Skip to content
Today, Explained is Vox's daily explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day.

Today Explained

Listen Live

Listen Live

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.
Next

Fresh Air

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Terry Gross hosts this multi-award-winning daily interview and features program.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Health & Science

(Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Health

Pa. 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.

6 years ago

Jennifer and Drew Gobrecht look at their baby, Benjamin, at home in Ridley Park, Pa. Jennifer gave birth in November 2019 following a uterine transplant. (Penn Medicine via AP)
Health

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.

6 years ago

The entrance to Hahnemann University Hospital on North Broad Street on July 11, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Health

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 13:19
People dance around a campfire. (Vadim Rimakov/ AP Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Losing your friends, and maybe your mind, in the Pinelands

Two friends dropping acid on an annual camping trip, what could possibly go wrong?

6 years ago

Listen 7:18
In this 2015 photo, several brands of cigarettes are on display. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Health

Philly 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.

6 years ago

Supporters rallying outside of the courthouse
Health

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.

6 years ago

Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. (Google Maps)
Health

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.

6 years ago

(Boris Austin/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Hope, happiness and social connection: hidden benefits of regular exercise

If ever there was a time to up your fitness game, the arrival of the new year and the new decade is it.

6 years ago

A sign describes the governor's
Health

Governor Wolf promises action on mental health, but doesn’t say how it will be funded

The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.

6 years ago

In one year, vaping has increased nearly 80% among high school students and almost 50% among middle schoolers. (Nery Zarate/Unsplash)
Health

Vaping and vaccines to forefront in 2019 healthcare debates

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

6 years ago

India Hardy, and her brother, Rico, suffer regular bouts of severe pain when their sickle cell disease flares up. (Johnathon Kelso for WABE)
NPR
Health

Effort to control opioids in an ER leaves some sickle cell patients in pain

India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — from dull persistent aches to acute flare-ups that interrupt the flow of her normal life.

6 years ago

(Fancy/Veer/Corbis/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

7 women’s health topics we need to talk about in 2020

We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.

6 years ago

a pair of glasses focused on a forest
The Pulse
Science

Vision 2020

The New Year is often a time for a fresh start. We reflect on our past habits, and resolve to do better — eat healthier, work harder, o ...

Air Date: January 3, 2020

Listen 48:51
David Fajgenbaum leads a research lab at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to studying Castleman disease, a rare illness that nearly killed him five times. He has recently shifted his focus to look at ways of treating COVID-19. (Courtesy of David Fajgenbaum)
The Pulse
Science

5 lessons one doctor learned from the times he almost died

How five near-death experiences drove David Fajgenbaum to live his life to the fullest, and discover a novel treatment for Castleman's disease.

6 years ago

Listen 18:16
(Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
Health

New regulations are changing which drugs Medicaid covers in Pennsylvania. Here’s what that means for consumers.

Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania could be in for a surprise on their next trip to the pharmacy as preferred drug list changes.

6 years ago

Page 386 of 607« First«...384385386387388...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • What to expect in New Jersey on Election Day

    4 mins ago

  • Judge considers demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown

    21 mins ago

  • Trump ramps up involvement in 2025 elections in N.J., other states in possible preview of midterms pressure

    4 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Radio Times Rewind
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org