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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Biology

Up in Smoke

The patch, the gum, lozenges, medication — it seems like there are endless ways to quit smoking. But for some people, none of them work ...

Air Date: May 14, 2021

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Sean Brown (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) as an infant with his great-grandmother, Mable Brown (Mama-on), who would tell him countless stories about the people he came from. (Photo courtesy of Sean Brown)
The Pulse
Behavioral Health
History

Sacred tobacco and American Indians, tradition and conflict

American Indians have the highest smoking rates in the country: US commercialization of tobacco continues to complicate sacred use of the plant.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley listens during a press briefing in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia health commissioner resigns: Tom Farley’s rise to power and fall from grace

Mayor Kenney asked his top doctor to step down after learning he mishandled remains of MOVE bombing victims.

5 years ago

Donald Cucuzzella receives a COVID-19 vaccine
Kids
New Jersey
Public Health

‘It felt like nothing!’ N.J. 12-year-olds get their first Pfizer shots

Kids ages 12 to 15 hoping for a return to normal put their fear of needles aside to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Moorestown Mall Thursday.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley speaks at a press conference ahead of the opening of the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in North Philadelphia on April 9, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Public Health

Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley resigns over mishandling of MOVE bombing remains

May 13, the day of the announcement of Farley’s resignation, which is effective immediately, is the 36th anniversary of the MOVE bombing.

5 years ago

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
National
Public Health

CDC: Fully vaccinated people can largely ditch masks indoors

The CDC will also no longer recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks outdoors in crowds.

5 years ago

Pediatrician Charles Goodman, left, talks to Frank Fierro, the father of 1 year-old Cameron Fierro. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Kids
Public Health
WITF

Pediatricians say GOP vaccination proposal in Pa. could put children, newborns at risk

The law would require doctors to let parents set their children’s immunization schedules.

5 years ago

Many of the changes in health care that happened during the pandemic are likely here to stay, such as conferring with doctors online more frequently about medication and other treatments. (d3sign/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

How health care in the U.S. may change after COVID: An optimist’s outlook

COVID-19 demonstrated that even in a behemoth industry like health care, change can come quickly when it's necessary.

5 years ago

Middle school student Elise Robinson receives her first coronavirus vaccination on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
Health Care
Kids
Public Health

What parents and kids need to know about getting the Pfizer vaccine

The Pfizer vaccine is now approved for kids ages 12 and up. Here’s what you need to know about how it works, side effects, and where to get the shots.

5 years ago

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners. (Zoom)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Montco on track to be below the 5% positivity rate by next week

With a five percent positivity rate within reach, the county is making a slight change to its masking policy for outdoor sports and exercises.

5 years ago

A Pfizer vaccine vial and syringe. A CDC advisory panel has recommended the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine be administered to adolescents age 12 to 15. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NPR
Kids
Public Health

CDC advisory panel recommends coronavirus vaccines for adolescents aged 12-15

The recommendation follows the FDA's extension of its emergency use authorization to children 12 to 15 of age earlier this week.

5 years ago

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Pennsylvania Hospital. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Kids 12-15 eligible for Pfizer vaccine upon CDC approval

Once the CDC director approves it as expected, New Jersey children ages 12 to 15 will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, health officials said Wednesday.

5 years ago

A health worker assists a resident at Passaic County’s vaccination site
New Jersey
Public Health

Persichilli defends N.J.’s long-term care policy, ongoing COVID restrictions in Senate hearing

N.J.’s top health official faced tough questions from state lawmakers Tuesday in a virtual hearing over the administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney, wearing a face mask, speaks at a podium
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware coronavirus case rates plummet to six-month low

New cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations continue to drop as Carney prepares to lift indoor capacity restrictions for dining, shopping and working.

5 years ago

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Public Health

Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to U.S. children as young as 12

The Food and Drug Administration says children 12 to 15 years old are now eligible to receive a key COVID-19 vaccine.

5 years ago

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