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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The Omega Physicians health clinic in Medford, New Jersey, provides primary care and specialty services like psychiatry and addiction treatment.
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Hospital nurses and technicians held a rally to demand better working conditions and staffing levels.
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A new CHOP research program is exploring ways to reduce long-term effects of cancer treatment
The new research program will look at ways to reduce risks of heart disease, hormone delays and other late-term effects of cancer treatment.
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Proposed legislation would restrict mobile providers from operating on residential streets, near schools and recreation centers and in other public areas of Kensington.
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How one Philadelphia medical student is learning to be a young caregiver to a parent with dementia
An estimated one in six millennial caregivers are caring for a loved one with a type of dementia, past research has shown.
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Pennsylvania mandates ‘precautionary’ testing of dairy farm milk for avian influenza
Testing samples will be taken about every two weeks from tankers that are transporting dairy farm milk to processing plants.
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The PBS documentary series “American Masters: Renegades” features five disabled figures who made history in the arts, parental rights and civil rights.
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About 86% of county jails now offer methadone or buprenorphine, medications that are effective in treating opioid use disorder.
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Protect yourself from respiratory viruses, foodborne illnesses and accidents, and find support for mental and behavioral health conditions.
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Patients at center of data breach case win $65M settlement against Lehigh Valley Health Network
The class-action lawsuit represented cancer patients whose nude photos and medical information were posted to the dark web by a Russian cybergang in 2023.
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Black women were 20% more likely than white women to get an unscheduled, unplanned C-section delivery when there were no high medical risks.
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Health providers and legal experts say changes to federal funding, insurance coverage and federal law during Trump’s first presidency could foretell what’s to come.
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