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Health & Science

Community discussion on trauma, PTSD and access to mental health services at the Blackwell Regional Library in West Philadelphia, on Wednesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Health

In Philly’s black community, charting a way beyond decades of pain toward mental health

Nearly 50 people gathered at the West Philly Library on 52nd Street to talk about mental health in the black community.

7 years ago

Refinery workers at Philadelphia Energy Solutions wait to hear Republican Senator Ted Cruz speak at a rally against the Renewable Fuel Standards. The company blames the program for its financial troubles in a recent bankruptcy filing.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Ted Cruz blasts renewable fuel standards at Philadelphia refinery

Speaking to hundreds of refinery workers, Cruz railed against the federal program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while the workers cheered.

7 years ago

Booths line the Cactus safe-injection site where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision, and freedom from arrest in Montreal.  (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Health

Mapping project to assess best, worst locations for Philly safe-injection site

As Philadelphia mulls opening what could be the nation’s first safe-injection site, questions swirl about its location. Researchers are trying to figure that out.

7 years ago

Flu vaccine
(Image/BigStockPhoto)
Health

Flu cases in Delaware prisons mirror statewide trends

As of Wednesday, 87 Delaware inmates have been diagnosed with the flu within the past two to three weeks.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions is the largest refiner on the East Coast, taking Bakken Shale oil from North Dakota and turning it into gasoline. The company is the largest stationary emitter of particulate matter in the city. (Peter DeCarlo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors

The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest stationary source of particulate pollution.

7 years ago

Addiction Diagnosis. (Picture/Bigstock Photo)
Health

Delaware to implement model for addiction treatment

The state is asking recipients to treat more than 900 new individuals across three counties during the first 12 months of launching the model of care in the state.

7 years ago

The Mariner East 2 pipeline has officially broken ground in the Delaware County town of Aston. The beginning stages of the pipeline includes clear cutting trees and preparing makeshift roads for the heavy machinery to traverse. (Emily Cohen for StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Mariner East 2: Sunoco’s public utility status trumps local regulation, court says

7 years ago

Amanda Fury listens to a resident's comment during a presentation on neighborhood conditions at a recent meeting of Somerset Neighbors for Better Living.
Health

Kensington residents: Stronger commitment to neighborhood must accompany any safe-injection site

Residents have a long list of grievances about conditions including used syringes and human feces littering streets, as well as sidewalks blocked by makeshift tents.

7 years ago

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Skytalk
Science

International Space Station Grounded?

The Trump administration’s NASA budget proposal for 2019 recommends $19.9 billion dollars, which is $370 million above last year. H ...

Air Date: February 20, 2018

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 The Point Breeze refinery sits along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Kellie McGinn/Philadelphia Energy Solutions)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Philadelphia Energy Solutions: A giant polluter looms over the lives — and health — of its neighbors

7 years ago

From the porch of her Palmerton farmhouse, Albertine Anthony looks out on the rolling hills of lower Carbon County. She believes the PennEast pipeline's proposed route through her 124-acre farm threatens her water supply.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Landowners brace for eminent domain loss in PennEast pipeline cases

Despite her alarm at the prospect of losing her spring water, Anthony says she’s not moving even if the pipeline is built on her land.

7 years ago

The diorama featuring gorillas will be one of two to get a fresh cleaning. This week, glaziers took the glass off the display for the first time in 80 years to allow workers to access it. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
Science

After more than 80 years, dioramas at the Academy of Natural Sciences get a cleaning

A team of glaziers recently lifted the glass off the gorilla display for renovations — to a round of applause from museum employees.

7 years ago

A sign marks the path of the Mariner East 1 pipeline through Chester County. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Chester County township adds to local challenges on Mariner East 2 siting

The new board determined that the natural gas liquids pipeline is being built well within a “pipeline impact radius.”

7 years ago

Environmental groups at a rally against Shell's Beaver County petrochemical complex in Pittsburgh. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

DEP extends comment period for Shell’s ethane pipeline

The DEP will also hold public hearings in each of the three counties the pipeline route traverses: Washington, Allegheny, and Beaver counties.

7 years ago

Robert Brown, a cancer patient, meets with Dr. Van De Beek at the Keystone Shops. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Southeast Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens

Chief medical officer of new Pennsylvania dispensary is hoping doctors will begin recommending medical marijuana for patients instead of more addictive opioids.

7 years ago

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