Health Care

We start the hour talking with U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean about her visit to migrant detentions centers and then, we discuss the role compassion plays in medicine.

A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed it will put an independent monitor in place to oversee Hahnemann University Hospital’s closure.

The Center City hospital’s chief medical officer said: “We felt this move is in the best interest of patient safety.”

Citing concerns about loss of ER services, Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine says the hospital’s owners must give 90 days’ notice before shutting.

Is it possible to pluck one newsworthy moment from last night's cacophonous 10-contestant Democratic quiz show? You bet. Here we go.

In low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There has been no research to support it.

People who are visually impaired know what works for them and what doesn’t. They’d rather innovate their own technologies.

About 30 million Americans have this allergy noted in their medical records. That means the most commonly prescribed antibiotics are off-limits.

Around 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain.

Writers seek out vets in the hospital, and ask them about their lives. Then they write up this life story, a 1,000-word biography, and go over it with the patient.

The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

The new EMS unit, called AR-2, was announced Wednesday. It has a two-pronged goal: reverse overdoses and connect people to treatment services.

Vaccines worry a lot of parents. Pediatricians understand that, but they worry we’ve forgotten just how sick kids can get without the shots.

Joe Biden is under fire from his Democratic presidential rivals and women's rights advocates for his defense of a decades-old ban on federal money paying for abortions.