
Health Care
Health insurers are struggling with the cost of weight-loss drugs, including in Philly
Independence Health Group, the parent company of Independence Blue Cross, spent $500 million last year to provide weight-control medications to its members.
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Listen 0:56In West Philly, real life and death interfere with the Curio Theatre comedy ‘A Funeral Farce’
Curio’s original comedy about a funeral home is superseded by the creative team’s familial cancer diagnoses, one of which is terminal.
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Listen 2:30El sur de Delaware afronta una creciente escasez de médicos. Los líderes están considerando si una nueva Facultad de Medicina podría ayudar a cubrir esta carencia.
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Crozer Health CEO Tony Esposito is stepping down
Crozer Health CEO Tony Esposito shared the announcement with staff Monday. Greg Williams, of parent company Prospect Medical Holdings, will assume his role in the interim.
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Listen 0:44Designer babies: Discussing the ethics of genetic screening
Gene sequencing lets us screen embryos for diseases and traits. Is this the right track for healthy and happy babies, or a slippery slope to eugenics?
Air Date: April 15, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 51:13Dr. Jonas Salk is credited with creating the first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh. The government licensed the shot in 1955 for its safety and efficacy.
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Listen 5:39Upper Darby to ditch Crozer Health ambulance services amid staffing woes
STAT Medical Transport has agreed to provide two paramedic units to cover Upper Darby. The start date has yet to be determined.
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Listen 0:55Taylor Hospital to lose home care and hospice units, union says
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals says approximately 25 employees will lose their jobs.
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Philly health officials report second case of measles, warn of possible exposures in 2 locations
This is the city’s second case of measles so far this year. Neither of the cases are connected to ongoing larger outbreaks in western states.
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Penn Medicine and Delaware County dish out $6M to delay Crozer health closure
The money grants Prospect Medical Holdings, Pennsylvania officials and potential buyers more time to negotiate a deal to transition Crozer Health to new ownership.
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Possible HIV funding cuts could ‘wipe out’ Delaware prevention program
Delaware groups that provide HIV prevention, testing and treatment fear their federal support could soon disappear.
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Listen 1:23Prospect will begin closing Crozer Health if Pa. does not provide $9 million
If another cash infusion doesn’t arrive by Wednesday, the hospital system could begin diverting ambulances and patients to other facilities as soon as Thursday morning.
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Philadelphia courts offer post-trial counseling to help jurors cope with secondary trauma
The service will give jurors three counseling sessions if they feel troubled after rendering a verdict.
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Listen 1:05Hundreds of public health jobs at risk in Philly after city loses federal grants
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health lost three COVID-19 era federal grants in what leadership described as a “fluid situation,” internal emails show.
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Listen 1:07Vestibular disorders is a group of conditions that can include symptoms like dizziness, imbalance, vertigo and hearing loss.
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