Medicine
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
Listen 0:00GOP 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
Listen 0:00Far 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
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
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
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
Listen 00:49:54Opioid 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
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
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