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Health Care

A general look of the marquee outside of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Health

State sending training teams to centers amid fatal outbreaks

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

7 years ago

Beth Carroll, of New Castle, Del., has been a registered nurse for 16 years. Today she works at a surgery center with regular hours. But that was not always the case. At other healthcare facilities, she frequently had to work overtime and overnight shifts. She’s says that’s because of a national shortage of nurses. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Health

Delaware nurses, health care experts, discuss national, state, nurse shortage

While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

7 years ago

Families affected by pre-existing conditions attend a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pre-existing conditions shape election debate over health care

Republican U.S. Representative Scott Perry took to Facebook Live last Thursday to talk pre-existing conditions.

7 years ago

The Penn Votes Project is a volunteer-run initiative out of Penn Medicine that secures absentee ballots for hospitalized patients (Penn Votes Project)
Politics & Policy

A prescription for Philly voters hospitalized on Election Day

Volunteers help Philadelphia patients confined to their hospital rooms cast their votes.

7 years ago

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A banner hanging from the National Museum of American Jewish History [Alex Stern]
Radio Times
Community

Living in Philly without English

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...

Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am

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Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley uses a map to illustrate primary care shortages in neighborhoods in the city's Northeast and Southwest. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Health by zip code? Some Philly neighborhoods are ‘primary care deserts’

A report released Tuesday focused on several shortage areas in primary care access for Philadelphians.

7 years ago

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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, (center), accompanied by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, (left), Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, (right), and President Donald Trump, (right), speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration rejects Trump ACA option

2019 ACA insurance open enrollment begins in less than two weeks.

7 years ago

(Bigstock photo)
Radio Times
Health

The ACA and the politics of health care

Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...

Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am

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Man injects insulin
Health

Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes

Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 22, 2018 photo, April Box poses for a photo at her home in Spokane, Wash. Box is a healthcare advocate and runs a website to help guide people through major surgeries and other aspects of the healthcare system.  (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Money

2019 ACA rates to decrease for first time in Pennsylvania

What people will end up paying, as in previous years, varies by age and county.

7 years ago

When one of Jose Nuñez' retinas was damaged by diabetes in 2016, the Los Angeles truck driver expected his Medicaid managed care policy to coordinate treatment. But Centene, the private insurer that manages his policy gave him the runaround, he says, and he lost sight in that eye. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)
NPR
Health

Private medicaid plans receive billions in tax dollars, with little oversight

Some experts are asking if insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — are earning their Medicaid checks?

7 years ago

(From left) U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez running for re-election, his Republican challenger, Bob Hugin; U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur running for re-election in New Jersey's 3rd District, his challenger, Andy Kim, a Democrat. (Emma Lee/WHYY, Julio Cortez/AP Photo; Emma Lee/WHYY; Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Republicans once campaigned on health care; now, N.J. Democrats take up tactic

Recent N.J. polls have shown health care to be among the top issues for voters heading into November’s midterm elections.

7 years ago

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Demonstrators hold signs as Democratic leaders speak with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol June 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Midterm election could reshape health policy

The fate of Obamacare could be decided by which party wins control of Congress in November.

7 years ago

Charlie Hinderliter got a bad case of the flu back in January. He spent 58 days in the hospital, underwent two surgeries and was in a medically induced coma for a week. (Neeta Satam for NPR)
NPR
Health

Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he’s getting the shot

Many flu-related deaths are caused not by the flu itself but by secondary infections and complications.

7 years ago

Surgeons perform a cesarean section. A new report raises concerns about rising rates of this procedure around the world, from Brazil to China. (Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Rate of C-sections is rising at an ‘alarming’ rate, report says

C-sections now outnumber vaginal deliveries in parts of southeast Europe, Latin America and China.

7 years ago

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