The Pulse Archive

The Veterans Administration is comprised of 320,000 employees, 971 hospitals, and a $165 billion budget all designed to serve some nine-m ...

Phillip Carter, Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, has a plan to fix the t ...

They’re quiet, they’re green (or greener, anyway, depending on the power plant) and they’ll get you a rebate — but st ...

The pattern is subtle, but the pink squiggles on Dr. Matthew Anderson’s blue silk tie are definitely tiny flamingos.   ...

So, what do the people who will help shape the future of medicine have to say about their future in medicine? Last week, Thomas Je ...

Twenty-two states have made medical marijuana available to patients.  It’s legal in New Jersey and Delaware.  In Pennsylvania, th ...

 We check back in with Temple University’s Erik Cordes after a three-week, ocean acidification research trip.  A f ...

We are very proud to announce that The Pulse received three awards in the 2013 Pennsylvania AP Broadcasters Association contest.  ...

First responders are often affected by post-traumatic stress, or have trouble coping with the tragedies they witness on their jobs. ...

Many recent immigrants in Philadelphia, who are signed up for health insurance through the ACA, now face special hurdles in using that ne ...

Long ago doctors visited the sick, instead of the other way around. Around the time of the Civil War, doctors made 30 to 40 house calls p ...

GMOs aren’t the Frankensteinian monsters they’ve been accused of being. In fact, they may be crucial to feeding the skyrocket ...

Would you pay $250,000 for a suborbital ride through space? That’s how much tickets are selling for aboard Virgin Galactic ...

In this week’s Patient Files, pastor Stephen Weisser talks about beating the odds to survive a rare chronic disease.  ...

Pondering how you ponder, with the help of the Franklin Institute’s brand-new brain exhibit. There’s a brand-new build ...