Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.
Nicole’s coverage has focused on addiction and the opioid epidemic, mental health, and health policy. She is an alum of Boston University and grew up in New Jersey.
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Philly seniors who want to ‘age in place’ say challenges remain in urban environments
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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has identified at least one local case of measles, unrelated to the recent case in Montgomery County.
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About 20% of people in Pennsylvania and Delaware are 65 or older, a traditional age for people to leave the workforce and retire.
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Prospect Medical Holdings says it only has enough cash to keep the hospitals up and running through March 14.
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Missing persons’ posters of two newborn twins in Philly began circulating last summer. But as a father searched for his kids, authorities called the case a “custody issue."
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