Health & Science
Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up
Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.
5 years ago
Death toll hits 7 in viral outbreak at N.J. pediatric center
The CDC is providing technical assistance to the state Health Department.
5 years ago
U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.
5 years ago
The ACA and the politics of health care
Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes
Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.
5 years ago
Pa. moves to loosen requirements for court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment
The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.
5 years ago
Report: Women everywhere don’t know enough about ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization.
5 years ago
The TB that afflicts much of the world was likely spread by Europeans
Conquistadors and missionaries didn't just bring colonialism and Western religion to other parts of the world. They likely brought TB, too.
5 years ago
International Observe the Moon Night
Air Date: October 20, 2018
Listen 05:07Philly unveils emergency response to opioid ‘disaster’ in Kensington
The city calls its new emergency-oriented approach “The Philadelphia Resilience Project,” acknowledging the deaths and suffering caused by addiction go beyond Kensington.
6 years ago
Air Date: October 19, 2018
Listen 49:11‘Zero waste’ town in Japan recycles most of its trash
With 45 categories of recyclables, Kamikatsu — in southwestern Japan — has a progressive approach that saves the town money and reduces greenhouse emissions.
6 years ago
Listen 6:28So what’s the climate change/asthma connection?
Warming temperatures worsen ozone pollution. Excess carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) causes plants to grow faster and release more pollen — extending the “allergy” season.
6 years ago
Listen 8:46Private medicaid plans receive billions in tax dollars, with little oversight
Some experts are asking if insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — are earning their Medicaid checks?
6 years ago
EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science
The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.
6 years ago
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