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The Supreme Court building in Washington
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Courts & Law

Supreme Court hands abortion-rights advocates a victory in Louisiana case

The decision is likely to play a significant role in the upcoming election. Polling data shows a hefty majority of the public approve of the right to abortion.

6 years ago

In a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, the Trump administration reaffirmed its position that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Obamacare must ‘fall,’ Trump administration tells Supreme Court

Later this year the high court will hear a case that seeks to invalidate the entire Affordable Care Act. In a court filing Thursday, the Trump administration supported it.

6 years ago

Protesters in scrubs and lab coats
Health
Broke in Philly

The loss of Hahnemann resonates a year later as COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests roil Philadelphia

The imposing shell of the shuttered safety-net facility has become a symbol of inequity in health care amid a pandemic that has hit Philly's Black population especially hard.

6 years ago

Claudia Martinez
Health

Medical deportation averted in case of Guatemalan patient at Jefferson Torresdale

Immigration advocates say the hospital would have been violating its ethical obligations to care for the man, injured in a traffic accident and uninsured.

6 years ago

Bamby Salcedo
NPR
Courts & Law

LGBTQ clinics sue Trump administration over discrimination in trans health care

"Everyone deserves easy access to health care, and health care that is respectful of who we are," Bamby Salcedo says.

6 years ago

An LGBTQ pride flag is pictured in Center City.
Community

What Supreme Court? Trump’s HHS pushes LGBT health rollback

The Trump administration rule would overturn Obama-era sex discrimination protections for transgender people in health care.

6 years ago

Sometimes it feels like we’re being inundated with conflicting messages about the coronavirus. How do we sort what’s true from what isn’t? (Wladimir.B/Big Stock)
The Pulse
Health

Social Media’s ‘Infodemic’

Thanks to COVID-19, social media has never been more important — or more dangerous. Information — good or bad — spreads at lightnin ...

Air Date: June 19, 2020

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Coronavirus test sample
Health

Accuracy still unknown for many coronavirus tests rushed out

Months into the coronavirus pandemic there are still unanswered questions about the accuracy of tests used to screen Americans.

6 years ago

Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, has long argued that
NPR
Health

Transgender health protections reversed by Trump administration

The Trump administration Friday finalized a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance.

6 years ago

John and Catherine Stagliano, both 82., pose for a photo during a trip to Key West over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Both were treated for COVID-19 at home in Exton, Pa. (Provided by John Stagliano)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

‘Nursing homes as we know them are over’: COVID-19 fuels push to home-based care

As boomers age, hospital systems, government agencies, insurers have shifted long-term care away from costly institutions. The pandemic may accelerate that.

6 years ago

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Nice pharmacy on the 100 E block of Allegheny Avenue in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly pharmacies reeling, rebuilding after more than a third were looted

For independent pharmacies already struggling to compete with large chains, losses incurred by looting could force them to close in the weeks or months ahead.

6 years ago

Listen 1:53
Dr. Michal Elovitz is one of the Penn Medicine researchers involved in a clinical trial for COVID-19. Its one of the first in the world to accept pregnant women. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)
Health

Penn Medicine accepting pregnant women in COVID-19 study of convalescent plasma

Historically, those expecting babies have been excluded from non-pregnancy related clinical trials.

6 years ago

National Guard tends to COVID-19 patients
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Day by day, fewer patients hospitalized

The number of people getting inpatient treatment in Delaware as of Tuesday night was 108, less than half the figure of May 21.

6 years ago

COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Health

Fixing the health care system: lessons from the pandemic

The pandemic has revealed the failures and inequities in our healthcare system. Ezekiel Emanuel, author of "Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare?" discusses reforms.

Air Date: June 9, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:12
Philly City Foot Doc podiatrists (from left) Priscilla Howie, Kim Nguyen and Michael Walinsky outside their South Street offices. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Private medical practices suffer from the coronavirus’s many complications

Physicians providing outpatient care say they are losing business, which affects their staff. They also lack PPE and COVID testing supplies.

6 years ago

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