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Sarah Bailey shops through clothes
Community

Functional yet stylish: People with chronic conditions call for inclusivity in fashion industry

Advocates are calling on the fashion industry to consider clothing that provides access to medical devices, have adaptable waistbands or are made of breathable fabrics.

3 days ago

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A medical professional prepares a vaccine syringe.
Health

Pennsylvania pharmacies can now offer new COVID vaccines after state adopts recommendations from medical societies

Pennsylvania pharmacies can now refer to major medical organizations for COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in the absence of CDC guidance.

4 days ago

American Legion members attend a consumer protection subcommittee hearing on Legionnaires' disease
Health

How a Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 1976 led to modern-day investigations and surveillance

Legionnaires’ disease was named after a large outbreak in Philadelphia sickened hundreds of American Legion veterans in the summer of 1976.

4 days ago

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una mamografía
Health

Un estudio en Delaware encuentra focos de cáncer de mama, vinculando las bajas tasas de pruebas de detección y los tumores agresivos con diagnósticos en etapa avanzada

Utilizando datos de 3,492 pacientes, un estudio de ChristianaCare encontró focos críticos de cáncer de mama en Wilmington y Middletown.

5 days ago

A pharmacist holds a Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot
Health

Philadelphia health providers say new COVID-19 vaccine eligibility restrictions are confusing patients

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 65 and older and younger adults and children with underlying medical conditions.

1 week ago

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A sign for the disability services organization Easterseals Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Health

‘These aren’t minimum wage jobs’: Workers who help Delawareans with disabilities struggle amid low pay

Delaware professionals who care for adults with disabilities earn around $15 an hour, making it difficult for many to make ends meet.

1 week ago

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Emergency medicine physician Kenny Banh measures a patient’s blood pressure. (Courtesy of UCSF Fresno)
The Pulse
Health

Amid fears of ICE raids, one California doctor is meeting farmworkers where they are

Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.

2 weeks ago

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Outside a Pennie office
Health

Pennsylvanians face higher health insurance costs as insurers propose 19% increase to 2026 premiums

Health insurers offering plans on Pennie, the state Affordable Care Act exchange, say rising costs and expiring enhanced premium tax credits are driving the increase requests.

3 weeks ago

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Entrance of Temple Women and Families Hospital
Health

New Temple Health maternity hospital will offer private labor and delivery rooms, expanded NICU services

The Women and Families Hospital will begin offering childbirth and maternity care Sept. 3.

3 weeks ago

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Staff of Penn Medicine’s mobile mammography unit demonstrate how patients receive a mammogram on Oct. 22, 2021 in Philadelphia
Health

Delaware study finds breast cancer hotspots, linking low screenings and aggressive tumors to late-stage diagnoses

Using data from 3,492 patients, a ChristianaCare study found breast cancer hotspots in Wilmington and Middletown.

3 weeks ago

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Migrant farmworkers pick a vegetable crop on an early morning in Fresno, Calif., on July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Pulse
Health

As farmworkers face longer, hotter harvest seasons, their risk of heat-related illness grows

Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.

3 weeks ago

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Shelley Aragoncillo poses for a picture alongside the original Grab n' Flow shed in South Philadelphia
Health

A South Philly woman is providing access to menstrual, postpartum products, one shed at a time

Grab n’ Flow provides free, anonymous access to menstrual and postpartum products at three locations in South and West Philadelphia.

3 weeks ago

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Farmworkers often have to enduring punishing temperatures while harvesting crops — and now, thanks to climate change, summers are getting even hotter and longer. Heat-related illnesses are just one of the many health risks that farmers and farmworkers face as part of their work. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
The Pulse
Health

Protecting the People Who Grow Our Food

A look at the growing health challenges affecting farmers and people who produce our food.

Air Date: August 15, 2025

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Someone wearing blue gloves holding a needle with a vaccine shot
Health

Got the sniffles? Here’s what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus

Recent federal data shows COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ages.

3 weeks ago

Medical bill of Mick Stanziale
Community

‘Immediate relief’: Delaware joins forces with nonprofit to erase $50M of residents’ medical debt

Gov. Meyer’s administration is partnering with Undue Medical Debt, which buys overdue accounts at a penny on the dollar, or less.

3 weeks ago

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