Health & Science
Looking for a black doctor for my kids
A millennial mom wants a black pediatrician for her girls and wrestles with why the search was so hard — and why finding a black doctor matters.
6 years ago
Listen 7:19Mars bar won’t have beer, but dandelion wine is a possibility
Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.
6 years ago
Listen 1:58As overdose deaths rise, more children are growing up without parents
For many children, it's an eye-opening experience just learning that they're not the only person who lost a parent.
6 years ago
How segregation leads to health disparities
In Chicago, one doctor traces the health disparities between white and black residents to the neighborhoods where they live.
6 years ago
Listen 7:00What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?
The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.
6 years ago
Record-breaking number of flu cases in Delaware
Nearly 1,000 flu cases were reported in Delaware for the week ending Feb. 3, the highest total in a single week since the state’s been keeping records.
6 years ago
Short-term PTSD treatment provides relief for half in Penn study at Texas army base
About eight percent of Americans will contend with post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives; for military veterans, the incidence is much higher.
6 years ago
Penn Medicine, Geisinger patients can take health records with them on their iPhones
A new feature of the next iPhone operating system lets patients store information about medication, allergies, and lab results on their phones.
6 years ago
Talk of Philly safe-injection site heats up at community meeting
A heated meeting on Friday night showed that turning the idea of Philadelphia opening the country's first safe-injection site into a reality will likely face pushback.
6 years ago
Listen 2:18Nurse calls cops after woman seeks help for postpartum depression. Right call?
Four months after having her second baby, Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her, like her glider chair.
6 years ago
Pittsburgh suburbs decide as fracking comes near: Welcome it, or resist?
6 years ago
Spot shortages of antiviral drugs seen as flu season drags on
The peak of the flu season could still be several weeks away, federal health officials cautioned Friday.
6 years ago
Mariner East 2 critics don’t trust DEP, Sunoco agreement to improve company’s record
6 years ago
Community health center funding included in Thursday congressional vote
Funding officially runs out at the end of March unless Thursday's vote reverses that.
6 years ago
Sunoco to resume work, pay $12.6 million for Mariner East 2 pipeline violations
6 years ago
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