Health & Science
One year in, Pa. crisis center to stop school violence has fielded 40,000 tips
The partnership between Sandy Hook Promise and the state Attorney General's office aims to prevent mass shootings and help children dealing with problems.
4 years ago
‘We’re ready to go to war on this’: N.J. lawmakers pledge to reintroduce failed vaccine bill
Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Senate failed to rally enough support for a bill that would eliminate the religious exemption for childhood vaccines.
4 years ago
WHYY's Nina Feldman gives us an update on the legal battles over supervised injection sites in Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Listen 13:30Ready for your first marathon? Training can cut years off your cardiovascular age
If you've ever considered training for a marathon, but you're a bit intimidated by the idea of 26.2 miles, here's some motivation.
4 years ago
Feeling artsy? Here’s how making art helps your brain
A lot of my free time is spent doodling. I'm a journalist on NPR's science desk by day. But all the time in between, I am an artist — specifically, a cartoonist.
4 years ago
Is Australia’s fire the world’s future?
We look at the bushfires raging in Australia and discuss the role climate change is playing on wildfire severity and frequency around the globe.
Air Date: January 10, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:59How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy
After a long history of erasure, communities of color are reclaiming psychedelic traditions to heal from trauma.
4 years ago
Listen 11:54Air Date: January 10, 2020
Listen 48:50Pa. is paying hospitals to get patients into opioid treatment after overdosing — and it’s working
Half of Pennsylvania hospitals are all-in for a financial incentive program to connect emergency room patients with continuing opioid treatment.
4 years ago
Delco woman with transplanted uterus gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby
Their child, Benjamin, was the first baby born as part of Penn Medicine’s 2-year-old uterine transplant trial.
4 years ago
Hahnemann Hospital’s closure could create a malpractice crisis
Hahnemann Hospital's closure means it may not be able to pay for malpractice insurance for its doctors, who treated some of the city's poorest and sickest patients.
Air Date: January 9, 2020
Listen 13:19Losing your friends, and maybe your mind, in the Pinelands
Two friends dropping acid on an annual camping trip, what could possibly go wrong?
4 years ago
Listen 7:18Philly health department busts 149 tobacco retailers for selling to kids
Permits will be revoked at businesses that sold to minors at least 3 times in the past 2 years. Philadelphia has the highest smoking rate of any U.S. city.
4 years ago
Safehouse asks judge for a final ruling that makes it legal
An October ruling that what would become the 1st U.S. supervised injection site did not violate the “crackhouse statute” was too narrow to close the case.
4 years ago
Regulator cites failures at hospital where 3 preemies died
The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.
4 years ago
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