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Should websites be required to provide better access to the disabled?

Nearly a quarter century after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many web portals are still challenging to navigate. ...

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The Pulse – Feb. 6 2015

Health researchers have declared a new public enemy number one…sugar. In the past, this unenviable position has been occupied by fa ...

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After 10 years of delay and deliberation, Pennsylvania lawmakers have finally revamped the requirements for high school graduation. Gov. Tom Wolf intends to sign the measure. (Shutterstock)
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For sale: Medical school names, legacies

Dr. Danielle Ofri, of Bellevue Hospital and NYU, has reservations about selling a medical school’s name to someone with deep pocket ...

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Sugar: Health’s latest public enemy

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Julie Flygare was 22 years old when she was diagnosed with narcolepsy. (Steven Jackson/for WHYY)
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A day in the life of a narcoleptic

Imagine never feeling rested…ever. Julie Flygare battles narcolepsy every day, and for the most part, she wins. Julie Flygar ...

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What’s behind parents’ perspectives on vaccination?

Vaccines are a huge health topic right now, especially with the recent measles outbreak that originated in California’s Disneyland. ...

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Experiencing measles firsthand, despite being vaccinated

We’re in the middle of a measles scare right now, with over 100 documented cases all over the country – most of them tracing ...

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Sprinter Usain Bolt in Rio de Janeiro last August. It was once thought that tall men couldn't be world-class sprinters. Bolt shattered that idea
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‘Bigger, Faster, Stronger’…with the help of science

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Long distance listening: A special layer of ocean makes eavesdropping easier

How a layer of the Earth’s oceans unlock acoustic mysteries. Maurice Ewing and a team of American scientists set off from W ...

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Tax preparers brace themselves for clients who went without health insurance

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New Jersey writer Adrienne Simpson interviewed Drexel University biologist Jacob Russell about his bacteria research on ants. (Emma Lee/for WHYY)
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Ant guts provide insights into how symbiosis works

For this edition of “So, What Do You Do?,” a New Jersey writer sits down with a Drexel biologist to talk about the organisms ...

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The Pulse – Jan. 30 2015

Tax season has an added wrinkle this year—the Affordable Care Act. As a result of the mandate to carry health coverage, those who went ...

Air Date: January 29, 2015

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Portrait series focuses on people ‘Torn Apart’ by workplace injury

In 2009, George Beerley was operating heavy equipment at a construction site near Doylestown, Pa., when his machinery jammed. In 2 ...

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Why forecasting weather for the Philadelphia area is so hard to do

Many are calling this week’s hyped up weather forecast a blizzard bust for the Philadelphia region. So what happened? Tom Th ...

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POTUS: Precision Medicine Initiative will bring us closer to a cancer cure

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