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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, Passengers wear protective face masks at the departure hall of the high speed train station in Hong Kong. (Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
Delaware
Public Safety

Possible coronavirus case under investigation in central Delaware

According to the latest numbers from the CDC, there have been five confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. Ninety-two cases are still under investigation.

6 years ago

William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia (Google Maps)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Chinese student tests negative for coronavirus, but exchange program ends early

The Chinese exchange student visiting William Penn Charter School who exhibited signs of a respiratory illness tested negative for coronavirus.

6 years ago

(Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Health Care
Billy Penn

When Philly paramedics arrive, many overdose victims have vanished

As Narcan’s widespread availability saves lives, it complicates treatment efforts.

6 years ago

Many Americans report that their insurance plans sometimes deny coverage for a medication their doctor thinks they need. (Jesse Zhang for NPR)
NPR
Income Inequality
Medicine

When insurance won’t cover drugs, Americans make ‘tough choices’ about their health

The majority of Americans have health insurance that includes coverage for prescription drugs. But unfortunately that doesn't ensure that they can afford specific drugs.

6 years ago

William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia (Google Maps)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Coronavirus in Philly? Don’t panic, say officials as they test exchange student

A Chinese exchange student is being tested for coronavirus because he is exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Philadelphia health officials say: don’t panic.

6 years ago

Chelsea and Ethan Holtsoi in front of their cabin near Many Farms on the Navajo Reservation. (Eilís O’Neill/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Environment
Kids

On the reservation, asthma is especially tough to control

Since the 1980s, asthma has been increasing across all ages and ethnic groups in the U.S. But it’s a bigger problem among Native Americans.

6 years ago

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A new guide gathers information and resources to assist parents with the challenge of providing care in the home. (Screenshot of Pennsylvania Homecare Association website)
Books
Medicine

‘The Care We Share’ helps families navigate their children’s complex new medical needs

A new guide gathers information and resources to assist parents with the challenge of providing care in the home.

6 years ago

Consuelo McGowan from SERCAP collects samples for testing at a mobile home in Ellendale, Del. McGowan works for a non-profit that provides kits for testing well water. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Disconnected: Thousands in Delaware lack access to safer public water

In rural and unincorporated parts of fast-growing Sussex County, 98,000 residents rely on private wells. In many areas, the water is tainted, undrinkable.

6 years ago

Listen 5:44
As more cases continue to be confirmed, health officials and medical works in Wuhan, China, and throughout the country ramp up efforts to contain the spread. (Dake Kang/AP Photo)
NPR
International
Public Health

Coronavirus update: What’s new in the evolving outbreak

Saturday's Lunar New Year celebrations were dampened in China by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and travel restrictions affecting 46 million people.

6 years ago

In this Jan. 23, 2020, file photo, a policeman uses a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint at a highway toll gate in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider, but it is made possible by the ruling Communist Party's extensive social controls and experience fighting the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS. (Chinatopix via AP)
International

Social controls, SARS experience help China close off cities

Cutting off access to entire cities with millions of residents to stop a new virus outbreak is a step few countries other than China would consider.

6 years ago

J. Joseph Kim, co-founder and CEO of Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Rich Myers)
International
Medicine
Public Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Montco biopharm firm gets $9M grant to battle China’s new coronavirus

Inovio Pharmaceuticals received a grant to support development of a vaccine against the recently emerged strain of coronavirus.

6 years ago

Shane Phillips (Courtesy of Regina Phillips)
Kids
New Jersey

New Jersey joins Pa., Del. in screening newborns for a potentially deadly genetic disorder

New Jersey joins Pennsylvania and Delaware in testing babies for spinal muscular atrophy. But the test catches only 95% of cases.

6 years ago

Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia is home of the Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support. (Philadelphia Business Journal)
Health Care
Public Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Saint Joseph’s, Jefferson partner to train future doctors as autism specialists

The collaboration seeks to combine Jefferson's clinical expertise with the work already being done to educate autism professionals at Saint Joseph's Kinney Center for Autism

6 years ago

In this photo provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, federal agents from the HHS Office of Inspector General prepare for operations in the Atlanta region Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General / via AP)
Health Care
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

Deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in Pa. went unreported, says federal regulator

Thousands of unreported “critical incidents,” including two deaths and cases of abuse and neglect, were found in an audit of medical claims.

6 years ago

(Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Addiction
Philadelphia

Philly to start tracking doctors to target opioid overprescribers

Roughly 1% of the doctors write a quarter of all opioid prescriptions, and another 10% write half of them. Half of the doctors don’t ever prescribe opioids.

6 years ago

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