
Medicine
Shapiro details massive, multistate probe into drug companies’ role in opioid crisis
Standing on the turf of Upper Dublin High School’s football field, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro drew the connection b ...
8 years ago
ListenAbortion-alternative group disagrees with audit showing it misused Pa. state funds [updated]
The Pennsylvania auditor general’s office has released a report claiming that a provider of abortion-alternative services misused t ...
8 years ago
Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing
There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it’s eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence ...
8 years ago
Philly offers training on overdose rescues
The City of Philadelphia is holding several free ...
8 years ago
On Delaware County visit, Trump emissaries point to progress on opioids
President Donald Trump campaigned on lifting the United States from the depths of the opioid epidemic. Amid criticism that his adm ...
8 years ago
ListenLeftover painkillers driving opioid crisis, Penn researcher says
A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania says one of the big narratives explaining the onset of the opioid crisis is wrong.&n ...
8 years ago
New Jersey mom takes story of daughter’s opioid death, role of drug company, to Congress
Deborah Fuller is nervous. The Camden County, New Jersey, resident is going before Congress next week to testify at a hearing on the role ...
8 years ago
ListenFears rise that cuts in ACA ad budget will hurt the most vulnerable
The Trump Administration is drastically reducing funding for Affordable Care Act outreach. The budget for the navigator program ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:44Delaware General Assembly holds first cannabis task force meeting
The first meeting of a task force studying issues around legalizing recreational marijuana in Delaware did little to bring polarizing opi ...
8 years ago
In India, there is an old saying that doctors are second to god on this earth. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ...
8 years ago
On Radio Times: New approach to fighting pediatric leukemia approved by the FDA
There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...
8 years ago
ListenOn Radio Times: New approach to fighting pediatric leukemia approved by the FDA
There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:11Plan for medical pot dispensary in Mt. Airy scratched
The company that had planned to open a dispensary for medical marijuana in Mt. Airy will look for another site after a huge outpouring of ...
8 years ago
First Person: Carper on healthcare
Senator Tom Carper is back with us on First this week. He created a national sensation a couple weeks ago by simply stating th ...
8 years ago
Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. Th ...
Air Date: September 1, 2017
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