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Up-close view of emergency contraception packages.
NPR
Health Care
Law
Medicine

Emergency contraception: How it works, how effective it is and how to get it

Many advocates suggest women and all those who can get pregnant have emergency contraception on hand before they need it.

4 years ago

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The Pulse

How Science is Changing Sports

Science is constantly propelling athletes to run faster, jump higher, push harder, and break records. Scientific advances have become suc ...

Air Date: July 8, 2022

Listen 49:01
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NPR
Health Care
Law
National

Self-induced abortions can raise medical — and legal — questions for doctors

Doctors are thinking about how to help women who have questions or concerns after taking abortion pills at home — without putting themselves or their patients in jeopardy.

4 years ago

A 2003 electron microscope image shows a monkeypox virion.
Health Care
New Jersey
Public Health

Camden County reports first confirmed monkeypox case

A resident traveling out-of-state is Camden County’s first confirmed monkeypox case. They are isolated at home and being treated.

4 years ago

A medical assistant holds a patient's pregnancy test in her hands, while looking down at it.
NPR
Business
Employment
Health Care
National

How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work

Major companies like Nike and Tesla say they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel for the procedure.

4 years ago

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Radio Times
Books
Explainers
Health Care

The Joy of Sweat

Sweating is a weird biological function. Journalist Sarah Everts walks us through her taboo-busting book about the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating.

Air Date: July 5, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
People hold signs calling for more mental health support.
Behavioral Health
Kids
Mental Health
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. budgets $480.5M to bolster mental health services

Funds are earmarked for children’s programs, suicide prevention, training more mental health professionals, crisis hotline and more.

4 years ago

A doctor leans forward as she vaccinates a young child, who is crying as she is held by her mother.
Health Care
Home & Family
Kids
Philadelphia

Some Philadelphia parents scramble to find COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young kids

Some Philadelphia parents who are eager to vaccinate their infants and toddlers must be patient a little while longer.

4 years ago

Listen 3:21
A doctor holds a sign that reads,
NPR
Health Care
Law
Medicine

Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines

Justice Alito's abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.

4 years ago

People smile as fireworks go off overhead.
NPR
National
Public Health
Public Safety

Fireworks injuries have been rising. Here are some safety tips for July 4th

As July Fourth approaches, federal regulators are warning people to use fireworks safely, as a new report shows that fireworks-related injuries have been increasing.

4 years ago

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is shown from across the street on an overcast day.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

St. Christopher’s Hospital receives $54 million from neighboring medical institutions

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Temple Health, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and others will provide the funds over the course of the next two years.

4 years ago

Hand of a therapist or doctor untangling a tangle in the silhouette head of a patient
The Pulse

Talking Therapy

When we’re stressed, upset, feeling down, or off, most of us have things we do to decompress. Things we ...

Air Date: July 1, 2022

Listen 51:54
A woman administers a rapid COVID-19 test.
NPR
Public Health

Still testing positive after day 10? How to decide when to end your COVID isolation

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond?

4 years ago

Ellen Fraint holds her daughter, 7-month-old Jojo, as she receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘Give them a future’: Health officials urge Philly parents to get their kids vaccinated against COVID

Philly officials are trying to spread the word that city health centers have the COVID-19 vaccine available for children under 5.

4 years ago

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Christopher Black/AP)
Health Care
International
Public Health

WHO chief: U.S. abortion ruling ‘a setback,’ will cost lives

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a media briefing that decades of scientific data prove that access to safe and legal abortion saves lives.

4 years ago

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