The Pulse Archive

Last week, the Corbett administration announced a Medicaid-alternative agreement with the federal government that would allow more people ...

In her new book, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz captures Mütter’s journey from young, sickly orphan to beloved surgeon and teacher ...

Dr. Abdalmajid Katranji has been treating badly wounded patients in a bare bones operation room for the past four years in Syria.  ...

A million Americans have trouble hearing high-pitched sounds, especially vets and people working industrial jobs. But makers of a new hyb ...

Scientists are starting to hear a new kind of message from far across the universe, the question is what (or who) is sending it? I ...

A Drexel-led team of scientists named a newly discovered dinosaur Thursday, a sauropod from southern Patagonia dubbed “Dreadnoughtu ...

In the fight against obesity, public health officials, the government and doctors are trying all kinds of things. In Philadelphia, they ...

The shattering news came, as it does for many women, after Susan Chase had a routine mammogram. When she got a phone message reque ...

In 2010, Pennsylvania passed a law prohibiting the shackling of pregnant inmates after their second trimester, but as reporter Audrey Qui ...

New research explores a potential relationship between legalizing medical marijuana and the number of opioid overdose deaths. New ...

If you live in Philadelphia, you may have noticed a new device on your home called a “smart meter.” Unlike the old meters, th ...

Eugene Tatom Sr. of Philadelphia was 22 years old, and almost done serving in Vietnam with the United States Marine Corps, when he steppe ...

Is family dinner making a comeback? It’s one of the newest ideas to fight childhood obesity in Philadelphia. Senbagam Viruda ...

You know the feeling…you’re trying to come up with a witty line, a clever metaphor, a song, a poem…and nothing. The har ...

A Philadelphia company uses feminine hygiene products to empower girls in developing countries. There are two hot trends in online ...