Health Care
Abortion Access: Before Roe and Now
Guests: Elizabeth Nash, Amelia Bonow, Gillian Frank Abortion access in America might be undergoing some changes s ...
Air Date: July 20, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56For a long time disability meant one thing — limitations. Think about the word disabled: its literal meaning is broken, not functioning ...
Air Date: July 20, 2018
Listen 49:46Medical respite for homeless now open in North Philly
Serenity has a total of 20 beds for homeless men and women.
6 years ago
Listen 2:18Health insurers are vacuuming up details about you — and it could raise your rates
With little public scrutiny, the health insurance industry has joined forces with data brokers to vacuum up personal details about hundreds of millions of Americans.
6 years ago
New Jersey looking to add 6 medical marijuana dispensaries
New Jersey is seeking to double the number of medical marijuana dispensaries, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday.
6 years ago
The Pulse explores how the environment shapes biology. Turns out that influence goes deep, down to the molecular level — to th ...
Air Date: July 13, 2018
Listen 48:57ACA funding freeze adds uncertainty for Pa. marketplace
The U.S. Health and Human Services department has put a freeze on $10.4 billion in funding that was expected to go to Affordable Care Act insurers later this year.
6 years ago
If High Court reverses Roe v. Wade, 22 states likely to ban abortion
What would the U.S. look like without Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide?
6 years ago
Behind bars, mentally ill inmates are often punished for their symptoms
By some accounts, nearly half of America's incarcerated population is mentally ill — and journalist Alisa Roth argues that most aren't getting the treatment they need.
6 years ago
Trump administration takes another swipe at ‘Obamacare’
At stake are billions in payments to insurers with sicker customers.
6 years ago
A Wilmington church gets its congregation moving
It's Thursday evening. The work day is over and people are filing into the Resurrection Center in Wilmington.
6 years ago
Listen 4:01Which state has the most restrictive abortion laws in Philadelphia region?
U.S. Supreme Court strikes California law mandating pregnancy counselors post notices about abortion rights and access.
6 years ago
Philly tries a different approach for training nurse practitioners
There's a shortage of primary care providers. University of Pennsylvania is testing a model, using Medicare funds, to train more nurse practitioners.
7 years ago
Fearing deportation, some immigrants opt out of health benefits for their kids
"They are asking a lot of questions," she says. "They are investigating one's life from head to toe."
7 years ago
Blood emergency declared in Delaware as supplies hit ‘critically low levels’
Officials say supplies have fallen below the three-day inventory.
7 years ago