
Health & Science
Kenney urges delay on Safehouse injection site, tells planners to look at other locations
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney urges nonprofit planning supervised injection site to explore other locations in response to pushback from Kensington residents.
6 years ago
Designing healthy hospital sound
Doctors, musicians, and engineers are teaming up to find out how to rid hospitals of stressful beeps and alarms and replace them with more harmonious alternatives.
Air Date: April 17, 2019
Listen 49:51Air pollution problems from steel industry prompt two Pa. lawsuits
Emissions from coke ovens can cause cancer, and they sometimes escape through leaky doors and other parts of plants.
6 years ago
Why it’s so hard to get playgrounds in Philly’s public schools
Two-thirds of Philly's public schools don't have playgrounds. Research shows the spaces are beneficial for kids, so why is it so hard to build them?
Air Date: April 17, 2019
Listen 12:05Delaware health officials promote CT scans for early lung cancer detection
Delaware has launched a campaign to encourage current and former heavy smokers over 55 to be screened.
6 years ago
Syphilis rates rise among Philadelphia women and people who inject drugs
The increase in women with syphilis is especially alarming to city officials because the disease is the most serious when it is passed on to a fetus.
6 years ago
First U.S. patients treated with CRISPR at Penn as human gene-editing trials get underway
This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer.
6 years ago
The country's largest coke plant was without pollution controls for over three months.
6 years ago
Wolf’s PFAS Action Team gives update on water-testing plans to frustrated Pa. residents
Water sources will be tested for PFAS contamination, and sampling will begin of urine, dust, and water from residents whose blood was already tested.
6 years ago
Beginning in August, terminally ill N.J. patients will have right to end their lives
Terminally ill patients in New Jersey will have to meet with two doctors and wait at least 15 days before they can get the lethal drugs.
6 years ago
Next week, (Wednesday evening at the Union League in Philadelphia) the Geographical Society of Philadelphia will bestow its 128th Explo ...
Air Date: April 15, 2019
Listen 04:59Can this breakfast cereal help save the planet?
Some environmentalists say food production needs a fundamental reboot, with crops that stay rooted in the soil for years, like Kernza, a prairie grass.
6 years ago
How can we be sure artificial intelligence is safe for medical use?
The FDA, accustomed to approving drugs and clearing medical devices, is now figuring out how to make sure computer algorithms are safe and effective.
6 years ago
Picture was clear, but black hole’s name a little fuzzy
The newly pictured supermassive black hole is a beast with no name, at least not an official one. And what happens next could be cosmically confusing.
6 years ago
Cut melon linked to U.S. salmonella outbreak recalled
An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.
6 years ago
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