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 Bob Schmidt fields phone calls from Texas flood victims in Philadelphia. (Courtesy Bob Schmidt)
Philadelphia

Area volunteers join effort to aid Texas flood victims

Volunteers and emergency responders from the Delaware Valley are pitching in to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. With em ...

8 years ago

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Medicine
Public Safety

New role: Deputy coroner helps save heroin overdose victim

A Pennsylvania woman who gets paid to pronounce people dead is being credited with helping save the life of a heroin overdose victim. ...

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania
Public Health
Public Safety

Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...

8 years ago

Interim Philadelphia DA Kelley Hodge
Radio Times
Home & Family
Policing

Interim DA Kelley Hodge / what is boredom?

Guests: Kelley Hodge, Mary Mann Interim district attorney of Philadelphia ...

Air Date: August 24, 2017

Listen 00:49:00
The Pulse

Trying to manage mental illness in the workplace

When the CEO responds to your out of the office email about taking ...

8 years ago

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 MaryAnn Dakkak, a doctor in a hospital and mother of two, escaped to upstate New York to unplug and let her mind and body unwind. (Courtesy of MaryAnn Dakkak)
The Pulse

Why vacations might make you a better worker

There are science-based reasons to take all your vacation days. Each Labor Day, we acknowledge workers for their contributions to ...

8 years ago

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 The smokestacks of the former Lucas paint factory loom over the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. Contamination at the site stems from improper paint disposal by Lucas Paint Works and its successor, Sherwin Williams Inc. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

South Jersey paint factory caused ‘cancer cluster,’ lawsuit alleges

Several current and former Camden County residents have developed cancer and other illnesses as a result of toxic contamination emanating ...

8 years ago

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 New Jersey Attorney General Chris Porrino showing one of the cameras the office lends out to those wishing to keep tabs on those caring for elderly relatives (New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs)
Aging
New Jersey

New Jersey offers ‘Care Cam’ to nursing home patients, families

A state-run program employing hidden cameras to prevent and catch elder abuse in New Jersey is reaching new territory. Attorney Ge ...

8 years ago

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Environment
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia students get dirt under their nails producing fresh fruit for their neighborhoods

In a city where far too many lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables, opportunities for communities to create their own sources of hea ...

8 years ago

a grumpy man
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

Find the positive in feeling negative

When you’re feeling grumpy, or irritated, or sad – the best remedy might be to embrace those negative feelings – that ...

Air Date: August 22, 2017

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Environment
New Jersey

Panic is the biggest enemy for those caught in a rip current

“Don’t Panic.” In Douglas Adam’s brilliant sci-fi comedy “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ...

8 years ago

 (NewsWorks file photo)
New Jersey
Public Health

Trenton Water Works alerts homeowners of high lead levels, warns against drinking water

Dangerously high lead levels have been discovered in water at more than a dozen of nearly 120 homes and buildings tested recently by the ...

8 years ago

First
Delaware
Medicine
National

First Person: Dr. Kara Odom Walker

First Person this week is the head of Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services Dr. Kara Odom Walker. We discuss t ...

8 years ago

 Under the 2nd street bridge in El Campamento, Kensington/Fairhill section of Philadelphia. (Photo by Jeffrey Stockbridge, https://kensingtonblues.com/)
The Pulse
Homelessness
Infrastructure
Public Health

The story behind Philly’s heroin encampment

As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...

8 years ago

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 New Jersey is trying to lure more psychiatrists to underserved rural areas. (Bigstock)
Behavioral Health
Mental Health
New Jersey

New Jersey offers incentives for psychiatrists to set up shop in rural, low-income areas

Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the  pinch more strongly. Ech ...

8 years ago

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