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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Researchers found AI could help with creativity and education, but that it can confuse young children and generate harmful misinformation.
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Listen 1:21Founders of the new Independent Autism Coordinating Committee say they will act as an alternative body to a federal advisory group under RFK Jr.
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Listen 1:20Dennis Massimo’s genetic diagnosis and cancer treatment plan was coordinated at the new King Center for Lynch Syndrome at Penn Medicine.
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Listen 1:44Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.
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Listen 1:24Reproductive medicine and fertility centers are required to meet specific safety standards and apply for state licensure under new rules.
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Listen 1:21The county’s Reentry Release Center in Camden has peer specialists who connect people to housing, health care and other social services.
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Listen 1:53Philadelphia Planned Parenthood centers say services are at risk following Medicaid cuts
The federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law last July, blocks Medicaid funding to facilities that perform abortions.
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Pennsylvania has reported 12 confirmed cases of measles so far in 2026 and is on track to surpass last year’s total of 16 infections.
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Listen 1:15The snowstorm caused more cancellations at local blood donation drives and centers, at a loss of about 1,000 blood and platelet donations.
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Listen 1:09The Medicare Prescription Payment Plan allows seniors to spread the cost of their prescriptions as monthly payments throughout the year.
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Listen 1:05Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751, treated patients in the Pine Building. The museum will feature the original surgical theater and other exhibits.
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Listen 1:16The project is expected to create more than 4,000 construction jobs and 500 new biomanufacturing roles in the region.
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