Health
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Aaron Favila
Chinese authorities begin quarantine of Wuhan city as coronavirus cases multiply
“Strictly implement emergency response requirements, enter into a state of war and implement wartime measures to resolutely curb the spread of this epidemic.”By Amy Cheng and Emily Feng/NPR -
Julio Cortez
Federal government may tighten restrictions on service animals on planes
Under the new rules, service animals would have a stricter definition.By Merrit Kennedy/NPR -
Sarah Boden
Locked emergency room, no answers: Ellwood City still without hospital
No one in Ellwood City seems to know if or when the hospital will reopen, and Americore hasn’t responded to media requests.
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Toby Talbot
Philly to start tracking doctors to target opioid overprescribers
Despite their yearslong effort to urge doctors to prescribe fewer opioids, Philadelphia health officials say there are still too many pills being dispensed in the region.
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Dake Kang
Health officials in China say 9 dead from newly identified Coronavirus
“The virus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract. It may mutate and there is risk of further spread.”By Scott Neuman/NPR -
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
Deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in Pa. went unreported, says federal regulator
Thousands of unreported “critical incidents,” including two deaths and cases of abuse and neglect, were found in an audit of medical claims.
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Dake Kang
First case of new coronavirus detected in U.S.
About 300 cases of the virus and six deaths have been reported in China, and health officials there and around the world are ramping up precautions to stem the spread.
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HealthCare.gov
State House Democrats attempt to force a vote on package of health care bills
Representative Dan Frankel says Republicans in Harrisburg “are in lockstep” with Republicans in Washington, “on a mission to basically bring down the Affordable Care Act.” -
Kimberly Paynter
Supervised injection at Prevention Point? Ahead of major ruling, Safehouse lacks location and funding
Safehouse, the nonprofit behind Philadelphia’s proposed supervised injection facility, is waiting on a federal judge to determine whether it’s legal to open the first medical site of its kind in the U.S.
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Brett Sholtis
Lawmakers aim to stop closure of 2 Pennsylvania institutions for disabled
Gov. Wolf vows to veto the bill and to continue a decades-old trend away from institutional care. -
John Bazemore
Medicare for All? A public option? Health care terms, explained
The language in this debate is murky, confusing and hugely consequential.
By Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR
