The Pulse Archive

Several weeks ago, the government adjusted its estimate o ...

Nalaxone or Narcan is one powerful drug, with powerful, immediate effects. So how does this lifesaving drug actually work? It come ...

Penn professor James Serpell explains the complicated conundrum of granting “non-human personhood” to animals.  T ...

Sixteen-year-old Adam Fishbein explains what Tourette Syndrome is – and perhaps more importantly, what it is not. Ameri ...

Hundreds of cyclists recently helped raise $1.4 million dollars to fund rare disease research.  There’s a good chance t ...

Overdose deaths from heroin have been rising all over the country, but some police officers now have a tool that could help prevent those ...

We shadow Bretagne on a training run through the city with her new owner, Wayne Mowry.  It’s a summer day in Philadelph ...

Managing diabetes takes time and effort. So, how do you do that.. at work? We all know someone with diabetes. The count has soared ...

The Philadelphia region is a hub for the pharmaceutical i ...

A Pennsylvania company is in the running for one of the biggest environmental prizes ever — with $25 million going to the winner. ...

We all hate discussing death…even doctors avoid it, focusing instead on treatment option after treatment option. Because of this, m ...

Imagine you’re at home. You have cancer. You just had another round of chemo, and the phone rings. Imagine you’re at h ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

This week marks international HIV testing day with testing-related activities going on all over the region.   This wee ...

“Proof” author Adam Rogers explains our relationship with booze. It’s always happy hour somewhere, and in his re ...