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An aerial view of Mariner East 2 pipeline construction, adjacent to the Fairview Golf Course in Lebanon County August 24, 2018. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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We’re wired to be wary of certain things. Here’s why pipelines are among them

The science of fear partly explains why some residents dread Mariner East 2.

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Sanitation workers clear away mounds of garbage from a heroin encampment at Lehigh and Kensington avenues. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia wary of Hepatitis A outbreak as Kensington homeless population grows

The disease is usually spread through contaminated feces.

7 years ago

Dr. Paul Farmer examines a tuberculosis patient in Monrovia, Liberia. (Katherine Kralievits / PIH)
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Is the world finally ready to end the deadliest infectious disease?

Maybe the short answer is: We need a better imagination?

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Smoke from the Lions Fire obscures granite peaks in the Sierra Nevada. (Nathan Rott/NPR)
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Fire ecologists say more fires should be left to burn. So why aren’t they?

Overgrown forests are one of the biggest contributors to the massive, catastrophic fires that are becoming more common in much of the west.

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A computer graphic image provided by Japan's space agency shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered rovers on an asteroid. A Japanese unmanned spacecraft released two small rovers on the asteroid Ryugu last week.
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You’ve been to Mars and a comet; Japan’s space agency invites you to an asteroid

"Enjoy 'standing' on the surface of this asteroid!" Japan's space agency, JAXA, wrote on their Twitter post containing the video.

7 years ago

An artist's reconstruction of Ledumahadi mafube, which means
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Bones reveal the Brontosaurus had an older, massive cousin in South Africa

The newly discovered dinosaur, Ledumahadi mafube, translates to "a giant thunderclap at dawn."

7 years ago

Drexel University professors Michael Yudell and Chloe Silverman have decided to study engagement between autism researchers and the autism community to see how that impacts scientific research. (Provided)
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Drexel profs studying how engaging with the autism community could lead to better research

A three-year study will investigate to what extent autism researchers include stakeholder groups in the design phase, and whether that affects what research is done.

7 years ago

Acupuncture
The Pulse
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Different Country, Different Medicine

Medicine, healthcare — even illness — vary from country to country. Those differences are driven by tradition, culture, even politics ...

Air Date: September 28, 2018

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Credit: Li Tin Nok
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Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?

Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.

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Sidlappa, who goes by one name, is 58 years old and waiting to get an angiogram. He traveled 8 hours to the hospital in Bangalore with his wife Ramlingamma and two of his seven children. (Mary-Rose Abraham)
The Pulse
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At hospitals in India, waiting family become health care helpers

Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.

7 years ago

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Don Tollefson (Battling Opioids)
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Former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson tries his hand helping others seek addiction treatment

Disgraced former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson is trying to pay it forward.

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A conservative think tank said that the Health and Human Services announcement doesn't go far enough and that Secretary Alex Azar
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Health and Human Services says it’s reviewing use of fetal tissue for research

The Department of Health and Human Services says it is reviewing all medical research involving human fetal tissue.

7 years ago

In this April 2, 2018 photo, pharmacist Steve Protzel poses for photos holding a bottle of OxyContin at Daniel's Pharmacy in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Radio Times
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The roots of the overdose crisis

Guests: Beth Macy, Aubrey Whelan A “bad batch” of drugs, most likely a mix of heroine, fentanyl and K2, kille ...

Air Date: September 26, 2018 10:00 am

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Thanks to ethylene, one bad apple spoils the lot
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Science reveals how fruit keeps a lid on ripening until the time is right

If you've ever tried to ripen a piece of fruit by sticking it in a bag with a banana, you've harnessed the power of ethylene.

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Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB can be seen in red. (photo via CDC Public Health Image Library)
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Dozens possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Delaware school

Public health officials say dozens of people have been have been exposed to active tuberculosis at an elementary school in southern Delaw ...

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