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Patrick Whittaker of Solar States installs solar panels on the roof of a home in Bryn Mawr.
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Solar jobs grow in Pennsylvania while declining nationally

Jobs in Pennsylvania’s solar industry grew 10 percent last year while declining three percent nationally, according to a new analysis.

7 years ago

A resident of the Kensington Avenue encampment shows how he safely disposes of his used needles. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. to launch local needle exchanges, enhance services at current sites

The state Department of Health says the plans are part of a broad multiagency strategy to foster syringe-access programs and other offerings across New Jersey.

7 years ago

Midwife Asasiya Muhammad (left) listens to the baby's heart tones on client Dana Ndanu on Feb. 9. Ndanu purposefully sought out an African American midwife after feeling disrespected by staff members while delivering her first two children in a hospital. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Health

One of the few black midwives in Philadelphia wants to give women of color more healthcare options

Black women have higher rates of birth complications at hospitals because doctors often don’t believe their pain.

7 years ago

Although long-acting forms of birth control, such as intrauterine devices and arm implants, are  the most effective methods of birth control, only about 3 percent of Pennsylvania teens use these methods. A new Philadelphia effort is aiming to make girls more aware of their options. (Bigstock)
Health

Philly effort raises awareness of long-lasting birth control among black, Latina teens

Pregnancy rates among black and Latina teens are much higher than for white teens, but use of the most effective contraceptives is low among all teens.

7 years ago

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Cathy Katsnelson, second left, and Mark Katsnelson, second right, listen to
Health

Advocates flag concerns over Pa.’s new mental health law

The law would lessen the requirements to have someone be mandated to receive outpatient services for a mental illness.

7 years ago

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Lise Meitner was left off the publication that eventually led to a Nobel Prize for her colleague. (The Conversation)
Science
The Conversation

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the discoverer of nuclear fission.

7 years ago

Image: NASA
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Science

What’s in a Shape?

Astronomers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have detected that our Milky Way galaxy, while ...

Air Date: February 11, 2019

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John Rose discusses PrEP with members of the community outside the Joseph E. Coleman Library in Germantown.
Health

Philadelphia to receive HIV funding under new Trump plan to eliminate virus by 2030

The effort to eliminate HIV by 2030, will target “hotspots” nationwide for extra resources to diagnose, treat, and prevent the disease.

7 years ago

Measles is a highly contagious illness that can cause serious health problems, including brain damage, deafness and, in rare cases, death. Vaccination can prevent measles infections. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

Defying parents, a teen decides to get vaccinated

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he's 18 and he's finally getting his shots.

7 years ago

Focusing less on the meat-free or health aspects of plant-based dishes, like this jackfruit burger — and more on their flavor, mouthfeel and provenance — could go a long way toward getting meat lovers to choose these options more often. That's according to research by the World Resources Institute's Better Buying Lab in conjunction with food chains, marketers and behavioral economists.
(Westend61/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

How to get meat eaters to eat more plant-based foods? Make their mouths water

Focus less on the meat-free or health aspects of plant-based foods — which tend to make consumers feel like they're missing out – and more on their flavor.

7 years ago

Amber Gorrow and her daughter, Eleanor, 3, pick out a show to watch after Eleanor's nap at their home in Vancouver, Wash., on Wednesday. Eleanor has gotten her first measles vaccine, but Gorrow's son, Leon, 8 weeks, is still too young to be immunized. (Alisha Jucevic/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Measles cases mount in Pacific Northwest outbreak

A measles outbreak in Washington state prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to declare a state of emergency on Jan. 25. As of Thursday, 55 cases have been confirmed this year.

7 years ago

The red drop of blood (left) was designated as an official emoji to symbolize menstruation, among other things, this year. The design at right, submitted in 2017, was not accepted.
(Unicode; Plan International UK)
NPR
Health

Why period activists think the ‘drop of blood’ emoji is a huge win

The Unicode Consortium, the organization that decides which symbols get to be emojis, released its 2019 additions this week. A "drop of blood" emoji has been added to the mix.

7 years ago

Brittany Williams, a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia, started taking Truvada when she began dating a man living with HIV. Even though the relationship ended, she continues to take it. (Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR)
NPR
Health

To halt HIV, advocates push for PrEP outreach to black women

About 1.1 million Americans are at high risk for HIV and could benefit from PrEP, according to the CDC. Around half of those are black men and women.

7 years ago

A team of researchers in Boston has developed an insulin-delivery system that injects the medicine directly into the stomach wall, which is painless. (Felice Frankel/MIT)
NPR
Health

An insulin-delivery system that's painless — and comes in pill form

A team of scientists from MIT have developed a system to deliver insulin that actually still uses a needle — but is so small you can swallow it and the injection doesn't hurt.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer moves from tent to tent telling residents of the Emerald Street encampment that it's time to go. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

In Kensington, police offer drug users help instead of criminal charges

A Philadelphia police-assisted diversion program has expanded to the epicenter of the opioid crisis. The goal is to provide services to some drug users — not to make arrests.

7 years ago

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