The Pulse Archive

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. ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A childhood bout with polio propelled Art Caplan into his career as the nation’s pre-eminent medical ethicist.   First in ...

If walls could talk: One building’s story about a crisis that almost wiped out all of Philadelphia. If you’ve flown in ...