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Health & Science

In this July 25, 2018 photo US EPAs Peter Grevatt, Director of the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water and Cosmo Servidio, Regional Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic Region, listen to members of the public comment during a PFAS Community Stakeholder Meeting, on in Horsham, Pa. In Horsham and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

New Jersey proposes PFAS regulations for groundwater; EPA regulations delayed by shutdown

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has taken a step toward cleaning up water contamination from an unregulated class of perfluorinated chemicals known as PFAs

7 years ago

A scanning electron micrograph shows microglial cells (yellow) ingesting branched oligodendrocyte cells (purple), a process thought to occur in multiple sclerosis. Oligodendrocytes form insulating myelin sheaths around nerve axons in the central nervous system.
(Dr. John Zajicek/Science Source)
NPR
Health

Researchers find a web of factors behind multiple sclerosis

We now know that MS is not infectious in the true sense of the word. It is not contagious in the way, say, the flu is. But infection does likely play a role in MS.

7 years ago

A U.S. flag flies in the foreground of this image of the moon during the lunar eclipse as seen from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night (J. David Ake/AP)
NPR
Science

PHOTOS: Super ‘Blood Moon’ wows

The huge, red moon awed viewers across the Americas and parts of western Europe and Africa on Sunday night and early Monday morning.

7 years ago

Crews worked on Monday Jan. 21 to stabilize a new sinkhole that opened up at Lisa Drive, a suburban development in West Whiteland Township, Chester County where Sunoco operates its Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East pipelines: New sinkhole opens at Chester County site; Sunoco shuts line

A new sinkhole appeared late Sunday at a Sunoco pipeline site in Chester Co. where several earlier sinkholes led officials to halt construction because of safety concerns.

7 years ago

Sarah Spiegel, a third-year student at New York Medical College, pushed for more education on LGBT health issues for students. (Mengwen Cao for NPR)
NPR
Health

Medical students push for more LGBT health training to address disparities

According to a number of studies, medical schools do a poor job of preparing future doctors to understand the LGBT population's unique needs and health risks.

7 years ago

In the photo above, dust circles a worker during the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel in 1930. Workers on the project were exposed to toxic levels of silica dust; hundreds ultimately died.
(Courtesy of Elkem Metals Collection, West Virginia State Archives)
NPR
Health

Before black lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster killed hundreds

Almost 90 years ago, thick clouds of dust blurred the eyes and choked the lungs of workers inside the tunnel.

7 years ago

In this July 27 2018 file photo, Earth starts to cast its shadow on the moon during a total lunar eclipse seen from Volgograd, Russia. Starting Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2019, all of North and South America will be able to see the only total lunar eclipse of 2019 from start to finish this weekend. (Aleksandr Kulikov/Kommersant/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images))
Science

Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night

The moon, Earth and sun will line up this weekend for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next.

7 years ago

Lisa Abramson and her firstborn child, Lucy, in 2014. A few weeks after Lucy's birth, Abramson started feeling confused, and then started developing delusions — symptoms of postpartum psychosis. (Courtesy of Claire Mulkey)
NPR
Health

She wanted to be the perfect mom, then landed in a psychiatric unit

Studies suggest postpartum psychosis affects about one or two women out of every thousand that give birth.

7 years ago

The lunar lander of the Chang'e-4 probe is seen on Jan. 11. The seeds that scientists hoped would thrive within a biodome aboard have all died. (AP via China National Space Administration via Xinhua News Agency)
NPR
Science

China tried to grow cotton on the moon, but it didn’t work

China's state-run Xinhua News Agency announced the news, simply stating: "The experiment has ended."

7 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Lunar Eclipse Beckons

Despite the forecasted blast of arctic air heading our way Sunday – bundle up and brave the cold because the next opportunity to ta ...

Air Date: January 19, 2019

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(The Pulse)
The Pulse
Health

The Inner Workings of Hospitals

Hospitals can be bewildering places. They operate according to their own special logic, which can make them feel a bit like a well-oiled ...

Air Date: January 18, 2019

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Ritz crackers, romaine lettuce, and beef were all recalled in 2018. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Health

FDA, USDA food safety rules have loopholes, report says. The government shutdown only makes them harder to close

A new report exposes the gaps in the current food safety system, which recently has been put under strain during the government shutdown.

7 years ago

Cleanup workers lay down absorbent sheets to clean bird sanctuary Pralls Island between Linden, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York (AP file photo)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Where are N.J.’s new chemical rules? Environmentalists accuse DEP of more foot-dragging on PFAS

The DEP denies tomorrow’s stakeholder meeting will mean further delay in setting health limits on two toxic chemicals.

7 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Students report problems breathing after U.S. Steel fire

More kids in Clairton have reported problems with their breathing after a fire damaged pollution controls at a U.S. Steel plant there in December.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Radio Times
Health

The ACA and contraceptive coverage

Guests: Allison Hoffman The Trump administration had another setback in the courts ...

7 years ago

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