The Pulse Archive

There’s a bid in Philadelphia to ban electronic-cigarette use indoors. Councilman Bill Green introduced the proposal that would prohibi ...

A now-famous map made in 1855 used simple data to trace a cholera outbreak back to a single communal water pump, proving the effectivenes ...

When Philadelphia-based clinical psychologist Cynthia Baum-Baicker runs a therapy session, she listens with the ears of a musician and so ...

What do you do when you’re a health policy professor? In the case of Robert Field, health policy professor at Drexel University, yo ...

Anesthesia drugs are used in millions of patients every year but do doctors really know how they work?  On a recent Monday mo ...

A simple black-and-white street map made a Victorian physician a ‘legend.’ There’s plenty of disagreement about ...

Bedbugs have made a comeback in recent years, spawning stress and anxiety for those combatting home infestations. We hear from the scient ...

Are bedbugs making a comeback in places like Philadelphia?  Its scientific name is Cimex lectularius. But it’s commonly ...

A former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, who left the NFL 35 years ago, is now looking back from the vantage point of the stage. ...

A group of citizen scientists are measuring local ice in hopes of contributing to a bigger understanding of climate change. Concer ...

What kind of promise does 3D organ printing hold for our future?  Bioengineer Jordan Miller loves the mechanical whir of his ...

You think your dog is talented? Check out these dogs training for jobs in search and rescue, bomb sniffing and cancer detection.  ...

Meet one of the fosters behind the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia.  Ohlin is a beautiful, 16-month-old chocolate ...

It’s a very uncomfortable decision – how do you want to die? A Philadelphia pilot program is offering very sick patients a ch ...

Four years after an uproar over revamped mammography guidelines, women’s breast screening choices remain complex.  Back ...