Health Care
Progressive, moderate wings of Democratic Party at odds over ‘Medicare for All’
Currently, the main “Medicare for All” proposal in the House calling for guaranteed health insurance for every American has just over 100 co-sponsors.
6 years ago
Listen 4:31I went through my pregnancy with strangers. It was the best decision I could’ve made
Rather than the standard 15-minute individual visits in an exam room, women who are due around the same time and their partners meet as a group for two hours with a clinician,
6 years ago
The fight to protect life should be about much more than abortion. In fact, the fight to protect life should go on long after children are born.
6 years ago
Trump administration proposes rule to reverse protections for transgender patients
The federal Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to roll back an Obama-era policy intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in health care.
6 years ago
Eight Delaware programs honored for innovative efforts to curtail opioid epidemic
National nonprofit awards groups fighting opioid epidemic with innovative programs and initiatives that can be established all over the country.
6 years ago
Dozens of Delawareans join day of action to support abortion rights
Abortion rights supporters in Delaware and across the country showed solidarity for women in states with abortion restrictions.
6 years ago
Pa., N.J. and Del. join suit over rule allowing clinicians to refuse abortions
Nearly two dozen states and municipalities sued the federal government Tuesday to stop a new rule that lets health care clinicians decline to provide abortions.
6 years ago
Why racial disparities in asthma are an urban planning issue
African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.
6 years ago
N.J. marijuana bills would expand medical program, decriminalize small amounts
The measures are moving ahead despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a bill legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use.
6 years ago
As states pass restrictive abortion laws, questions surface
As multiple states pass laws banning many abortions, questions have surfaced about what exactly that means for women who might seek an abortion. The short answer: nothing yet.
6 years ago
Anti-abortion bills and the future of Roe v. Wade
We discuss the stringent anti-abortion bills passing in statehouses around the country, how they could impact women's health and the challenge they pose to Roe v, Wade.
Air Date: May 16, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:30Pa. House passes veto-bound abortion bill amid constitutionality questions
Governor Tom Wolf has said he will veto the measure if the Senate passes it to him.
6 years ago
How public health outreach ended a 1990s measles outbreak and what’s different now
From 1989 to 1991, more than 55,000 people got measles. Federal funding and parents embracing vaccines halted the outbreak.
6 years ago
Why racial gaps in maternal mortality persist
Black mothers die at a rate that's 3.3 times greater than whites , and Native American or Alaskan native women die at a rate 2.5 times greater than whites.
6 years ago
Hundreds rally outside Philly Planned Parenthood, call for Sims’ resignation
State Rep. Brian Sims self-recorded two videos as he harassed anti-abortion demonstrators outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Center City. Backlash has been swift.
6 years ago