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Sarah Olexsak manages transportation electrification for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Report shows how more Pennsylvania drivers can go electric

Of the 8 million vehicles registered in Pennsylvania, just 15,000 of them are electric.

7 years ago

Rutgers-Camden study pinpoints childhood trauma as likely source of anxiety, depression and suggests healthy family life, civic engagement can mitigate problems (Benedek Alpar/BigStock)
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Gauging how family, community impact children’s mental health

Rutgers-Camden study pinpoints childhood trauma as likely source of anxiety, depression and suggests healthy family life, civic engagement can mitigate problems.

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Their research is still in early stages, but Kristin Myers (left), a mechanical engineer, and Dr. Joy Vink, an OB-GYN, both at Columbia University, have already learned that cervical tissue is a more complicated mix of material than doctors ever realized. (Adrienne Grunwald for NPR)
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Scientific duo gets back to basics to make childbirth safer

A woman with a problematic cervix can go into labor much sooner, which can lead to miscarriage or a baby born so early that the child may die or face lifelong health problems.

7 years ago

In this March 26, 2015 file photo, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly, (right), crew member of the mission to the International Space Station, stands behind glass in a quarantine room, behind his brother, Mark Kelly, also an astronaut, after a news conference in the Russian-leased Baikonur, Kazakhstan cosmodrome. Nearly a year in space put Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, according to a report released on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (Dmitry Lovetsky/AP Photo)
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NASA twins study shows year in space put U.S. astronaut’s immune system on alert

Astronaut Scott Kelly's immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday.

7 years ago

An ambulance arrives at the Tree of Life Synagogue where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Health

Proposals call for more resources for emergency responders in Pa.

Two legislative efforts at the state Capitol aim to add resources for paramedics and EMTs including those dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

7 years ago

In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, with the skeleton of the World Trade Center twin towers in the background, New York City firefighters work amid debris on Cortlandt St. after the terrorist attacks.  (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Health

9/11 fund running out of money for those with illnesses

The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent, officials announced Friday.

7 years ago

Dramatic decreases in deaths from lung cancer among African-Americans were particularly notable, according to the American Cancer Society. (Siri Stafford/Getty Images)
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Racial disparities in cancer incidence and survival rates are narrowing

The report was published online Thursday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

7 years ago

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

Environmental groups plan to sue U.S. Steel after Clairton fire

A pair of environmental groups say they plan to sue U.S. Steel following the December fire at Clairton Coke Works that damaged pollution control equipment.

7 years ago

The Pulse
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Math Attack

Math is a discipline of logic, but for lots of us, it may as well be magic: a force as powerful as it is unattainable. The “math anxiou ...

Air Date: February 15, 2019

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In 2011, a 17-year-old named Mishka told readers of his Facebook post that his Salem, Ore., high school was
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Health

When teens threaten violence, a community responds with compassion

After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.

7 years ago

Hesitancy about vaccination in a community has a lot to do with acculturation to its norms (Karl Tapales/Getty Images)
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Medical anthropologist explores ‘vaccine hesitancy’

Distrust of vaccines may be almost as contagious as measles, according to medical anthropologist Elisa Sobo.

7 years ago

Miltreda Kress organized a protest outside Family Court. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia parents say social workers taking away their kids without reason

Philadelphia City Council hearings on the issue will continue into next week as more parents hope to speak out about their experiences with DHS.

7 years ago

This composite image made from a series of Jan. 23, 2018 photos shows a self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Vera Rubin Ridge. On Thursday, June 7, 2018, scientists said the rover found potential building blocks of life in an ancient lakebed and confirmed seasonal increases in atmospheric methane. The rover's arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP)
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NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years

NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday.

7 years ago

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

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