Medicine
These drugs are among those affected by Medicare price negotiations
Here's a look at the drugs and the negotiated prices for Medicare recipients.
3 months ago
More than 3,290 cases of dengue fever have been reported in the U.S. and its territories, with more than half of cases occurring in Puerto Rico.
3 months ago
Crozer Health to shutter operating room services at Taylor Hospital by Sept. 1
Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park admits more than 7,000 patients each year and treats more than 28,000 patients in its emergency room.
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Blood donations were down 25% nationally in July compared to the same time last year, according to the American Red Cross.
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Listen 1:09The pediatric surgeon founded the Black Doctors Consortium and worked as a regional health director under the Biden administration.
4 months ago
Listen 1:51How Philly area hospitals are dealing with a national shortage of blood culture bottles
Hospitals routinely use these bottles to check for infections in patients’ blood — now they are cutting back on tests.
4 months ago
Listen 1:51Should organ donors be compensated? Plus, the psychology of smell
Would you give your kidney to a stranger? What if you could get a $50,000 tax credit for it? That's just one proposal for upping organ donation in the US.
Air Date: July 30, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 52:40Advocates cheer new standards that could save horseshoe crabs from bloodletting
Up to 1 million horseshoe crabs in the U.S. are harvested for biomedical purposes. A synthetic alternative could mean less harvesting of the “living fossils.”
4 months ago
Listen 1:15The current contract between Temple Health and Keystone First health insurance was set to expire after July 31.
4 months ago
Listen 0:54What NPR readers want you to know about living with a disability
"One person’s experience is their own," Philly's Laura Williams said. “Their personal, individual reality exists alongside the realities of millions of different people."
4 months ago
COVID cases are rising in Philadelphia. Here’s what to know
The rise comes as the CDC is preparing to end its program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to people without insurance.
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Desperate for care, patients face the threat of ‘medical deportation'
Hospitals are legally required to care for undocumented patients in emergencies. But when a patient is too sick to be discharged, some turn to a controversial practice.
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Listen 11:30Are financial incentives holding back cures?
A promising new cure sparked a wave of renewed interest in gene therapies about a decade ago — but it also set off alarm bells in the financial world.
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Listen 11:55There is no general cure for HIV, a chronic disease that affects more than 39 million people globally, including more than 18,000 in Philadelphia.
4 months ago
New Pennsylvania law aims to help local pharmacies
Since January, more than 140 pharmacies across the state have shut down.
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