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Keystone Crossroads
Health
Spotlight PA

Nearly 150,000 in Pa. could be forced to change medications beginning Jan. 1. Here’s why.

The state says the regulations will cut down on health-care costs, but many physicians are concerned they could harm patient care.

6 years ago

Stephanie Kindt (left) and Aaron Levy are the curators of Listening Lab, a year-long traveling exhibit that tells the stories of doctors and patients and explores the ways in which listening can improve care. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening

The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.

6 years ago

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Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speak during a Democratic presidential primary debate Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round six

We discuss last night's Democratic primary debate -- what the candidates said, the policies they covered, and how it may be playing out across America.

Air Date: December 20, 2019 10:00 am

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democratic primary debate: round five

We talk about what the candidates said and the policies discussed at last night's Democratic primary debate.

6 years ago

The entrance to Hahnemann University Hospital on North Broad Street in July, before the hospital was shuttered. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Failure to pay doctors’ malpractice insurance lands Hahnemann, St. Chris owner in bankruptcy trouble

Philadelphia Academic Health System says it won’t pay former doctors’ medical malpractice insurance. Its Chapter 11 filing is at risk, under judge’s order.

6 years ago

Allison Beach holds the hand of her ailing mother Kathryne Beach inside her home in Hinesburg, Vt. Allison  (Thomas Marrinson/AP Photos)
Health

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people want.

6 years ago

Amanda Gilson has worked in the NICU at st Christopher’s for almost five years. She saved up hundreds of hours of paid time off to use during her maternity leave, which she just learned will not roll over under the hospital’s new ownership. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

Tower Health clashes with nurses as it takes over St. Christopher’s

Nurses at the pediatric hospital are losing all the paid time off they earned under the previous owner. They also want safe staffing ensured.

6 years ago

Listen 1:16
Deb Beck (Courtesy Gene DiGirolamo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

She’s the force behind Pa.’s efforts to treat drug addiction. Critics say ‘there is more to the story.’

Deb Beck is a formidable power player in Harrisburg, influencing the state’s response to a drug addiction epidemic. But critics say 'there is more to the story.’

6 years ago

Health insurers say the U.S. government owes them more than $12 billion in payments that were rescinded by a Republican-controlled Congress. The money was supposed to subsidize insurers' expected losses between 2014 and 2016. (Phil Roeder/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

ACA insurers in the Supreme Court: Why consumers should pay attention

More than $12 billion is at stake for the nation's health insurers Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears a case involving the Affordable Care Act.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court leaves Kentucky ultrasound law in place

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions.

6 years ago

As tuitions climb faster than income levels, many dental school grads feel distressed about paying off huge amounts of student debt. (Courtesy of Lori Wilson)
The Pulse
Science

Dental school grads find it hard to beat back student debt

Dentistry can be a lucrative career, but some say rising tuition costs mean massive loans to pay off in a changing market for care.

6 years ago

Listen 11:14
Liz Tung quit smoking with e-cigarettes. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Rethinking a ban on flavored e-cigarettes

Does cracking down on flavored e-cigarettes make it harder for adults trying to quit smoking?

Air Date: December 5, 2019

Listen 15:19
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has formed a collaboration agreement with Bayer.
(Philadelphia Business Journal)
Science
Philadelphia Business Journal

CHOP, Bayer team up on $5M hemophilia research effort

Bayer has entered into a three-year collaboration agreement with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to develop new hemophilia treatments.

6 years ago

Prisoners make clothing for the New Jersey Department of Corrections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Proposal would require screening all N.J. prisoners for hepatitis B and C

The N.J. Department of Corrections has come under fire from criminal justice and public health advocates who say its policy of targeted screening for the virus falls short.

6 years ago

A person exits Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
Philadelphia Business Journal

Do I hear $1,000? Auction of Hahnemann University Hospital equipment begins

Interested in buying a used linear accelerator, an old hospital stretcher or even a fully equipped hospital kitchen? Now is your chance.

6 years ago

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