Health & Science
Delaware nurses, health care experts, discuss national, state, nurse shortage
While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.
7 years ago
Patients in wheelbarrows inspired him to start a free ambulance service
He called it Aamin Ambulance. ("Aamin" is Somali for "faithful.")
7 years ago
A rural community decided to treat its opioid problem like a natural disaster
While the bulk of fatal overdoses still happen in urban areas, the rural overdose rate has increased to slightly surpass that of cities.
7 years ago
Coastal pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year
Hypoxia is a condition in which the ocean water close to the seafloor has such low levels of dissolved oxygen that the organisms living down there die.
7 years ago
Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.
Air Date: October 26, 2018
Listen 49:0719th case confirmed in viral outbreak that killed 7 in N.J.
Health officials said they have teams at the facility monitoring the infection, and the center has closed to new patients.
7 years ago
Rural Americans are OK with ‘outside’ help to beat opioid crisis and boost economy
Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.
7 years ago
Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up
Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.
7 years ago
Death toll hits 7 in viral outbreak at N.J. pediatric center
The CDC is providing technical assistance to the state Health Department.
7 years ago
U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.
7 years ago
The ACA and the politics of health care
Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...
Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes
Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.
7 years ago
Pa. moves to loosen requirements for court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment
The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.
7 years ago
Report: Women everywhere don’t know enough about ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization.
7 years ago
The TB that afflicts much of the world was likely spread by Europeans
Conquistadors and missionaries didn't just bring colonialism and Western religion to other parts of the world. They likely brought TB, too.
7 years ago
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