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Health & Science

Crews work to stabilize sinkholes in a West Whiteland Township
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP approves changes to Mariner East construction methods at three troubled sites in Delaware, Chester counties

Mariner East construction at three sites that require drilling through porous limestone can shift from horizontal directional drilling to open trench.

5 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testifies during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Health

Single-dose vaccine tested as US experts say no corners cut

It will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S.

5 years ago

Burlington County officials, including (from right) County Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson and Prosecutor Scott Coffina, cut the ribbon to open the county's new addiction Recovery Center in Westampton, N.J.. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

One-stop shop for addiction recovery opens in Burlington County

The Recovery Center will begin with online sessions, but it offers a plethora of resources to help residents fight substance abuse.

5 years ago

(Jeff Rhode/ Holy Name Medical Center.)
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: State now offering at-home COVID testing

The in-home tests are designed especially to help older residents who are at higher risk of infection and may be hesitant to go to a public testing site.

5 years ago

Bertha Gonzalez (middle right), her mother Floria and her twin sons Sebastián and Santiago at her mother’s 70th birthday this April. Floria contracted the coronavirus in July. (Courtesy of Bertha Gonzalez)
The Why
Health

Philly Latinos are under-tested for COVID-19

There are many potential hurdles between Philly Latinos and a COVID-19 test — even though they're contracting the virus at high rates.

Air Date: September 22, 2020

Listen 18:26
Department of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette in Monaca, Pa. on Monday. (Reid R. Frazier / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump’s energy secretary questions mainstream science on human impacts of climate change

Scientists say human impacts are clear.

5 years ago

200,000 American Flags Installed On National Mall To Memorialize 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths
NPR
Health

‘Enormous and tragic’: US has lost more than 200,000 people to COVID-19

Over 200,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the U.S., reaching what was once the upper limit of some estimates for the American death toll.

5 years ago

Electric power grid transmission lines
Science
NJ Spotlight

Fierce debate over N.J.’s clean-energy goals centers on possible abandonment of regional power grid

Currently, state buys power on PJM capacity market. Critics want New Jersey to go it alone.

5 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. (Bob Edme/AP)
NPR
Health

CDC publishes — then withdraws — guidance on aerosol spread of coronavirus

The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the CDC has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

5 years ago

Close up of a dictionary word
Health

New PUA payments paused in Pa. due to uptick in suspicious claims

PUA was created through the federal CARES Act and is easier to apply for than other forms of unemployment benefits.

5 years ago

Monmouth Beach
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Cases growing in Monmouth, Ocean Counties

Cases numbers in New Jersey are increasing, state officials said on Monday. The rate of spread is highest in the southern part of the state.

5 years ago

Donors give blood at a drive in Rutland, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
The Why
Health

HIV-era policy still limits gay men from giving blood during COVID

The FDA still limits gay men who've recovered from COVID-19 from donating their plasma. It's a relic of the 1980s HIV epidemic advocates say should be a thing of the past.

Air Date: September 21, 2020

Listen 14:30
Seabeach amaranth plant
Down the Shore
Science

Officials: Isaias likely responsible for sharp decline in endangered plant along N.J. beaches

The 2020 census revealed 941 seabeach amaranth plants — a sharp decline from the 7,195 plants counted in 2019.

5 years ago

Two billboards set up outside Hamilton Hall at the University of the Arts are part of an outdoor art exhibit that draws attention to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Resist Covid Take 6!: UArts brings Carrie Mae Weems posters to Philly

The awareness campaign with striking posters has already been in New York, Atlanta, Savannah, Miami, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago.

5 years ago

Niticia Mpanga
NPR
Health

Advances in ICU care are saving more patients who have COVID-19

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.

5 years ago

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