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Health & Science

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)
Science

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

NASA has called off its second launch attempt for its new moon rocket because of yet another fuel leak.

3 years ago

Rochelle Walensky looks on at something off-camera.
NPR
Health

There’s no bad time to get a new COVID booster if you’re eligible, CDC director says

Americans will now have access to updated COVID booster shots. What should you keep in mind? CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has answers.

3 years ago

Tired exhausted nurse wears face mask blue uniform
The Pulse
Health

Fighting Burnout

The pandemic hasn’t just changed how we live — it’s changed how we work, and how we feel about our jobs. One of the major r ...

Air Date: September 2, 2022

Listen 50:04
A close-up of a nurse injecting a syringe, filled with a vaccine, into a patient's arm.
Health

Philadelphia calling for proposals to expand monkeypox vaccine outreach

The health department is offering grants to expand monkeypox vaccination services and outreach for populations who are at high risk for the disease.

3 years ago

Gov. Wolf speaks at a podium surrounded by elected officials and others.
Health
Spotlight PA

Thousands of Pa. nursing home workers may strike despite $600M for care in state budget

Workers for two for-profit companies fear the bulk of the money won’t be used to alleviate longer working hours, expanded job responsibilities, and more.

3 years ago

Terri Spina chokes back tears after placing a marker for her daughter in the Philadelphia Overdose Memorial Garden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly’s Overdose Memorial Garden honors those who have died from substance use disorders

The garden, open through September, honors loved ones who have died from opioid and substance use disorders, and calls attention to an ongoing addiction epidemic.

3 years ago

Silhouette of a COVID-19 vaccine being prepared.
Health

FDA authorizes updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

The hope is that the modified boosters will blunt yet another winter surge.

3 years ago

Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg walks among thousands of white flags planted in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19
NPR
Health

Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is now the lowest it's been since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

3 years ago

An up-close photo of fentanyl test strips.
Health

With fentanyl tied to 83% of Delaware overdoses, state now providing free test strips

The synthetic painkiller is 50 times stronger than heroin, and two milligrams can kill. Officials want users to know if it’s in their heroin, cocaine, and other drugs.

3 years ago

File photo: Shown is the Robert Indiana sculpture ''LOVE'' in Philadelphia's Love Park. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Philly families honor lost loved ones on International Opioid Overdose Awareness Day

Families and communities in the Greater Philadelphia area will come together on Wednesday, August 31, to remember and honor loved ones lost to addiction.

3 years ago

Moiya McTier is the author of The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy. (photo/Mindy Tucker)
Radio Times
Science

An autobiography of the Milky Way

A new book is written from the witty, sharp, sometimes self-indulgent perspective of our Milky Way galaxy, detailing what it's like to look down on tiny planet Earth.

Air Date: August 30, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
Materials necesarry for administering naloxone are visible.
Health

Pennsylvania naloxone mailing program tops 10,000 doses

A new program that allows naloxone to be mailed to those who want it is being credited with helping reduce the number of fatal overdoses in the state.

3 years ago

A visitor checks in at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination site in California.
Health

Philly reports 70 new monkeypox cases as vaccination effort inches on

Monday's update ties the previous record for most cases reported in Philadelphia during a single week.

3 years ago

Astronaut Charlie M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. (John W. Young/NASA)
NPR
Science

NASA is set to return to the moon. Here are 4 reasons to go back

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there.

3 years ago

Workers place bags of shells containing baby oysters into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Science

Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding N.J. shorelines

As sea levels rise and buildings by coasts are increasingly endangered, communities around the world are turning to the small but mighty oyster to help stabilize shorelines.

3 years ago

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