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File - Protestors gathered outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

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.

7 years ago

Philadelphia ranks #4 on the list of most challenging places to live with asthma in the U.S. Thirteen percent of the city's children suffer from the chronic condition. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
Broke in Philly

Why racial disparities in asthma are an urban planning issue

African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.

7 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

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.

7 years ago

Ashley Garecht speaks as anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, Friday, May 10, 2019. The demonstration was spurred by the actions of a Democratic state lawmaker who recorded himself berating an anti-abortion demonstrator at length outside the clinic. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

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.

7 years ago

Ashley Garecht speaks as anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, Friday, May 10, 2019. The demonstration was spurred by the actions of a Democratic state lawmaker who recorded himself berating an anti-abortion demonstrator at length outside the clinic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

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

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. 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.

7 years ago

Signs advertising free measles vaccines and providing information about measles are displayed at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. The county in New York City's northern suburbs has had more than 200 measles cases since last fall. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

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.

7 years ago

Black mothers are more likely than white mothers to die during pregnancy or delivery or in the year following. (JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF)
NPR
Health

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.

7 years ago

Protestors called for Representative Brian Sims to resign outside the Planned Parenthood Clinic on Locust Street in Center City Friday morning.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

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.

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after delivering remarks on ending surprise medical billing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House May 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
Politics & Policy

Trump taking aim at ‘surprise medical bills’

President Donald Trump will begin a push Thursday to fight health care sticker shock by limiting "surprise medical bills."

7 years ago

In this photo provided by the New Jersey Office of the Governor, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act Friday, April 12, 2019 at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey is the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill patients to seek life ending medication. (New Jersey Office of the Governor via AP)
Politics & Policy

Assisted suicide is legal in N.J. But key medical society still opposed after vote

The Medical Society of New Jersey has charted a middle-of-the-road course in dealing with the controversial new law.

7 years ago

Jennifer O'Toole gives a talk about living with autism to a group of health professionals at Jefferson Health's Navy Yard facility. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Jefferson’s autism-friendly initiative aims to make health care better for everyone

A Jefferson initiative aims to make patient care more accommodating. It offers noise-canceling headphones, chairs that rock, and ‘fidgets’ to occupy hands.

7 years ago

Westmoreland County MH/ID administrator Dirk Matson, at right, recently traveled to the state capitol with people who receive mental health services through Pennsylvania's Medicaid Program, including John Herrmann of Greensburg, at left. Herrmann said he has bipolar disorder. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Pa. counties fight plan to nix Medicaid behavioral health model

The plan would eliminate the state's $4 billion behavioral health program, merging it with the state's $12 billion physical health Medicaid program.

7 years ago

Opponents and supporters of Planned Parenthood are shown demonstrating in Philadelphia in 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Women’s health care funding survives, but N.J. advocates still wary

Judge halts Trump administration’s efforts to change how Title X funds can be used; ‘Protect X’ campaign to continue, including in N.J.

7 years ago

The newer 3D mammograms provide a more detailed picture of the breast tissue, leading to more precise detection of abnormalities.
NPR
Health

When it’s time for a mammogram, should you ask for 3D?

The newer 3D mammogram offers a more thorough picture of breast tissue and is more accurate.

7 years ago

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