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FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo, a commuter sits in an otherwise empty car as he waits for the 7:58 p.m. train to Hudson to leave Grand Central Terminal, in New York.  The eruption of COVID-19  across the United States last year caused the proportion of people working from home to nearly double, with the shift most pronounced among college graduates and workers in such fields as finance and professional services. The share of employed people working from home rose shot up from just 22% in 2019 to 42% in 2020.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Health

Virus’s impact: More relaxing and thinking, less socializing

The share of employed people working from home shot up from just 22% in 2019 to 42% in 2020, the Labor Department said Thursday.

4 years ago

A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Radio Times
Health

Why aren’t people getting vaccinated?

Covid infections and hospitalization are increasing, towns and cities are reinstating mask mandates, so why is half of the country still choosing not to get the vaccinated?

Air Date: July 23, 2021 10:00 am

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Slaughter Beach is a sleepy little southern Delaware town situated along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County. (Charlie O'Neill/WHYY)
Science

Often overlooked Delaware Bayshore worth millions to local community, study finds

Just north of Delaware’s popular beach resorts, the Delaware Bayshore’s value economically and environmentally shouldn’t be underestimated, a new report shows.

4 years ago

An illustration of two birds talking to each other
The Pulse
Science

The Building Blocks of Language

Language is how we connect — to each other, to the past, to the future — how we create culture, communicate ideas, and make decisions ...

Air Date: July 23, 2021

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Three breast cancer patients are pictured individually, wrapped in fabric as gods and goddesses
Health

‘The Grace Project’: Photographer empowers patients living with breast cancer in Wilmington

Charise Isis aims to capture 800 portraits — one for every breast cancer diagnosis the U.S. records each day. Her newest batch includes patients from Philly and Wilmington.

4 years ago

Front-line workers at a medical center in Aurora, Colo., gather for a COVID-19 memorial on July 15 to commemorate the lives lost in the coronavirus pandemic. New estimates say many thousands more will die in the U.S. this summer and fall. (Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

The delta variant will drive a steep rise in U.S. COVID deaths, a new model shows

The current COVID-19 surge in the U.S. will steadily accelerate through the summer and fall, peaking in mid-October, with daily deaths more than triple what they are now.

4 years ago

People, some without masks, walk along Market Street
Health

Philly urges indoor masking amid rise in COVID cases, child hospitalizations

In addition to urging residents to get vaccinated, Philly health officials strongly recommend that everyone — including those fully vaccinated — wear masks in public spaces.

4 years ago

The numerals in this illustration show the main mutation sites of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which is likely the most contagious version. Here, the virus's spike protein (red) binds to a receptor on a human cell (blue).
(Juan Gaertner/Science Source)
NPR
Health

Why the delta variant is hyper-contagious: A new study sheds light

After months of data collection, scientists agree: The delta variant is the most contagious version of the coronavirus worldwide.

4 years ago

A closeup of an IUD
NPR
Health

Contraception is free to women, except when it’s not

The ACA requires most insurers to cover a list of FDA-approved birth control methods for free. But insurers often make it hard for women to get the products they want.

4 years ago

A fence alongside Greenwood Cemetery is covered with COVID-19 memorial art
NPR
Health

U.S. life expectancy fell by 1.5 years in 2020, the biggest drop since WWII

The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease.

4 years ago

Firefighters battle a brush fire in Santa Barbara, Calif. Climate-driven droughts make large, destructive fires more likely around the world. Scientists warn that humans are on track to cause catastrophic global warming this century. (Santa Barbara County, Calif., Fire Department via AP)
Health

Air quality in Philly reaches unhealthy levels thanks to wildfires out west

A cloud of pollution has descended on the Eastern Seaboard. We explain what’s behind the haze, and how to protect yourself.

4 years ago

(Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Everyone should wear a mask in schools, vaccinated or not, U.S. pediatricians say

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended all students over 2 years old, along with staff, wear masks, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

4 years ago

Libby Madarasz, a resident of Meadowbrook Manor, surveys the damage caused by Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline construction. (Susan Phillips / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chester County Commissioners urge PUC to act as Mariner East pipeline construction causes more sinkholes

At DEP's request, Sunoco has halted work on a section of line.

4 years ago

Travelers queue up in long lines to pass through an airport security checkpoint
NPR
Health

Summer travel options outside the U.S. are still up in the air as COVID cases rise

Two federal agencies issued the highest warning to Americans against traveling to the United Kingdom and four other countries due to rising COVID-19 cases.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Radio Times
Science

‘The Joy of Sweat’

Journalist Sarah Everts talks about the science of sweat -- how it helped us evolve and why this natural function is still embarrassing. Her new book is "The Joy of Sweat."

Air Date: July 20, 2021 10:00 am

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