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Health Care

The Delaware Capitol building, Dover, De.
Courts & Law

Delaware court stops plan to move retiree health coverage to Highmark’s Medicare Advantage

A judge has halted Delaware’s plan to switch retired state employees’ health care to a plan managed by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

4 years ago

File photo: Marilyn Burston is a benefits specialist, who helps seniors find an appropriate Medicare plan. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Medicare open enrollments have started as benefits change for 2023

The Medicare open enrollment window started on Oct. 15 and will end on Dec. 7 for individuals seeking coverage in 2023.

4 years ago

Data compiled by the CDC highlights multiple weaknesses in the system of care for new mothers, from obstetricians who are not trained (or paid) to look for signs of mental trouble or addiction, to policies that strip women of health coverage shortly after they give birth.
(Halfpoint Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable

The maternal mortality review committees look for clues to what contributed to the deaths.

4 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s hospitals are in crisis. How will Shapiro, Mastriano address this growing issue?

The bills created to save Pennsylvania’s hospitals will likely die in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania’s new governor could have the power to revive them.

4 years ago

Listen 2:00
The 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted at Globe Dye Works on Oct. 18, 2022. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Health

Prevention Point Philadelphia celebrates 30 years of providing harm reduction services

The Philadelphia nonprofit that focuses on community harm reduction says it served 36,000 people over the last 12 months, three times the amount served in 2019.

4 years ago

Mom Natali Rosario (left), 17 year-old Ivan (center) and pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Tina Loven (right) spoke to the media about Ivan’s recovery a year after he was shot in the head near his high school, October 18, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

One year later: A Philadelphia student and shooting survivor spreads hope for others impacted by gun violence

A year after suffering from a gunshot wound to the head outside his North Philadelphia school, Ivan Cuevas and his family show what survivorship can look like.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden says he will push to codify Roe if Democrats keep the House and Senate

President Joe Biden vowed that if voters elect more Democratic senators and keep the House, he will send a bill to Congress to codify abortion protections into law.

4 years ago

Chelle Wyatt holds her hearing aid on April 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City.
(Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Health

What to know now that hearing aids are available over the counter

Starting Monday, hearing aids will be available to buy over the counter across the U.S.

4 years ago

Drs. Mark Lopatin, Karen Feisullin, Benjamin Abella, Belinda Birnbaum, Matthew Magda at a ''Real DOctors Against Oz'' roundtable event in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

‘Very serious stakes’: Why Pa.’s doctors are rallying against Oz’s Senate bid

Motivated by threats to abortion rights and declining trust in the medical field, doctors are breaking tradition and organizing against Dr. Mehmet Oz in his bid for U.S. Senat

4 years ago

An up-close view of a person sitting in bed, holding a coffee mug, with a candle lit in front of them.
NPR
Health

For stomach pain and other IBS symptoms, new apps can bring relief

Here's how to find relief, using the latest science and a new generation of apps.

4 years ago

Dikembe Mutombo laughing
Arts & Entertainment

Dikembe Mutombo undergoing treatment for brain tumor

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor, the NBA announced Saturday.

4 years ago

A Newtown, Bucks County, ambulance. The ambulance squad that serves Newtown Borough and Newtown Township in Bucks County is facing the same financial issues as other emergency medical services across the Philadelphia suburbs and the commonwealth. (Courtesy of Newtown Ambulance Squad)
Health

Newtown Ambulance Squad: ‘We won’t be here’ without more public funding

A ballot question in November’s general election will ask Newtown Township voters if they want to raise property taxes to fund the ambulance squad.

4 years ago

A person holds up a sign in a crowd.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. election 2022: Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on the opioid epidemic, medical marijuana, and other health issues

The next person who holds the gubernatorial office will have influence or direct control over many issues affecting health care.

4 years ago

File photo: Nurses at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia picketed on Broad Street during negotiations of a 3-year contract to raise awareness about issues of recruiting, retention and pay disparity, on Sept. 23, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Health care workers at Temple University Hospital vote to authorize a strike if contract negotiations sour

Union groups at Temple University Hospital have been in contract negotiations since August. They’re prepared to strike if an agreement isn’t reached.

4 years ago

Because of legal restrictions and financial hurdles, Pennsylvania abortion providers plan to expand access to medication abortions and telehealth rather than open new clinics. (Leise Hook/For Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Abortion providers focus on expanding telehealth, medication access as they await outcome of Pa. governor’s race

In Pennsylvania, the thicket of restrictions on abortion providers shapes the number of abortion facilities in the state and limits the services they can provide.

4 years ago

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