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The Ruth Williams House at Broad and Boston Streets in Philadelphia has 88 units for those in need of affordable housing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Housing
Philadelphia
Public Health

Project Home unveils new housing in North Philly for those in recovery

The Ruth Williams House’s 88 new units are reserved for those who have been homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.

8 years ago

This longhorned tick was discovered on a farm in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in November.  (Photo courtesy N.J. Department of Agriculture)
Environment
New Jersey

Invasive tick species found last year in New Jersey survived winter

The longhorned tick is known to transmit diseases in East Asia, but no disease has been detected in the ones found in Hunterdon County.

8 years ago

A sample of cannabidiol (CBD) oil is dropped into water. Supplements containing the marijuana extract are popular and widely sold as remedies for a variety of ailments and aches. But scientific evidence that they work hasn't yet caught up for most applications, researchers say. (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images)
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Medicine
Mental Health

Anxiety relief without the high: New studies on CBD, a cannabis extract

As more states legalize marijuana, there's growing interest in a cannabis extract — cannabidiol, also known as CBD.

8 years ago

A homeless person takes shelter under an overpass on North 5th Street.
Addiction
Philadelphia

Amid Pa. opioid disaster, lacking ID still a barrier to treatment

It's not easy to hold onto your possessions when you're living on the street, and that also goes for your license or birth certificate.

8 years ago

5,500 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they've engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they've bullied themselves this way more than once.
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Home & Family
Kids
Technology

When teens cyberbully themselves

They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.

8 years ago

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
Mental Health
Public Safety

After air accidents, survivors grapple with flying again

Plane crashes are rare, but when they happen, people often survive them.

8 years ago

Voices in the Family
Mental Health

Moving Past Outrage Fatigue

The current political atmosphere has many people feeling distressed. What’s the best way to cope with our emotions when we’re outrage ...

Air Date: April 20, 2018

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Meghan Adorno squeezes some lemons for almost-instant chickpea-tomato soup, from her favorite cookbook, Vegan on the Cheap. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Environment

Chickpea soup for the planet

Thirty-four-year-old Meghan Adorno says being vegan is about keeping herself healthy, protecting animals, and saving the planet.

8 years ago

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Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites.
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Debate over Philly’s safe injection site plan gets personal

Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites. The debate has infused their conversations, in all hours of the day and night.

8 years ago

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Health Care
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity

Penn study finds most black men with trauma aren’t getting treatment

Among black men in Philadelphia who’ve suffered traumatic injuries, most psychological symptoms are not treated.

8 years ago

(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pa. medical marijuana rule change will let patients vape

Soon, medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania won’t just be limited to taking oils, pills, and liquid forms of the drug.

8 years ago

Sarah Evans, a senior program officer at the Open Society Foundations, speaks to Philadelphia's opioid task force in March 2017 about Vancouver's safe injection site. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Addiction
Philadelphia
Public Health

Safe injection sites are one answer to the opioid crisis

With 1,200 overdose-related deaths in 2017, Philadelphia is suffering some of the worst effects of the nation’s opioid crisis.

8 years ago

This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)
Gender
Kids
National

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

8 years ago

The Pulse

Make (a) Way: Transcript

This is a transcript of our "Make (a) Way" episode.

8 years ago

Feranmi Okanlami is a doctor at Michigan Medicine and became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013, during his medical residency. (Courtesy Feranmi Okanlami)
The Pulse
Health Care
Medicine
Mental Health

What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?

Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.

8 years ago

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