Health Care
Report: Long waits for health care, outdated technology at Vaughn prison
An independent assessment of health care at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna finds fault with its 'sick call' process.
8 years ago
Pa. bill banning abortions for Down syndrome divides special needs community
A bill making its way through the Pa. legislature has split a community brought together by a common diagnosis, and it could be the next front in the abortion debate.
8 years ago
Listen 9:36Wolf OKs clinical research on medical marijuana at 8 Pa. schools
Designating the schools as certified academic clinical research centers will help bulk up the meager federal research on medical marijuana, governor says.
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NewsWorks Tonight, May 15, 2018
With polls open until 8 p.m., we have the latest in the Pennsylvania primary. The Pennsylvania legislature is considering a bill that wou ...
Air Date: May 15, 2018
Listen 21:30Can a cocktail of vitamins and steroids cure a major killer in hospitals?
Scientists have launched two large studies to test a treatment that could have an enormous impact on the leading cause of death in American hospitals — sepsis.
8 years ago
New Jersey considers doubling family leave from 6 to 12 weeks
Business groups are concerned that expanding the program will increase their costs for overtime or hiring fill-in workers while employees are on family leave.
8 years ago
Pa. hospitals voice concern over Wolf’s budget plan
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania is raising some alarm over a fee hike Governor Tom Wolf wants to include in next year's budget.
8 years ago
aTAcK addiction offers three ideas to end overdose deaths in Delaware
With the opioid epidemic showing no signs of slowing in Delaware, advocates are calling on state lawmakers to stop talking and start investing in more treatment options.
8 years ago
Farm Bill could undo part of the Affordable Care Act
Tucked deep inside the House version of the massive bill is a provision that could help provide farmers with cheaper health insurance than plans.
8 years ago
Pharmacies, prescription providers dangerously clueless about naloxone policies
On a recent Thursday morning, I walked into a North Philly Rite Aid on what should have been an easy mission: I needed Narcan.
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Burn pits: A sick veteran waits for science to confirm his suspicions
In his last days in Iraq, Army Specialist Thomas Fitzinger’s job was to burn mounds of garbage. He says he inhaled soot and smoke, and that today his lungs are damaged.
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Listen 11:33Indigenous traditions get science backing
Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.
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Listen 8:22How diabetes has shaped my life — two perspectives
Catherine Price has Type 1 diabetes; Keysha Brooker has Type 2. As part of The Pulse’s “The Cost of Diabetes” episode, we invited them to our studio to meet.
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Listen 7:004 new exemptions to the tax penalty for lacking health insurance
The penalty for not having health insurance in 2018 is the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of household income.
8 years ago
Penn study finds most black men with trauma aren’t getting treatment
Among black men in Philadelphia who’ve suffered traumatic injuries, most psychological symptoms are not treated.
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