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Racial differences in COVID mortality rates linked to unequal hospital quality, Penn study shows

Researchers looked at 10 months of data from more than 44,000 Medicare patients from 1,188 hospitals in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

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Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hospitals have started posting their prices online. Here’s what they reveal

A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use.

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N.J. first lady tackles maternal and infant health care in Mini Family Festivals

New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy launches Mini Family Festivals to connect families with state and local resources as part of the Nurture NJ initiative.

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Health care professionals unanimously vote to unionize in Delaware County hospitals

About 100 health care workers at Taylor Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital have unanimously voted to unionize because of staff shortages and low pay.

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Gov. Carney holds up freshly signed legislation making permanent the expansion of telehealth he ordered during the pandemic. (screenshot/Facebook)
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Pandemic ‘silver lining’: Emergency telehealth expansion made permanent in Delaware

Delaware’s temporary expansion of telehealth rules during the pandemic is now permanent under legislation signed into law by Gov. John Carney Wednesday.

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Study names Temple University Hospital the most racially inclusive in Pa.; many urban hospital markets lag behind

Some of the most and least racially inclusive U.S. hospitals are located in the same cities, according to a Lown Institute study.

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Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win

With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above and beyond.

5 years ago

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Unpaid caregivers were already struggling. It’s only gotten worse during the pandemic

Two-thirds of survey respondents who identified as unpaid caregivers said they experienced mental health challenges during the pandemic.

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Dr. Coker says staffers will teach people how to use technology to access virtual medical care from home. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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At long last, Wilmington’s Riverside residents can walk down the block for medical care

Bringing health care into the community is part of a massive rejuvenation effort in northeast Wilmington. The fledgling facility is the first step.

5 years ago

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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Obamacare

The decision threw out the challenge to the law, on grounds that Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision.

5 years ago

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Can drug trial volunteers get the drug after approval? Depends where you live

It can be genuinely thrilling when a new drug is approved for use in the U.S. It may be a big step forward in treating folks with, say, HIV or diabetes or breast cancer.

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Dr. Aaron Kesselheim (left), a professor at Harvard Medical School, at a documentary film screening in 2018 in Boston. He has resigned from a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel over the FDA's decision to approve an Alzheimer's drug. (Scott Eisen/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
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3 experts have resigned from an FDA committee over Alzheimer’s drug approval

The agency approved an Alzheimer's drug called Aduhelm against the wishes of nearly every member on the panel.

5 years ago

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Alzheimer’s Disease: care, treatment and prevention

FDA approved the controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab. We'll talk with Penn Memory Center's Dr. Jason Karlawish about the decision and the state of Alzheimer's research.

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President Joe Biden speaks on his phone after he and first lady Jill Biden arrived on the Ellipse near the White House, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Washington. Biden returns to the White House after spending a few days in Rehoboth Beach to celebrate first lady Jill Biden's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment

Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15.

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40 year later: Philly nonprofits help residents living with HIV/AIDS

Saturday marks the first of two awareness days in June that honor people who live with HIV/AIDS, four decades after the first cases of AIDS were reported by the CDC.

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