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Health Care
Some Philadelphia-area doctors say admissions to intensive care and asthma deaths among children have gone up this year, partly because of supply issues.
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Listen 2:25Families, cities and states wish to hold Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, and its owners, the Sackler family, accountable for the opioid crisis.
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Listen 1:27ADHD patients in Pa. struggle to find medication and maintain normalcy amid ongoing shortage
Shortages of ADHD medications have forced patients to ration and to spend hours calling different pharmacies to get prescriptions filled.
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Legislation legalizing medical-aid-in-dying in Delaware awaits governor’s action
Gov. Carney said his position on the issue has been public since the bill was introduced. He has 10 days to act after his office gets the legislation.
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The deal between the two South Jersey health systems follows a spate of recent hospital mergers and acquisitions in the region.
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Listen :58The union will include about 500 staff physicians at three hospitals in Delaware and Maryland and a stand-alone emergency center.
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Listen 1:40Free medical, dental and vision care: A pop-up clinic is coming to Philly, and it needs volunteers
Remote Area Medical’s free clinic in Philadelphia is scheduled for Aug. 24 and 25. Health services are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Listen 1:14Delaware lawmakers approve bill requiring Medicaid to cover abortion procedures
The legislation expands access to abortion and the use of state funding to cover the procedures. It now goes to Gov. John Carney.
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Pa. state Rep. Brian Munroe said the closure is a “symptom” of an “ongoing onslaught” on abortion rights.
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Listen :55Medical aid in dying bill heads to governor’s office for action
It’s unclear what action Gov. John Carney will take. This is the first time the bill has passed both chambers since it was introduced in 2015.
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Listen 1:03The Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says
The Biden administration had sued Idaho, arguing that hospitals must provide abortions to stabilize pregnant patients in rare emergency cases.
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The medical group’s lawyer disputes the allegations that the practice acted with “disregard or deliberate ignorance” of reimbursement rules.
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Listen 1:51Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
The bill would call for a statewide standing order for FDA-approved over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, including emergency contraception.
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In Philly, only 1 qualified psychiatrist is available per 1,000 potentially at-risk children
The mental health crisis is moving faster than providers can catch up, says one CHOP doctor.
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Philadelphia FIGHT’s HIV Education Summit returns in person for the first time since the pandemic
An estimated 18,000 people currently live with HIV in Philadelphia. The summit is aimed at care providers, patients and community members.
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