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Medicine

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Health

Philly VA hospital hosts town hall for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals

The event is a part of broader VA efforts to raise awareness about new health care benefits that were signed into law last summer.

4 years ago

The healthcare.gov website
Courts & Law

Judge’s ruling undercuts U.S. health law’s preventive care

The Biden administration had told the court the outcome of the case “could create extraordinary upheaval in the United States’ public health system.” It is likely to appeal.

4 years ago

A Narcan dispenser in Kensington's McPherson Square park. (Sam Searles/WHYY)
Health

FDA approves naloxone nasal spray for over-the-counter use

Public health advocates and harm reduction proponents in Philadelphia have long fought to make the medication more accessible.

4 years ago

Pope Francis meets children at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican
Health

Vatican: Pope to be hospitalized for days for lung infection

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says Francis, 86, does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy.

4 years ago

The exterior of Jennersville Hospital in West Grove
Health

ChristianaCare to reopen Jennersville as a ‘micro-hospital’ in late 2024

The West Grove Campus, formerly known as Jennersville Hospital, will return with 10 emergency department beds and 10 inpatient beds.

4 years ago

Surgeons at work during a surgery.
Health

Breast cancer survivors, surgeons worry new medical codes will limit access to DIEP reconstruction surgery

DIEP is one type of breast reconstruction surgery, but a change in medical billing codes may introduce new financial barriers.

4 years ago

Listen 3:56
This undated photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of Candida auris cultured in a petri dish
NPR
Health

The potentially deadly Candida auris fungus is spreading quickly in the U.S.

Cases of the fungus that did not respond to antifungal medicine tripled in 2021. It can be deadly, but does not seem to have adverse effects on healthy people.

4 years ago

Serbia's Novak Djokovic looks up during the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Health

US Open ‘very hopeful’ unvaccinated Novak Djokovic can play

Djokovic is a foreign citizen who is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Government rules still prevent him from entering the country.

4 years ago

Dr. Gunther von Hagens and Dr. Angelina Whalley working on a plastinate.
The Pulse
Science

9/11 rescue worker chooses to have her body preserved after death

9/11 rescue worker wants the world to see the toll the work took on her body.

4 years ago

Listen 10:52
Jennifer Addo Kaby (right) and Susan Kelly (left) became friends after Kelly’s father donated his body to a unique gross anatomy course that required students to communicate with the family of the body donor. The course was held at Indiana University School of Medicine and was discontinued in 2018.
The Pulse
Science

How a med student’s ‘first patient’ created lasting friendships

For more than a decade, a unique gross anatomy course at Indiana University required students to get to know the family of the donated cadaver they worked on.

4 years ago

Listen 11:18
Abortion-rights activists setup an abortion pills educational booth as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 4, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Courts & Law

Abortion pill access case: Judge wants ‘less advertisement’

Because the case has prompted death threats and protests, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said “less advertisement of this hearing is better.”

4 years ago

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

Unpaid bills: Prospect, Crozer Health struggling to pay vendors for vital hospital services

Prospect’s inability to pay its bills has previously caused delays in vital supplies and the loss of a police officer, who was permanently stationed outside a medical center.

4 years ago

A sign in front of the Food and Drug Administration building is seen on Dec. 10, 2020, in Silver Spring
Health

FDA: 2 more eyedrop brands recalled due to risks

The announcements follow a recall last month of eyedrops made in India that were linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections.

4 years ago

Jefferson University Hospital in Center City
Health
Billy Penn

Philly has 4 medical schools, yet 1 in 5 residents don’t have a primary care provider | Opinion

When your caretakers can’t even get care, something is seriously wrong.

4 years ago

This Wednesday, March 1, 2023 photo shows a vial of Eli Lilly's Humalog insulin in New York. Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on costs they pay to fill prescriptions. (AP Photo/Pablo Salinas)
Health

Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap

President Joe Biden brought up that cost cap during his annual State of the Union address last month. He called for insulin costs for everyone to be capped at $35.

4 years ago

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