Health & Science
How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects
About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.
3 years ago
Listen 1:01‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain
These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith.
3 years ago
Why there will be fewer Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines next week
It's the other side of a recent surge in Johnson & Johnson doses. The surge occurred because one of Johnson & Johnson's third party manufacturers was finally able to release.
3 years ago
Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream
Muddy water from pipeline construction flows at a rapid rate into West Valley Creek in Exton. DEP says no permit violations have occurred.
3 years ago
Murphy, first lady receive first vaccine shots at South Jersey mega site
Gov. Phil Murphy joined the more than three million people who have gotten at least one of their COVID-19 vaccine shots in the Garden State.
3 years ago
It is time to destroy spotted lanternfly eggs before they hatch
Philadelphia, consider it your springtime mission to scrape these bugs out of existence.
3 years ago
Fewer than half of eligible Delawareans have been vaccinated or signed up for shots
Gov. Carney has said he is concerned that roughly 20% of the eligible population won’t get inoculated. WHYY found the figure is currently above 50%.
3 years ago
Philadelphia’s 2nd FEMA vaccination site opening Saturday
The clinic is located in Hunting Park, in one of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP codes. The plan is to vaccinate 3,000 people a day.
3 years ago
Pa. lawmaker wants to compel Wolf administration to release details of wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses
The Department of Health denied a public records request, citing a decades-old law that it has frequently used to shield the public from scrutinizing its pandemic response.
3 years ago
A Delco senior living facility is full of people 70 and up. They only got vaccines in March
Ivy Creek in Glen Mills wanted an on-site vaccine clinic. ‘Independent’ seniors don’t qualify, the CDC said.
3 years ago
Listen 2:03Air Date: April 9, 2021
Listen 51:00A large proportion of incarcerated people have their chronic conditions diagnosed while in prison. But experts say quality care can be hard to get.
3 years ago
Listen 12:58Incarceration touches millions with loved ones behind bars. And it’s making many of them sick
The stress of supporting a family member in prison can cause lasting health issues for those on the outside. Consequences can stretch far beyond the person doing the time.
3 years ago
Listen 6:50The vaccine passport debate actually began in 1897 over a plague vaccine
That's when a vaccine for plague was invented — and authorities considered requiring proof of vaccination before visiting pilgrimage sites. The debate has raged ever since.
3 years ago
CDC director declares racism a ‘serious public health threat’
"The pandemic illuminated inequities that have existed for years and revealed for all of America a known, but often unaddressed, epidemic impacting public health: racism."
3 years ago
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