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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Thomas Jefferson University was among the first programs in Philly to distribute Narcan to all incoming medical students.
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New Philadelphia law aims to bring in more federal dollars to children’s and cancer hospitals
The new law focuses on hospitals with high-volume Medicaid patient populations, like St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
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Camden County sees major drop in fatal drug overdoses so far this year
The county recorded 109 suspected overdose deaths so far this year, compared to 179 deaths during the same time in 2023, new state data show.
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Listen 1:11Addiction medicine providers told members of Philadelphia City Council that addiction treatment options have not caught up to the complex needs of today.
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Leaders of the hospital nurses’ union say more than 20 registered nurses in ICU and surgical units have been laid off as of this week.
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Listen 1:16Temple University engineers tap into the powers of soy to heal wounds
Researchers are seeking FDA approval for their soy-based bandages, which they say are an alternative to other synthetic and animal-derived products.
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Listen 3:57Pa. extends human influenza testing into summer amid bird flu outbreak
More cases of avian influenza, or bird flu, are now being detected in livestock like dairy cows and other mammals, including a small number of humans.
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