Health
Guests: Sigrid Veasey, Ilene Rosen, Lauren Hale Getting a bad night’s sleep feels awful. And in recent years we ...
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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...
Air Date: November 16, 2018
Listen 47:22As Philly clears another encampment, what happened to homeless in previous sweep?
On Monday afternoon, a row of tents ran end to end in the Frankford Avenue underpass just north of Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia’s Kens ...
7 years ago
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.'
7 years ago
Ocean County measles outbreak expands
New Jersey health officials have confirmed five more cases of measles in a central New Jersey community.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Retailers plan to clear deadly paint removers from shelves, as EPA delays ban
Today, it's still legal to sell products containing both chemicals. Health and safety experts caution consumers to avoid using them — especially indoors.
7 years ago
Root beer’s Philadelphia roots
The concoction of sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry, wintergreen, and ginger has been saluted as one of the country's first convenience foods.
7 years ago
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