.
Health

How should we talk about monkeypox? Local experts say tailoring public health messaging is a balancing act

Monkeypox has sparked a debate on how to recognize its disproportionate impact on LGBTQ communities in a non-stigmatizing way.

3 years ago

A pharmacist loads a syringe with the monkeypox vaccine
NPR
Health

How to keep your pets safe from monkeypox — and what to do if they get it

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

3 years ago

Close-up Of A Woman's Hand Inserting Hearing Aid In Her Ear
Health

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.

Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.

3 years ago

A closeup of spotted lanternflies on a tree
Science
Spotlight PA

Spotted lanternfly squashing was once all the rage in Pennsylvania. Is that zeal fading?

An app dedicated to promoting the squish and kill of the spotted lanterfly is waning in popularity in Pa., while gaining in states where the invasive species is newer.

3 years ago

A package of Aviane birth control pills
NPR
Health

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care.

3 years ago

FILE - President Joe Biden looks at his grandson Beau Biden as first lady Jill Biden waves and walks to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug. 10, 2022. First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing ‘mild symptoms’ the White House announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Health

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms

She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began experiencing symptoms on Monday.

3 years ago

The first flashes of fireflies emerge from marshlands along the Rehoboth Bay shortly after sunset.
Science

Can these scientists save the Bethany Beach firefly from extinction?

Conservationists want the rare insect, which is threatened by vacation home development, added to the Endangered Species Act.

3 years ago

Listen 3:21
Two people holds a pink balloon in front of a pile of burnt wreckage.
NPR
Health

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close

After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.

3 years ago

(Max Posner/NPR)
NPR
Health

Coronavirus FAQ: I’m confused by the new testing advice! Do it once, twice … thrice?

The FDA issued revised guidance about how often to test after exposure to someone with COVID or after symptoms occur. It's not exactly the same as what the CDC says.

3 years ago

FILE - This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP, File)
Health

Polio detected in NYC’s sewage, suggesting virus circulating

It is another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

3 years ago

Sign for Crozer Health
Health

Delco reaches agreement with Crozer Health to keep behavioral health services intact

The agreement does not include the restoration of other shuttered services and units within the hospitals.

3 years ago

FILE - Boxes of BinaxNow home COVID-19 tests made by Abbott displayed for sale next to liquid hand soap at a CVS store in Lakewood, Wash., Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. People screening themselves at home for COVID-19 may need to use three rapid tests to accurately detect the virus, according to new U.S. recommendations released Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, that call for a longer testing period. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Health

FDA: Take 3 home tests if exposed to COVID to boost accuracy

They say new studies suggest taking two tests can miss too many infections, and could result in people spreading COVID to others, especially if they don't develop symptoms.

3 years ago

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