Health & Science
Surrounded by Walruses: The Making of ‘Haulout’
In 2018, brother and sister filmmaking duo Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev traveled to a beach in the Siberian Arctic — an area in ...
Air Date: March 8, 2023
Listen 17:24Midwifery was relatively common in the U.S. before the early 1900s, but as surgical care and obstetrics rose in prominence, white male doctors began demonizing the profession.
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Listen 1:52The General George Meade School in Philadelphia adopted a national program that gives students a glimpse at a future career in nursing.
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Listen 3:24FDA: 2 more eyedrop brands recalled due to risks
The announcements follow a recall last month of eyedrops made in India that were linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections.
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Penn Medicine residents are demanding better working conditions amid growing unionization efforts
Residents at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital have joined a growing number of physician unionization efforts.
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Listen 4:30Novel method will help restore Delaware and New Jersey salt marshes
Climate change threatens to “drown” Delaware’s salt marshes. New funds from the National Wildlife Foundation will use a novel method to restore them.
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Philly has 4 medical schools, yet 1 in 5 residents don’t have a primary care provider | Opinion
When your caretakers can’t even get care, something is seriously wrong.
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Pennsylvania ranks near bottom of states in renewable energy generation
Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom of states when it comes to generating renewable energy.
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The first year of settlement funds from national opioid lawsuits have reached Camden County, where officials will prioritize treatment and naloxone access.
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Pests: We know them when we see them. The mice that lurk in our kitchens, the squirrels that steal our tomatoes, the mosquitoes that bite ...
Air Date: March 3, 2023
Listen 49:30How we decide which animals are pests, and why
Even for the most devoted animal lover among us, there are animals that we hate and try to avoid, or kill: rats, mice, pigeons, invasive snakes. We call these animals pests.
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Listen 22:01The nearly $80 million grant will help Nemours Children's Hospital focus on long-overlooked patients with cancer, blood illness, and sickle cell disease.
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Listen 1:11Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap
President Joe Biden brought up that cost cap during his annual State of the Union address last month. He called for insulin costs for everyone to be capped at $35.
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What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?
Since the COVID pandemic began three years ago, its origin has been a topic of much scientific — and political — debate.
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Former Eagles star, CBS anchor Irv Cross had brain disease CTE
Researchers said he suffered from stage 4 CTE, which is the most advanced kind of the disease. Cross was diagnosed with mild cognitive dementia in 2018.
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