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Health Care

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The Pulse
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How to advocate for yourself as a patient

Health care can be complex and hard to navigate, and patients can often feel helpless. These steps can help to ensure that you receive the best possible care.

3 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Advice for medical providers on addressing their own biases

Providers need to be willing to engage in discussions about race, ethnicity, and other social identities, and how they affect health disparities.

3 years ago

A woman holds an iPad in her hand as she speaks with a medical professional.
NPR
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Post-pandemic, even hospital care goes remote

A growing number of hospitals are shifting care into patients' homes.

3 years ago

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DEA mum on proposed rule changes that could impact millions of telehealth users seeking prescription drugs

Telehealth providers say the Biden administration should reconsider proposed regulations that would make obtaining prescription controlled drugs harder.

3 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania aims to expand breast cancer screenings

Under the bill, health insurers must cover out-of-pocket costs for patients who are deemed to be at risk when they undergo a second screening during a coverage year.

3 years ago

A close-up of the Cooper University Hospital sign.
Health

Cooper University and Cape May Regional health systems reach merger agreement

Both entities have signed a definitive agreement cementing their previously announced merger.

3 years ago

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Health

Drug for rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease OK’d by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration approved Biogen's infused drug for patients with a rare genetic mutation that affects less than 500 people in the U.S.

3 years ago

Dr. Monica Taylor, chair of Delaware County Council, believes this project to be an answer to the crisis of maternal health disparities. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

Delaware County to debut pilot program to train perinatal health care workers, doulas

Delaware County officials, U.S. Senator Bob Casey, and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon said the goal is to reduce racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.

3 years ago

A row of people await check-up from cataract surgery
NPR
Health

How do you get equal health care for all? A huge new database holds clues

The World Health Organization registry holds 11 million data points — key to addressing global health inequality.

3 years ago

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Courts & Law

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

3 years ago

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Courts & Law

Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access

The justices are scheduled to meet for a private conference Friday, where they could talk about the issue.

3 years ago

Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, spoke about the dangers of xylazine, a drug that’s exasperating the opioid crisis in Pa., at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on April 19, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

​​White House drug czar eyes Philly’s response to emerging xylazine threat

Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, has been appearing in an increasing number of street drug samples and opioid overdose deaths in Philadelphia and across the U.S.

3 years ago

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?

The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade.

3 years ago

Boxes of pills on a counter at a pharmacy.
Courts & Law

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill

In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday, the court indicated it will act by Friday night.

3 years ago

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NPR
Health

COVID during pregnancy may alter brain development in boys

3 years ago

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