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Trader Joe’s recall of several fresh products over listeria concerns includes N.J. stores

Trader Joe's has issued a voluntary recall for fresh products that are sold in numerous states, including its New Jersey markets. 

6 years ago

A SEPTA train on the Market Frankford line approaches Center City
The Why
Health

Dealing with death on the rails is part of the job at SEPTA

People getting hit and killed on the SEPTA tracks is a common tragedy — it happens almost every month. For train drivers, it's a traumatic hazard of the trade.

Air Date: December 2, 2019

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Radio Times
Science

Climate change: where science and politics collide

As world leaders and scientists gather at the UN climate summit in Madrid, we discuss the state of the climate crisis and clash between science and politics.

Air Date: December 3, 2019 10:00 am

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Waits for inpatient beds are an important factor in ER overcrowding. (UpperCut Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Opinion: Emergency rooms shouldn’t be parking lots for patients

On a good day in the emergency room where we work, patients might expect to wait four or five hours, including evaluation and treatment before they are sent upstairs to a bed.

6 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. is a step closer to starting a state-based health insurance exchange

Lawmakers and the governor opted to create their own exchange because it’s likely to save the commonwealth money.

6 years ago

Peter Melnik, a fourth-generation dairy farmer, owns Bar-Way Farm, Inc. in Deerfield, Mass. He has an anaerobic digester on his farm that converts food waste into renewable energy. (Allison Aubrey/NPR)
NPR
Science

Chew on this: Farmers are using food waste to make electricity

As the season of big holiday meals kicks off, it's as good a time as any to reflect on just how much food goes to waste.

6 years ago

Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association CEO Richard Edley speaks at the state Capitol Oct. 24, 2019. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Mental health groups push to restore $84 million in annual funding

Groups that provide mental health and intellectual disabilities services are lobbying for an additional $84 million in funding.

6 years ago

This Nov. 21, 2019 photo shows a dead Chinese pond mussel that was found in a network of ponds in Franklin Township, N.J. Federal wildlife officials and a New Jersey conservation group believe they have successfully wiped out the first known infestation of the Chinese mussels in North America. The mussels have taken over waterways in dozens of European and Asian countries by crowding out native species. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Science

Shell shock: Giant invasive mussels eradicated from U.S. ponds

The mussels, in larvae form, hitched a ride to this country inside the gills of Asian carp that were imported and quickly began reproducing.

6 years ago

Years ago, Portia Smith (center) suffered postpartum depression and feared seeking care because of child welfare involvement. She and her daughters Shanell Smith (right), 19, and Najai Jones Smith (left), 15, pose for a selfie after makeup artist Najai madeup everyone as they were getting ready at home on Feb. 6, 2019, to go to a movie together. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer)
NPR
Health

Black mothers get less treatment for their postpartum depression

Nationally, postpartum depression affects one in seven mothers.

6 years ago

File photo: Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia.(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. Insurance Department warns against robocalls claiming to sell health insurance during Affordable Care Act open enrollment

The department says some companies may be selling short-term, limited duration plans, while other callers are falsely claiming to be from the state.

6 years ago

Excerpt from a data poster on drug overdoses in Delaware (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services)
Health

Delaware partners with Google to make searching for addiction treatment easier

The state says the new collaboration with Google will smooth the internet hunt for information about substance-use treatment and other resources in Delaware.

6 years ago

Nurses from National Nurses United gathered in Washington, D.C. on April 29 and 30 for their annual Lobby Day. (Image by Jaclyn Higgs, National Nurses United, 2019)
The Pulse
Health

Why mandated nurse-to-patient ratios have become one of the most controversial ideas in health care

The issue has divided nurses, confounded voters, and prompted a multimillion-dollar backlash by the hospital industry. Even research on the impact of ratio laws has been split

6 years ago

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Joyce O’Connor in her office at Mashpee Middle-High School in Mashpee, Mass. (Kate O’Connell/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Through good times and bad — how school nursing has evolved over time

School nurses now have to add shooter drills and concussion protocols to the day-to-day responsibilities that come with tending to the health needs of students.

6 years ago

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Nurses in the operating room at Hahnemann Hospital, in Philadelphia. (Elana Gordon/WHYY File Photo)
The Pulse
Health

The Changing Roles of Nurses

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

Air Date: November 29, 2019

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The collection at the Samson Center contains hundreds of mortar and pestle sets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Pharmacist, know thyself: University of the Sciences discovers its own history

The University of the Sciences hired a pharmacy historian to comb through its 200-year-old archive.

6 years ago

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