Health
Philly doctors join national debate with NRA over gun safety
Dr. Samir Mehta treats a lot of gunshot victims. He doesn’t always see them in a crisis setting, like an ER doctor would, but he’s dealing with the long-term impacts.
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Air Date: November 19, 2018 12:00 am
Listen 46:27California offers safe space for firefighters to work through stress and trauma
Fighting fires has been compared to the military in another way — the stress that soldiers go through.
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Facebook increasingly reliant on A.I. to predict suicide risk
A year ago, Facebook started using artificial intelligence to scan people's accounts for danger signs of imminent self-harm.
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Air Date: November 16, 2018
Listen 47:22Forging family through adoption
Tara and Alan Atchison couldn’t have biological children. Here’s how they made a family anyway.
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Listen 06:53As Philly clears another encampment, what happened to homeless in previous sweep?
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Listen 4:03People with serious mental illnesses in Pa. face long wait for treatment
In the 12 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state funding for community mental health services has decreased, leaving services 'stretched thin.'
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Ocean County measles outbreak expands
New Jersey health officials have confirmed five more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community.
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Rate of births to white single moms accelerates
The rate of unmarried white females having babies nearly tripled between 1980 and 2016, rising from 10 percent to almost 30 percent.
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