Health & Science
Alabama historians say the last known slave ship to U.S. has been found
The Alabama Historical Commission says a wrecked ship off the Gulf Coast is the Clotilda, the last known vessel to bring people from Africa to the United States into bondage.
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Eight Delaware programs honored for innovative efforts to curtail opioid epidemic
National nonprofit awards groups fighting opioid epidemic with innovative programs and initiatives that can be established all over the country.
5 years ago
Games and gadgets: Turning to tech to fight ‘lazy eye’
The goal is simple: saving sight in the amblyopia-affected eye. To keep children from abandoning treatment, researchers are experimenting.
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Look out for ‘lazy eye,’ a vision problem that worsens as children get older
Amblyopia affects three out of every 100 kids. Age 2 is the ideal time to detect and treat it, vision experts say, but that doesn’t happen often.
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Why so many Latina teens in Philly have attempted suicide
A new report reveals that Latina girls in Philadelphia are more likely to attempt suicide than white or African-American girls.
Air Date: May 23, 2019
Listen 13:36Scientists modify viruses with CRISPR to create new weapon against superbugs
Locus is one of several companies that are trying to use CRISPR to fight health problems by targeting only bad bacteria in the body and leaving the good ones alone.
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Speedy reactor cleanups may carry both risks and rewards
Companies specializing in the handling of radioactive material are buying retired U.S. nuclear reactors from utilities and promising to clean them up in less time than usual.
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Why racial disparities in asthma are an urban planning issue
African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.
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Trying to keep Pa.’s bats flying in the face of an epidemic
Researchers hope treatment can help endangered bats hang on in the face of white-nose syndrome
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How do you defend against measles? Stand ready to fight the disease like the enemy it is
Standing ready to fight measles like an enemy is the best defense, health care experts say. Here’s how one hospital and school district have prepared.
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Listen 5:06Pa. Health Department declares hepatitis A outbreak, cause unknown
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh the hardest-hit regions.
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Providers of key child therapies in N.J. plagued by billing system problems
Now New Jersey wants to recoup millions that it loaned to agencies pending a fix even though billing troubles — and payment troubles — persist.
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Elder care homes rake in profits as workers earn a pittance
Workers often fear reporting their mistreatment to authorities. They routinely are harassed and fired if they report abysmal pay or overtime violations.
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Where’s masculinity headed? Men’s groups and therapists are talking
American men face higher rates of suicide than women and higher rates of incarceration. In the age of #MeToo, some men are turning to each other to build healthy esteem.
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For brain surgery patient, greatest challenge is motherhood
To many people, she is remembered as the girl with half a brain. But Christina Santhouse knows there are two little girls who will only know her as something else: Mom.
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