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Health Care

Crozer-Chester Medical Center is one of the Crozer Health's four hospitals
Health

Crozer Health, Prospect unable to pay for ambulance repairs

A spokesperson for Crozer Health said it is working to address the issue and expects the vehicles to be “returned to service over the course of two weeks.”

2 years ago

U.S. District Court building is shown, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla
Courts & Law

U.S. judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’

Judge Robert Hinkle has temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers.

2 years ago

Kwame Alexander (Harlin Miller Photography)
Studio 2

Poet Kwame Alexander, Anti-Lanternfly Wasps, Delco Emergency Healthcare

Kwame Alexander on "Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances." Plus, spotted lanternflies and Crozer Health financial woes.

Air Date: June 6, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 50:16
The Delaware Capitol building, Dover, De.
Politics & Policy

Delaware legislation to provide kids health care regardless of immigration status stymied

A bill to offer health care to income eligible kids and those who are pregnant regardless of immigration status is not moving forward.

2 years ago

Abbie Harper
NPR
Science

National Eating Disorders Association phases out human helpline, pivots to chatbot

The non-profit will use a chatbot called Tessa that was designed by eating disorder experts, with funding from NEDA.

2 years ago

Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday, May 30 overturned a lower court’s 2021 ruling that found bankruptcy courts did not have the authority to protect members of the Sackler family who own the company and who have not filed for bankruptcy protection from lawsuits
Courts & Law

Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits

Under the plan, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, with its profits being used to fight the opioid crisis.

2 years ago

A close-up of the green dome of the Pa. State Capitol.
Politics & Policy

Delaware County lawmakers reintroduce hospital reform legislation

Influenced by the impact of Crozer Health’s struggles, one of the bills includes a prohibition on for-profit hospitals.

2 years ago

Dr. John Gibbon poses for a photo.
Health

A Philadelphia surgeon’s invention and historic open-heart operation is celebrated 70 years later

Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953.

2 years ago

People stand outside of a building with a banner that reads,
Health

Delco officials are conducting the county’s first community health assessment

The assessment aims to identify health disparities across Delco, and help address them.

2 years ago

An unprocessed apple.
NPR
Health

What we know about the health risks of ultra-processed foods

The tasty snacks and frozen meals you grab when you're busy are often packed with sugar, fat and a list of unpronounceable ingredients.

2 years ago

Closeup of Hepatitis A under a microscope
Health

New report finds high numbers of Philadelphians are living with hepatitis C and hepatitis B

1 in 20 Philly residents have reported testing positive for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, but the actual numbers may be even higher, since many cases go undetected.

2 years ago

Listen 1:04
Jay Comfort standing on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
NPR
Health

He visited Pa. from Switzerland for his daughter’s wedding. He left with a $42,000 medical bill

After emergency surgery, an American expatriate now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill.

2 years ago

Angelica and Ansonia Lyons
Health

Why do so many Black women die in pregnancy? One reason: Doctors don’t take them seriously

Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the U.S. — 69.9 per 100,000 live births for 2021, almost three times the rate for white women according to the CDC.

2 years ago

Dr. Brian Dunham is the co-founder of the Stream Studios at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where its team of medical illustrators create visual education graphics, animations and 3D-models. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

‘A picture worth a thousand words’: Art meets medicine at CHOP’s in-house studio of medical illustrators

Medical illustration is a small field — there are about 2,000 certified professionals in the world, including a small team in Philly at CHOP.

2 years ago

Listen 4:55
Stacks of menthol cigarettes on a shelf.
Health

No Menthol Sunday encourages Black health equity by saying ‘no’ to the tobacco industry

The annual campaign addresses the detrimental impact that smoking tobacco has on Black communities, and the history of targeted advertising of menthol-flavored cigarettes.

2 years ago

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