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Harry Azoff, 93, checkered shirt in an easy chair
Arts & Entertainment

Serious illness gives way to comic relief as Philly hospice patient helps craft comedy

Despite his 93 years and end-stage renal disease, Harry Azoff is surprisingly active.

8 years ago

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Split screen of Republicans U.S. Reps. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania (left) and Tom MacArthur; dent in blue tie, MacArthur in red
Politics & Policy

GOP conducts post-mortem on failed attempts to dislodge Obamacare

Republican U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur of South Jersey put his neck out when he teamed up with far-right conservatives to reach the deal that ended with an Obamacare-repeal bill.

8 years ago

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Homeless veteran James Thomas, 62, who was sleeping along the Miami River, talks with officials from the Veteran's Administration during the Point In Time Homeless Census, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Miami.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Far from battlefield, soldiers forced to continue fighting

Most of us recall when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, but in the American post-war narrative, many recently retired troops have become marginalized by our government.

8 years ago

Author Marta Rusek is shown in various photographs at various ages of her life.
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Autism found me, and then I found my voice

Since my diagnosis with autism in 2015 at age 30, a bolder, more outspoken side of myself has emerged.

8 years ago

A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Health

Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials

Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.

8 years ago

Mary Jo Groves, a medical doctor from Springfield, Ohio, attends a rally hosted by The Mad As Hell Doctors tour to raise support for health care reform and a single payer system, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at Lafayette Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Radio Times
Health

Dems line up behind Medicare-for-all, GOP tries to repeal ACA

Guests: Jeff Stein, Walter Tsou, Micah Weinberg When Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer healthcare bil ...

Air Date: September 22, 2017

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A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials

Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000. The syndrome can occur if a woman ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, flanked by people whose loved ones have been addicted to opioids, announces new details of a 41-state investigation into the role of pharmaceutical companies in the opioid epidemic. (Laura Banshoff/WHYY)
Courts & Law

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

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Money

Abortion-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

 In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. U.S. investigators are chasing many theories about what’s harming American diplomats in Cuba, including a sonic attack, electromagnetic weapon or flawed spying device. (Desmond Boylan/AP Photo, File)
Health

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

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Science

Philly offers training on overdose rescues

The City of Philadelphia is holding several free ...

8 years ago

 Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price looks on, at the Mirmont Treatment Center Friday Sept.15, 2017, in Media, Pa. Conway and Price toured the center for drug and alcohol addiction recovery and discussed the opiod crisis. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

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

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 A panel of professors at the University of Pennsylvania discuss the opioid addiction epidemic. They are (from left) dental surgeon Elliot Hersh, psychiatrist Kyle Kampman, registered nurse Peggy Compton, chemist Jeffrey Saven and veterinarian Mary Robinson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Leftover 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

 Sarah Fuller (right)died on March 25, 2016 after becoming addicted to a fentanyl pain killer. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Fuller)
Health

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

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Health

Fears 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

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