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Health Care

HUP crisis response center building's entrance
Health

Crisis response center services return to West Philly as new location opens at former Mercy Philadelphia Hospital site

The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

2 years ago

OVID-19 vaccines are readied for use at a clinic
Health

CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week

The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.

2 years ago

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NPR
Health

New COVID vaccines get FDA approval

The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older.

2 years ago

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NPR
Health

Unraveling long COVID: Here’s what scientists who study the illness want to find out

There's still no validated treatment or diagnostic test specifically for the condition, although there are many candidates.

2 years ago

Phil Murphy speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy

New Jersey leaders agree with U.S. that veterans homes need to be fixed, but how isn’t clear

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said he thinks “all options for comprehensive change” should be on the table to prevent further failures as described in the report.

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

Pennsylvania to get $148 million next year in payouts from 2nd wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements

The new payouts are from a second wave of national opioid lawsuit settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.

2 years ago

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N.J. Capitol building
Courts & Law

U.S. Justice Department says New Jersey failed veterans in state-run homes during COVID-19

In a scathing, 43-page report, the Justice Department outlines failures at the homes in Menlo Park and Paramus.

2 years ago

Virus Outbreak Home Tests
Health
Billy Penn

Where to find free or low-cost COVID tests in Philadelphia

Though still lower than past years, cases and hospitalizations have been creeping up. Happily, tests are still readily accessible.

2 years ago

A woman holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish;
Courts & Law

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

The sweeping decision comes amid a trend in Latin America loosening restrictions on abortion even as access has been limited in the United States.

2 years ago

Willis McGahee, No. 26 of the Cleveland Browns, is tended to on the field in the fourth quarter of a game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., on Dec. 8, 2013,
NPR
Courts & Law

Former NFL players speak out against the league’s handling of disability benefits

While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.

2 years ago

grocery shopping
NPR
Health

Prescriptions for fresh fruits and vegetables help boost heart health

The research comes amid an epidemic of diet-related disease, which competes with smoking as a leading cause of death.

2 years ago

Estella Wilmarth tends to a patient in the acute care unit
Health

Thomas Jefferson University launches new degree programs to increase the number of respiratory therapists in Philly

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that respiratory therapy jobs will grow 14% over the next decade.

2 years ago

A close-up of a person's hand holding up a vial of insulin.
Health

Inflation Reduction Act program caps insulin cost for some Medicare patients

Philly hospital leaders, city officials look to spread the word about changes to insulin costs for Medicare patients under the Inflation Reduction Act.

2 years ago

Medicare is set to begin negotiating prices for 10 drugs prescribed to people on Medicare. Pharmaceutical companies have launched lawsuits, saying the move is unconstitutional. George Frey/Getty Images
NPR
Health

Here are the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for price cuts

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026.

3 years ago

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana speaks at a House Republican Conference news conference in Washington on May 23.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Steve Scalise says he has been diagnosed with a ‘very treatable blood cancer’

Scalise said he expects to return to Washington to continue work as majority leader while he undergoes treatment.

3 years ago

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