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Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
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43 years after treating his first Philly patient, este médico sabe que la risa puede curar

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

4 years ago

Listen 4:48
Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
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Después de 43 años tratando a sus pacientes en Filadelfia, este médico sabe que la risa puede curar

El Dr. Llera pone al servicio su experiencia al venir de Puerto Rico a Filadelfia para tratar a sus pacientes en la clínica Maria de los Santos Health Center, en Allegheny.

4 years ago

Listen 4:48
Dr. Llera brings his own life experience to his work, along with humor and empathy. | El Dr. Lleras aporta su propia experiencia de vida a su trabajo, junto con el humor y la empatía. (Bernardo Morillo/Eugenio Salas/WHYY)
Health
English version

43 years after treating his first Philly patient, this doctor knows laughter can heal

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

4 years ago

Listen 4:48
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in an interview with NPR on Wednesday that the nation is fighting headwinds in the fight to end the pandemic from new variants of the virus and efforts to rollback coronavirus restrictions.
NPR
Health

‘Now is not the time to stop wearing a mask,’ says CDC Director Rochelle Walensky

With cases teetering at about 60,000 to 70,000 per day, hyper-transmissible variants and state rollbacks of restrictions, the CDC chief urges Americans to be vigilant.

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during the inauguration of President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan.  20, 2021 in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP)
Health

‘It’s a big concern of ours’: Vice President Harris, on ensuring equitable vaccine access

In an interview with WHYY, Kamala Harris talked about Philly’s FEMA site and balancing the need to get shots into arms with the need to do it fairly.

4 years ago

Listen 4:52
Water samples on the banks of Valley Creek.
Science

The Delaware River Watershed is full of plastic, as are the rest of Pa.’s waterways, a citizen science study says

Pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long permeate the state’s waterways, according to a PennEnvironment Research & Policy report. Could they pose a health risk?

4 years ago

Activity tables are spaced apart at a Philadelphia charter school
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: State to vaccinate teachers by mid-April; Montco plans third mass site

Pennsylvania will dedicate the newly approved single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to teachers and staff.

4 years ago

HealthCare.gov website
Health

Solid sign-ups for Biden’s new ‘Obamacare’ coverage offer

More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden reopened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response.

4 years ago

Bartram High School nurse Monica Harmon said she was excited to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the city’s school nurse vaccination clinic on Jan. 22, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Essential workers are 55% more likely to get COVID-19, study of Philly-area residents finds

Risk ripples outwards. A family member cohabitating with an essential worker has a 17% greater chance of testing positive. Other roommates face a 38% increase.

4 years ago

Jennifer Shinefeld, a field epidemiologist in the Division of Substance Use and Harm Reduction at the Department of Public Health. She is at 24th and Oregon as part of an outdoor ‘pop-up’ to distribute naloxone. (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health)
Health

How the first lockdown saw more opioid-related overdoses among Black Philadelphians

Research by the city, Penn, and VA Medical Center found fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses rose dramatically among Black Philadelphians in spring 2020.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about efforts to combat COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington.
Health

Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May

Biden noted that vaccine supply was only one bottleneck toward that goal and that the new challenge will be injecting doses into arms as swiftly as possible.

4 years ago

University of Delaware's campus in Newark
Health

Univ. of Delaware COVID-19 outbreak alarms state officials, spurs tighter campus restrictions

A total of 324 positive test results were reported last week. That’s nearly three times higher than the University of Delaware's previous weekly high in mid-November.

4 years ago

The exterior of Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia
Health

Einstein, Jefferson cleared to merge and create giant Philadelphia health system

Jefferson Health CEO Stephen Klasko said he expects the merger to close within the next six months. The combined system would have 17 hospitals.

4 years ago

An illustration of the coronavirus casting a shadow on would-be health patients
NPR
Health

5 medical appointments you should stop putting off

If you've been delaying routine medical care, now's the time to catch up, doctors say. The consequences of missing some key screenings and health checkups can be lethal.

4 years ago

Single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Philly to receive 13,000 doses of new J&J COVID-19 vaccine this week

The city is recommending vaccine providers use this single-dose vaccine for people who are hard to reach, like people who are homebound.

4 years ago

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