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Correctional Sgt. Steven Floyd was beaten and stabbed to death during the uprising at the Vaughn prison. (File/WHYY)
Health

Report: Long waits for health care, outdated technology at Vaughn prison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

In April, the Pa. House passed a bill that would ban abortions in cases where there was a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The legislation is dividing the special needs community. (Big Stock Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

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

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Gov. Tom Wolf has designated eight schools in Pennsylvania as certified academic clinical research centers to help bulk up the meager federal research on medical marijuana. (AP file photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf 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.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
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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

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Dr. Paul Marik (left) discusses patient care with medical students and resident physicians during morning rounds at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in 2014 in Norfolk, Va. (Jay Westcott for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Can 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

In this March 5, 2018 photo, Wil Darcangelo, (left), speaks with his 22-year-old adopted daughter, Lavender, who is blind and autistic, while friend and housemate, Christoph Malvaney, listens at their home.
Politics & Policy

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

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

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

Emily Polecaro, 18, calls for a public recovery high school in Delaware at Legislative Hall in Dover Tuesday. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Community

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

The House bill calls for $65 million in loans and grants, administered by the USDA, to establish
NPR
Politics & Policy

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

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Speak Easy
Health

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.

8 years ago

Veteran Thomas Fitzinge holding his uniform. (Provided)
The Pulse
Health

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.

8 years ago

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Chris Bolden-Newsome puts new seedlings into a row. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Indigenous traditions get science backing

Scientists are learning from farmers and traditional healers — and documenting what powers their success.

8 years ago

Listen 8:22
Catherine Price has Type I diabetes, Keysha Brooker has Type II. Over the course of an hour, they shared with one another how diabetes has defined them and impacted their lives. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How 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.

8 years ago

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The new exemptions will mostly apply to penalty payments tied to 2018 taxes and to the previous two years. (PeopleImages/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

4 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

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Health

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.

8 years ago

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