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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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In this April 23, 2021, file photo, a health care worker inoculates Dr. Virma Rivas with the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as part of a vaccination campaign in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
International
Politics
Public Health

From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines

This stark access gap is prompting increased calls across the world for the U.S. to start shipping vaccine supplies to poorer countries.

5 years ago

As awareness of opioid addiction has grown, new treatments have emerged, including new forms of medication-assisted treatment. (NJTV News)
Addiction
Criminal Justice
Health Care
Incarceration
Medicine

New study looks at medication assisted drug treatment after Medicaid expansion

Even as more people get treatment overall, people with criminal justice involvement still remain less likely to get medication for opioid use disorder.

5 years ago

A new study by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found no obvious safety concerns in some 35,000 pregnant people who were vaccinated, including in the third trimester. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

CDC director recommends pregnant people receive COVID-19 vaccines

Pregnant individuals reported pain at the injection site more frequently than their nonpregnant counterparts but fewer follow-up symptoms such as headache, chills, muscle pain

5 years ago

People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Food & Drink
Public Health

Philly bars are back: City allows bar seating to reopen as COVID cases decline

The relaxed regulation allows bars to allow patrons back in limited numbers and with barriers between drinkers and bartenders.

5 years ago

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers, of Waxhaw, N.C., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Medicine
National
Public Health

US health panel urges restarting J&J COVID-19 vaccinations

A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.

5 years ago

For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree. (Sangoiri/ Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Biology

Science vs science: The contradictory fight over whether electromagnetic hypersensitivity is real

For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree.

5 years ago

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Charter School of Wilmington students march following an Earth Day rally in support of a Green Amendment to Delaware's Constitution.
Delaware
Environment
Politics
Sustainability

‘Green Amendment’ designed to bake environmental protections into Delaware Constitution

Delaware’s Green Amendment would create a Constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

5 years ago

Overdose fatalities overall rose in Philadelphia during the pandemic, but not among the city's white population
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

During the pandemic, fatal overdoses spiked for Black and Latino Philadelphians

Nearly three dozen departments will work together to combat the rise, which happened in totally new areas of the city.

5 years ago

Passengers wearing protective gear arrive to board their plane
NPR
International
Public Health
Travel

U.S. issues more than 115 ‘Do Not Travel’ advisories, citing risks from COVID-19

Just a week ago, only 33 countries were on the U.S. Do Not Travel list. New additions include Canada, Mexico, Germany, the U.K., and dozens of other countries.

5 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Penn, Drexel to require student vaccinations this fall; weekend mass vaccine clinics

Mass vaccination clinics this weekend aim to get jabs into thousands more arms. And Penn joins the growing list of universities requiring students to be vaccinated this fall.

5 years ago

A person receives the COVID-19 vaccine while sitting at a large table
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Workers in Pa. prisons, COVID-19 hotspots, aren’t getting vaccinated. Here’s why that’s dangerous

Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.

5 years ago

Registered Nurse Rita Alba points out to Beltran Orlando the return date on his vaccination card
New Jersey
Public Health
Travel

Debate over ‘vaccine passports’ comes to New Jersey

A South Jersey lawmaker wants to ban the state from requiring “vaccine passports,” even though proof of vaccination is standard for schools and some jobs.

5 years ago

Keidy Ventura receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Gov. Murphy believes people will trust J&J vaccine again

Despite public setbacks for the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy believes that people will ‘have faith’ in how safe the vaccine is.

5 years ago

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

Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccines rolling out in Montgomery County, but long road ahead

Montgomery County officials reminded residents to stay safe. While vaccines are being administered, COVID-19 has not reached herd immunity.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden holds a mask in his hand as he speaks from a podium
National
Public Health

White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations

With more than 50% of adults at least partially vaccinated and roughly 28 million vaccine doses being delivered each week, demand has eclipsed supply.

5 years ago

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