
Health Care
The FIFA Club World Cup this summer will be a practice run for public health officials to prepare for a larger crowd of international visitors in 2026.
2 months ago
Listen 1:30Glioblastoma has been deadly and hard to treat, but researchers say they’ve made progress with bivalent CAR T-cell therapy delivered directly into the brain.
2 months ago
Listen 1:21Capital Health - East Trenton served the immediate community around the former St. Francis Medical Center. Patients are being diverted to other hospitals in the network.
2 months ago
The federal budget bill, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, would add Medicaid work requirements for childless adults to stay in the program.
2 months ago
Listen 1:31Inspira Health Network would be hardest hit if Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s largest nurses union, choose to go on strike.
2 months ago
Listen 0:55ChristianaCare to acquire former Crozer Health outpatient locations
The pending acquisition includes two facilities in Glen Mills, a location in Havertown, an office in Broomall and a site in Media.
2 months ago
Poison control experts say calls related to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are rising, with symptoms like nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
3 months ago
Listen 1:23The blood test measures two subtypes of tau and amyloid proteins, which can indicate the presence of amyloid plaque in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
3 months ago
Listen 1:14Measles is very contagious. Here’s how to avoid it
A person infected with measles recently attended a New Jersey Shakira concert. More than 1,000 cases have been confirmed across the U.S. this year.
3 months ago
In Holmesburg, a vacant lot turned sunflower farm offers a place for Philly veterans to rebuild
At the Pennypack Sunflower Farm, Heroic Gardens uses horticultural therapy to support veterans’ mental health.
3 months ago
Listen 5:20Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
Biden was seen by doctors last week after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule were found.
3 months ago
The federal proposal would block Medicaid reimbursements for preventative health services to nonprofit family planning clinics if they also perform abortions.
3 months ago
Listen 1:01Legislation to reel in for-profit health care usually dies in Harrisburg. Shapiro said he hopes with a united Delaware County, bills safeguarding hospitals can reach his desk.
3 months ago
Listen 1:02The governor said cuts to Medicaid health care that Congress is considering would mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid to Pennsylvania.
3 months ago
Legislation banning petroleum additive in school meals headed to Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer
Studies have suggested that Red 40 can cause neurobehavioral problems in some children. But some experts say more research is needed.
3 months ago
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