Health
Temple hospital workers sign contract, avert strike
The new contract increases wages, reduces mandatory overtime, and includes protections against workplace violence. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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$6 million Temple study aims to reduce Black maternal mortality
A big new study at Temple University will try to reduce the unusually high mortality rate for Black women during and after pregnancy. In Philly last decade, they made up 43% of births, but 73% of related deaths. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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City health dept. seeks to make HIV testing available in pharmacies
As part of the local Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is taking initiatives to make low-barrier HIV testing and linkage to care accessible in certain Philadelphia pharmacies. (Read more.)
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Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance kicks off in the Delaware Valley. Here’s What you need to know
Starting Tuesday, thousands of residents in the Delaware Valley will be able to sign up for new health insurance plans, or review their existing ones, through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. From: WHYY (Read more.)
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More women and people of color on university and hospital boards, report says, but few chair them
In 2019, a local nonprofit and university-based center released a report on the lack of women on university and hospital boards in the Philadelphia region. Three years later, there has been marked improvement in both female representation, as well as in people of color. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Autism services for adults in Philly area still haven’t rebounded from COVID shutdowns
Even those with the best benefits available in Pennsylvania are finding it extraordinarily difficult to find day programs. (Read more.)
Community and Family
Mobile units in Philadelphia respond to mental health crises
Their mission is to diffuse a mental health crisis. They don’t have sirens or flashing lights. Unlike police, they don’t have handcuffs and guns. From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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Mobile units in Philadelphia respond to mental health crises
Their mission is to diffuse a mental health crisis. They don’t have sirens or flashing lights. Unlike police, they don’t have handcuffs and guns. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
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Temple University Hospital employees picket over working conditions, low wages
Several hundred union nurses, health technicians, dietitians, and other workers staged an informational picket Friday to raise awareness in the community about what they call unsafe working conditions at the city’s largest general acute care hospital. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Community and Family
How one mom makes healthy meals with all WIC-approved groceries
The foods people are eligible to receive through WIC can be limited, and figuring out how to make a nutritious meal from them requires some culinary creativity. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)