Health & Science
Fentanyl cleanups can cost up to $50,000 each, thanks to urban legend
The likelihood of accidental OD is severely overhyped.
6 years ago
Want to feel happier today? Try talking to a stranger
Happiness, says one researcher, is the sum of many positive moments throughout the day. Something as simple as a friendly chat in the elevator can boost your mood.
6 years ago
Genetic counselors of color tackle racial, ethnic disparities in health care
They work with patients to decide when genetic testing is appropriate, interpret test results and counsel families on the ways hereditary diseases might impact them.
6 years ago
How to bring cancer care to the world’s poorest children
Worldwide, childhood cancers are relatively rare, but they're a far bigger problem than previously believed. Close to half of all kids with cancer go undiagnosed and untreated
6 years ago
Hepatitis A outbreak spreads in Kensington, prompting pleas to ‘Get vaccinated!’
Residents want the city to deal with the issue of human feces, which transmits the disease.
6 years ago
Wine grapes grow again in Israel’s Negev desert
Using desert-taming techniques the ancients mastered, a region of Israel sees vineyards flourish.
6 years ago
Listen 05:40Everyone loves a good comeback story — but they don’t just apply to athletes and washed-up actors. Revivals can happen for ideas, pla ...
Air Date: July 26, 2019
Listen 49:39‘Someone will call you’: Hahnemann employees report obstacles in finding new work
A “Hire Hahnemann” job fair Thursday brought about 190 employers to the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Not all pay as well as the hospital.
6 years ago
Fireball that streaked across sky ‘lit up the whole beach,’ eyewitness says
As of 1 p.m. on Thursday, more than 360 spotters reported seeing a fireball across portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
6 years ago
Counting Alberta’s grizzlies: Are they recovering or still threatened?
Where one Canadian team works, there are rugged mountain peaks, foothills and vast meadows, as well as towns and farmland. How many bears live here?
6 years ago
Listen 08:43Two Delaware hospitals seek approval for Sussex County emergency departments
Bayhealth and Beebe hospitals have made their case for stand-alone emergency departments in the Georgetown, Delaware, area
6 years ago
Nostalgia means everything old can be new again. In the brain, memory meets emotion to make us feel good (mostly) — and sometimes like spending money.
6 years ago
Listen 08:00Hahnemann frees funding so medical residents can take new jobs
The owner of the hospital, which plans to close, announces it will free up the federal dollars trainee doctors need to seek employment elsewhere.
6 years ago
For Drexel staffers in school, Hahnemann closure may mean dropping out
For Drexel University Physicians staff and their families who take classes, the planned layoffs and shift to Tower Health may mean end to free tuition.
6 years ago
Listen 1:27Eastern U.S. cities spewing 9 times more methane into air than thought
Older U.S. east coast cities are leaking nine times as much natural gas into the air — from homes or pipes heading into houses — than the federal government had thought.
6 years ago
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