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Here! Now! In the moment! Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. Here & Now is a daily news magazine, bringing you the news that breaks after "Morning Edition" and before "All Things Considered."

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The Pulse
Science

Working Memory

Think about the millions of details stored in your memory: what you had for breakfast; how to get to work; the smell of lavender; your fi ...

Air Date: October 23, 2020

Listen 49:00
In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
Health

FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir

It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19.

5 years ago

People walk along the Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk
Health
Billy Penn

COVID wrecking your mental health? New initiative will award $100k to pilot solutions for Philly millennials

Applications to the Well City Challenge will be accepted Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.

5 years ago

In Nashville, Tenn., a sign reminds visitors to wear masks at Belmont University, which is preparing to host Thursday's presidential debate.
NPR
Health

CDC reduces consecutive minutes of COVID-19 exposure needed to be a ‘close contact’

In a study published Wednesday, the CDC and Vermont health officials found that multiple short exposures to people confirmed to have COVID-19 led to transmission of the virus.

5 years ago

tree-lined riverbank
Science

Toppled trees, rushing stormwater: What’s causing erosion along the region’s creeks and streams?

When storms intensify and flooding increases, it takes a toll on the banks of our region’s creeks and streams. Are WHYY readers and listeners right to be worried?

5 years ago

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Protesters took to the streets Saturday, demanding justice for Black people killed by police. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

3 big ideas to fuel an equitable COVID recovery

A social worker and a disaster expert describe the things Philly can do to recover from coronavirus and heal the injustices revealed by the pandemic.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

N.J. Gov. Murphy tests negative after learning of COVID exposure

On learning the news, the governor left a Camden County press conference about jobs, saying he needed to get away to be tested.

5 years ago

Karla Monterroso sits in the foreground of a room of people
NPR
Health

‘All you want is to be believed’: Sick with COVID-19 and facing racial bias in the ER

When a Latina woman went to the hospital, a doctor dismissed her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the virus?

5 years ago

Clinicians care for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit
NPR
Health

Studies point to big drop in COVID-19 death rates

More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments help, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling.

5 years ago

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
Health

Covid task force in disarray and winter social distancing

We discuss how the U.S. pandemic response get derailed and ways to stay safe and sane this winter as Covid rates rise.

Air Date: October 21, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
A plane full of masked people
NPR
Health

Do masks on plane flights really cut your risk of catching COVID-19?

On an 8-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 COVID-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?

5 years ago

A gloved finger prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer.
Health

Pa. Health Department warns against two state lawmakers’ false claims about potential COVID-19 vaccine

Both Metcalfe and Mastriano have been vocal critics of the Wolf administration’s handling of the pandemic.

5 years ago

Spc. Kim Whitbeck
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Southern case numbers grow as northern region improves

Sussex County is averaging about 40 new cases per day, that’s more than double the rate at the start of October when the county averaged just 15 new cases.

5 years ago

Students wearing masks on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Health

One in 10 Penn State students who returned to State College has now had COVID-19

3,538 University Park students have tested positive, according to Penn State's dashboard update Tuesday.

5 years ago

About 215 gallons of oil from an unknown source washed ashore at Broadkill Beach in Delaware in October 2020. Julie McCall was surveying Beach Plum Island when she saw blobs of oil. (Courtesy of Julie McCall)
Science

Seven-mile oil spill fouls Delaware coastline

Clean up is underway from an oil spill that has migrated from Broadkill, to Plum Beach Island, the Roosevelt Inlet and Lewes.

5 years ago

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