Medicine
A risky but possibly lucrative mix: Nursing homes and COVID-19 patients
Canceled elective procedures mean many facilities are no longer getting short-term residents paid for by Medicare. Medicaid pays less for long-term care.
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The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.
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Philly area hospitals grapple with shortage of drugs to put patients on ventilators
It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Listen 1:41Coronavirus offers the chance to explore telehealth’s wider potential
Remote visits are essential to reduce the spread of the virus. After COVID-19, which populations might still benefit? Where might digital medicine fall short?
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The “save-the-most-lives” approach will exacerbate the already-existing health care inequalities, argues Dr. Hannah McLane, an occupational medicine physician.
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Cats can get coronavirus. How worried should you be?
A study published in the journal Science now says the virus can infect both felines and ferrets. But there are some important caveats to the findings.
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Penn doctor uses his near-death experiences to research why COVID-19 patients crash
Facing the cytokine storm — David Fajgenbaum brings his first-hand experience with cytokine storms to bear on this new coronavirus.
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Listen 09:10Finding Resilience During a Pandemic
Air Date: April 10, 2020
Listen 49:47Doylestown Hospital has a sterile solution to the N95 mask shortage
The Bucks County facility uses hydrogen peroxide vapor tech to decontaminate its supply of face masks prized for its ability to filter 95% of particles.
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Listen 1:22What’s the antibody coronavirus test Chester County is using?
The county started its program Wednesday: 10,000 test kits have already arrived and 10,000 more are expected next week.
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Listen 1:49It’s not all about the face mask. How you wear it matters, too
Don’t go out without a mask, we’re urged. Our reporter tried making a few designs, and learned that how you treat your mask is important as well.
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COVID-19 makes life more difficult for those with cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis advocate Emily Kramer-Golinkoff tells Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn how the coronavirus pandemic has made her life more difficult.
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Listen 5:10We look at how the coronavirus disproportionately affects people living in poverty and talk about gun violence in Philadelphia during the outbreak.
Air Date: April 7, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:14Pennsylvania nearing peak of COVID-19 pandemic, projections show
The Keystone State gets a positive prognosis, while New Jersey’s death toll worsens, in the latest projections.
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COVID-19 brings ‘cataclysmic changes’ for people giving birth in Philadelphia area
With the pandemic, more are interested in home births, some ask for induced labor, and some are coming from New York to see about having babies here.
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