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Medicine

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Health

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.

1 year ago

A carpenter who is undocumented and uninsured recovers in a hospital bed after being struck by a motorcycle on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, Pa. (Courtesy of Claudia Martínez).
The Pulse
Health

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.

1 year ago

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The Pulse
Health

Are 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.

1 year ago

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Science

The Wistar Institute will build a new biomedical center in West Philly dedicated to HIV cure research

There is no general cure for HIV, a chronic disease that affects more than 39 million people globally, including more than 18,000 in Philadelphia.

1 year ago

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Politics & Policy

New Pennsylvania law aims to help local pharmacies

Since January, more than 140 pharmacies across the state have shut down.

1 year ago

FILE - The injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. Even as millions of older adults clamor for drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, monthly use of the medications known as GLP-1 receptor agonists soared nearly 600% between 2020 and 2023 in people under 25 – and as young as 12. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Science

A Philly lab reveals how obesity drugs like Ozempic cause nausea

The study focused on semaglutide, the active ingredient in drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic. It is known to reduce feelings of hunger while increasing feelings of nausea.

1 year ago

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Health

Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here’s what to know

Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as insulin that require refrigeration. Inhalers can explode. Epinephrine injectors such as EpiPens can malfunction. \

1 year ago

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Health

Ozempic’s popularity leads to shortages for people with Type 2 diabetes

These medications have been so wildly successful that the drugmakers can’t keep up with demand.

1 year ago

Media-resident Jacqueline Vakil and her 4-year-old son, James.
Health

Discontinued asthma medication sends Philly-area patients scrambling, in some cases to the emergency room

Some Philadelphia-area doctors say admissions to intensive care and asthma deaths among children have gone up this year, partly because of supply issues.

1 year ago

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Health
Spotlight PA

ADHD patients in Pa. struggle to find medication and maintain normalcy amid ongoing shortage

Shortages of ADHD medications have forced patients to ration and to spend hours calling different pharmacies to get prescriptions filled.

1 year ago

Biden Emergency Abortions
Health

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

The Health and Human Services agency will also resume investigations into complaints against emergency rooms in Idaho.

1 year ago

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Courts & Law

The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

After deliberating more than six months, the justices in a 5-4 vote blocked an agreement hammered out with state and local governments and victims.

1 year ago

Doctor consulting patient about right medication.
The Pulse
Health

A neurologist took DIY treatments seriously. Has it sparked a breakthrough?

Rick Bedlack leads two programs dedicated to solving the mysteries of ALS.

1 year ago

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Health

Black Pennsylvanians are 50% less likely to receive naloxone, despite soaring overdose deaths, new study finds

Cultural, systemic and historical factors have converged to create the perfect storm when it comes to Black overdose deaths.

1 year ago

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Joseph Gidjunis explores fatherhood in the PBS show Grown Up Dad.
Studio 2
Health

How to give good advice, Biden’s medical debt proposal, modern fatherhood

Are you good at giving advice? We're talking to R. Eric Thomas who will have to answer people's questions in his new national advice column.

Air Date: June 13, 2024 12:00 pm

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