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Health Care

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Radio Times
Health

President Trump tests positive for COVID-19

President Trump announced early this morning that he and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID-19.

Air Date: October 2, 2020

Listen 49:45
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, pictured on Sept. 15, said in a statement Saturday that the next president should fill the Supreme Court vacancy.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden responds to Trump court pick: ‘Health care is on the ballot’

The Democratic nominee said the winner of the presidential election should select the next nominee. President Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee Saturday.

6 years ago

Brie Golphin attended the March to End Rape Culture in Philadelphia Saturday, the same day President Donald Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly voters fear Trump’s Supreme Court nominee will reverse expanded health care access

Conservatives are excited over Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Abortion and health care changes are anticipated by many in the Philadelphia region.

6 years ago

President Trump holds up an executive order after delivering remarks on health care in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

What to know about those $200 drug cards President Trump promised

Health policy researchers say Trump may not be able to pay for the cards, which fall short of lasting policy changes to curb high drug prices.

6 years ago

Mercy Philadelphia Hospital in West Philadelphia. (NBC10)
Health

Penn Med, PHMC lead coalition to save Mercy Philadelphia Hospital

The 153-bed West Philly safety-net facility, and its ER, will operate as a satellite of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

Bertha Gonzalez (middle right), her mother Floria and her twin sons Sebastián and Santiago at her mother’s 70th birthday this April. Floria contracted the coronavirus in July. (Courtesy of Bertha Gonzalez)
The Why
Health

Philly Latinos are under-tested for COVID-19

There are many potential hurdles between Philly Latinos and a COVID-19 test — even though they're contracting the virus at high rates.

Air Date: September 22, 2020

Listen 18:26
Anti-abortion demonstrators pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, a day the court ruled that employers with religious objections can decline to provide contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ACA's future is in doubt.
NPR
Courts & Law

The future of the Affordable Care Act in a Supreme Court without Ginsburg

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as SCOTUS was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.

6 years ago

Niticia Mpanga
NPR
Health

Advances in ICU care are saving more patients who have COVID-19

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.

6 years ago

Researchers of the Rio de Janeiro State University prepare an instrument to sample airborne sewage droplets for the presence of the new coronavirus at the Santa Marta slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 27, 2020. The researchers are working together with volunteers of a local sanitation team to see if they can detect the virus in the air and evaporation from the slum’s open-air sewers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
The Pulse
Science

Science and Medicine, Under Pressure

The pandemic has put a lot of pressure on both our health care system and the scientific process — exposing weaknesses that have long e ...

Air Date: September 18, 2020

Listen 48:24
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up his mask as he speaks at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a “Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts” on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines

Federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex plans for a vaccination campaign to begin gradually in January or even late this year.

6 years ago

Veronica Perez and her five-year-old daughter Aurora López. (Courtesy of Veronica Perez)
Health

For many Latinos in Philadelphia, ‘getting sick is just impossible’

Only 6.2% of the city’s Latinos have been tested for the coronavirus, though they are at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. Access is just one reason.

6 years ago

Listen 3:27
Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia.
Health

Will a merger save struggling Einstein Hospital or increase costs for patients?

Einstein Healthcare says its flagship North Philly facility could close without a merger. Federal and state authorities say it will bring less competition.

6 years ago

Listen 2:06
Rendering of the new Jefferson Health specialty care center in East Market. (Jefferson Health)
Health

Jefferson to open $762M specialty care pavilion in its continued East Market expansion

The center will be a one-stop shop for many programs, including the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, and Jefferson's respiratory and transplant institutes.

6 years ago

The influenza virus. (Frederick Murphy/CDC)
NPR
Health

Flu season looms and scientists wonder how flu and COVID-19 might mix

With the annual flu season about to start, it's still unclear exactly how influenza will interact with COVID-19 if a person has both viruses.

6 years ago

Chadwick Boseman arriving for the 90th annual Academy Awards
Health

Chadwick Boseman’s death was a surprise, but colon cancer deaths among Black men are all too common

A combination of things — access to primary care, chronic health conditions and environmental factors — may be to blame, but researchers still can’t say.

6 years ago

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