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Health

 Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at an opioid forum hosted by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. AG says combating opioid abuse his top priority

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says opioid abuse has become the biggest threat to keeping Pennsylvania residents safe. ...

9 years ago

 Jon McConaughy, owner of Double Brook Farms, stands in the field with his flock of sheep. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Environment
Food & Drink

This farmer wants to give animals a better life — and death

Hear what a ‘kinder slaughter’ sounds like. As farmer Jon McConaughy wades through his flock of 400 sheep, lambs bleat, seemin ...

9 years ago

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All the curing at New England Charcuterie is done in one large drying room. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Food & Drink
Public Health

How the sausage is made, safely and free of harmful bacteria

Cured meat is a big food trend in the U.S. right now, but the meat isn’t cooked with heat, so it takes a bit of work to keep the sa ...

9 years ago

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel with her dairy cows. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Food & Drink
Technology

In the meat industry, cellular agriculture is a new frontier

Scientists are creating meat without killing animals. Some people sink their teeth into a piece of juicy, bloody steak and enjoy e ...

9 years ago

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 Dr. Jennifer Ramsey, Wildlife Veterinarian with Fish, Wildlife and Parks of Montana collects samples from a fox’s intestine during a necropsy at the lab in Bozeman. The fox may have died from eating a Japanese yew. (Jordon Neidermeier/for WHYY)
The Pulse

Homeowners, spate of animal deaths may come down to yew

Drop-dead gorgeous plant kills big game in the Rocky Mountain West. The Japanese yew is beautiful and deadly. So deadly, land ...

9 years ago

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 Elvis Rosado detoxed alone and was successful. Researchers say stories like his are rare. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse

Without medical support, DIY detox often fails

Kicking an addictive painkiller habit often requires prescriptions and counseling. By the time Elvis Rosado was 25, he was addicte ...

9 years ago

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 Genspace Lab Manager Will Shindel passes out pipette tips to the students while explaining their lab protocol for the day. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse

How a gene editing tool went from labs to a middle school classroom

It seems just like yesterday that the gene editing tool called CRISPR Cas9 burst into the science community with seemingly endless option ...

9 years ago

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Participants in the Survivors Parade of Pink and Salute to Forever Fighters wave to supporters on Eakins Oval during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event.
View Finders
Philadelphia

Race for the Cure draws thousands, raises millions

Thousands gathered on Eakins Oval Mother’s Day for the 27th Annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Families and friends gathered to w ...

9 years ago

a frat house
Radio Times
Home & Family
Kids
Mental Health

Fraternity hazing culture

Guests: Doug Fierberg, Gentry McCreary 18 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State University face c ...

Air Date: May 12, 2017

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 Four-year-old D’Juan Roane-Kirby
NewsWorks Tonight
Delaware
Home & Family
Kids

‘Driving’ to Delaware operating room gets kids revved up for dental surgery

Miniature vehicles are helping a Wilmington, Delaware, clinic ease fear before surgery and cut down on medication. Four-year-old D ...

9 years ago

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 The author is shown with her son, Kent. (Courtesy of Joyanna Wentzel)
Speak Easy
Home & Family
Medicine

A precarious 101 days for a premature baby

When I went to the doctor on a cold November evening to find out whether I was having a boy or a girl, the last thing I was expecting to ...

9 years ago

 David Dorschu and Deni Carise with Recovery Centers of America standing in a room at the Lighthouse at Mays Landing, a treatment center the company flipped for $1.25 million last year. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
The Pulse

From ’80s to now: Waves of investment in drug treatment can help, hurt patients

Just as the clothes we wear and the restaurants we visit follow trends, the illicit drugs we ingest cycle in and out of fashion. I ...

9 years ago

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Amos Ben-Yaacov, 1 day old
Speak Easy
Medicine
Technology

A newborn boy with a genetic heart condition; a father’s joy and dread

On Aug. 10, 2016, less than one month before my wife Kate was due to give birth to our second child, she and I received news that would change our lives forever.

9 years ago

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie holds a 49-day-old baby boy being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy, at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Behavioral Health
Medicine
New Jersey

Christie: Doctors key to cutting through opioid epidemic — yet some share blame

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s latest stop on a state-wide anti-opioid abuse tour was on Monday, in Princeton. Nearly 200 health ...

9 years ago

storm clouds
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

Can negative people learn to look on the bright side?

Most of us know somebody who is always negative – predicting worst-case scenarios, seeing only what wen ...

Air Date: May 1, 2017

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