Health & Science
UN health agency to remove controversial opioid guidelines
The WHO notified lawmakers that it will discontinue two publications on prescribing opioids in response to allegations that the pharmaceutical industry influenced the reports.
5 years ago
The Science of Everyday Objects
Air Date: June 21, 2019
Listen 48:07Climate focus intensifies in Harrisburg, as budget negotiations and citizen-led petition advance
Parallel efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions in Pennsylvania — a citizen climate petition and a provision in the state budget — are topics of discussion in Harrisburg.
5 years ago
N.J. pharmacies see big turnout for free naloxone
New Jersey officials distributed 20,000 free naloxone packs to pharmacies, and said Tuesday’s event was a pilot program that could be expanded in the future.
5 years ago
US Steel avoids potential shutdown order by restoring pollution controls after fire
US Steel has put its pollution controls back online at its Clairton Coke Works and avoided a potential shutdown order, the Allegheny County Health Department said Tuesday.
5 years ago
The Philadelphia tragedy that changed gene therapy
Twenty years ago, an 18-year-old's death while undergoing a Penn clinical trial changed gene therapy.
Air Date: June 18, 2019
Listen 13:55Deadly bacteria on the rise in the Delaware Bay — and climate change is the likely culprit
A study from researchers at Cooper University Hospital shows an uptick in infections due to Vibrio vulnificus in the Delaware Bay.
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US Steel’s Clairton plant pollution controls knocked out again by another fire
The second fire at US Steel's Clairton plant in six months could send SO2 levels up again.
5 years ago
Replacing plastic: Can bacteria help us break the habit?
Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a "natural" plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them.
5 years ago
Several states are banning the practice of incarcerating pregnant women alone
With female incarceration rates rising in the United States, prisons and jails across the country are contending with new challenges, including caring for pregnant women.
5 years ago
Midwives hope Philly’s first free-standing birth center will make inclusive care more accessible
The Philadelphia Midwife Collective has launched a GoFundMe campaign to open a birth center they hope will make inclusive care more accessible.
5 years ago
Listen 1:33In Pennsylvania, ‘deaths of despair’ are 50% higher than the national average
Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.
5 years ago
Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak
The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp.
5 years ago
Oh dear: Photos show what humans have done to the planet
Three Canadian artists traveled to 22 countries to research and document "places of obvious, physical human incursions on the landscape."
5 years ago
Pa. Lyme disease bill would change coverage amid controversy over ‘chronic’ condition
House Bill 629 passed the house and currently sits in the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee, where past versions of this bill have all stalled.
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