The Pulse Archive

 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 ...

A look at how infections can leap from animals to people and how public health officials prepare for the next possible pandemic.  ...

Australian researcher Peter Gibson recently conducted a study, which seemingly contradicts his own earlier research that found gluten to ...

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 ...

A little-known corner of the Affordable Care Act could usher home visits  by doctors back into the medical mainstream. A long ...

Dr. Marisa Weiss had been treating breast cancer for over 20 years when she got her own breast cancer diagnosis four years ago.  ...

On this special edition of The Pulse, we take a close look at waiting, from medical offices to a local produce market and a research lab. ...

On Tuesday night, elementary and middle school student authors had a book launch for their 2014 publication Leading Healthy Change in ...