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Tropical Storm Isaias
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Tropical Storm Warnings as Isaias moves toward our region

Drenching rain could bring flooding from the coasts as Tropical Storm Isaias moves into the Lehigh Valley region.

5 years ago

The newest seedlings on Arthur de Leo’s farm. Hidden beyond the older trees is Buck Run, the creek where de Leo planted his first stream buffers. (Courtesy of Arthur de Leo)
Science

‘Buffer Your Stream’ program asks Pa. landowners to plant trees, boost water quality

Worried about water quality in your stream? Plant a tree next to it, the DCNR says. Stream buffers reduce soil erosion and filter chemical runoff.

5 years ago

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Tropical Storm Isaias
Down the Shore
Science

Tropical Storm Watch up for Philly region as Isaias heads north

Forecasters with the National Weather Service said the biggest concern for the Philadelphia region is heavy rain that could lead to flooding on Tuesday.

5 years ago

SpaceX Astronauts Return
Science

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

5 years ago

Students, wearing face masks and paying attention to social distancing, study at Les Magnolias primary school during the partial lifting of coronavirus, COVID-19, lockdown regulations in Brussels, Monday, May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Health

MIS-C: Doctors make progress on COVID-related illness affecting kids

While doctors say they have more information on how to treat MIS-C, it's still a mystery why some children get it and others don't.

5 years ago

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Terri Donelson, left, and her husband, Stephen, walk up their driveway to see friends and family awaiting him at his home in Midlothian, Texas on Friday, June 19, 2020, after his 90-day stay in the Zale Hospital on the UT Southwestern Campus. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Health

Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans

Doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Martini catches a fly ball hit by Josh Harrison during an intrasquad baseball game Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health
NBC10

Phillies get OK to train at Citizens Bank Park after negative COVID-19 tests

Activity at Citizens Bank Park had been canceled after three people tested positive for COVID-19 since last weekend.

5 years ago

Delaware health officials have ramped up testing at the Delaware beaches. (Courtesy of Delaware National Guard)
Health

Delaware panel calls for ‘culture of compliance’ to handle COVID-19 resurgence

Delaware’s fight against an expected resurgence of the coronavirus this fall needs to be a cooperative effort, a state panel told Gov. John Carney Friday.

5 years ago

Tidal flooding like this in Dewey Beach, Del. will become more common with sea-level rise, scientists warn. (Randall Chase/AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Rising seas puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk, study says

More than 200 current and potential Superfund sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years due to sea-level rise.

5 years ago

(Cape May County COVID Recovery Task Force)
Down the Shore
Health

Cape May County’s ‘Safely Together’ campaign accelerates

Cape May County's "Safely Together" public health campaign is entering a second phase amid the traditional peak of the Jersey Shore tourism season. 

5 years ago

Hair coloring
The Pulse
Health

Beauty and Health

Health and beauty may go together in the drugstore — but in real life, the two aren’t always so simpatico. From excessive dieting to ...

Air Date: July 31, 2020

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Some city residents say they are fed up with delayed trash collection. The city says sanitation workers are worked harder than ever, due to more people staying home and making more trash. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Philly’s trash problem was already bad. Now, it’s worse

Sidewalks in Philadelphia neighborhoods are covered with plastic bags full of trash that haven't been collected in a week. And nobody know when it's going to get picked up.

Air Date: July 30, 2020

Listen 13:37
A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Increased coronavirus enforcement at businesses coming to Delaware

After more than 1,000 complaints about businesses not following COVID-19 precautions, Delaware inspectors will be more aggressive enforcing the rules.

5 years ago

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Science

‘On our way to Mars’: NASA rover will look for signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain holds up a muffin that has his catch-phrase 9-9-9 tax plan printed on it  before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Health

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies of COVID-19 at 74

Cain had been ill with the virus for several weeks.

5 years ago

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