Health & Science
Delaware health officials to hand out overdose-reversal drug in New Castle Saturday
Delaware health officials will hand out doses of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at the annual atTAcK Addiction 5K fundraiser in New Castle.
7 years ago
Being in nature is restorative; the wild can feed your soul. But, for hundreds of years, we pushed west across the country, tra ...
Air Date: March 1, 2019
Listen 48:41States move to restrict parents’ refusal to vaccinate their kids
At least eight states, including some that have experienced measles outbreaks this year, want to remove personal exemptions for the measles vaccine.
7 years ago
Philly woman with rare bone disease donates skeleton to Mütter Museum
The bequest was Carol Orzel’s dying wish, so that others could learn more about her rare disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
7 years ago
Since China has stopped accepting America's plastic recyclables, one solution to dealing with the excess material has been to burn it in already-existing trash incinerators.
Air Date: March 1, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00N.J. faces growing health threat from virus-carrying mosquitoes
Rising temperatures and longer mosquito season create a ‘perfect storm’ for virus transmission.
7 years ago
‘Does your knee make more of a click or a clack?’ — Teaching ‘Car Talk’ to new docs
A handful of physicians are using the show to teach medical students how to diagnose disease.
7 years ago
Pa. Health Department hiring scientists to study PFAS chemicals in drinking water
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has pinpointed 20 locations with high PFAS levels in water sources. They include areas of Bucks and Montgomery counties.
7 years ago
Criticizing inaction on lead in N.J. schools’ drinking water supplies
The Department of Education was invited to be part of the roundtable event but declined.
7 years ago
To-go drugs aim to keep repeat patients out of the emergency room
It can be hard for some ER patients to fill prescriptions, so a new Temple program sends them home with medicine, to keep them from coming back.
7 years ago
Cancer complications: Confusing bills, maddening errors and endless phone calls
Cancer patients are 2.65 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without cancer, and bankruptcy puts them at a higher risk for early death.
7 years ago
Philly students call for Green New Deal citing spike in ‘heat days’
The only member of Pennsylvania’s delegation to support the resolution to date is Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle from Northeast Philly.
7 years ago
Possible chemical contamination near Delaware military installation
The CDC will test residents around the New Castle Air National Guard Base who may have been exposed to PFAS, a group of chemicals that that may increase the risk of cancer.
7 years ago
Read a draft of Pennsylvania’s nuclear bailout bill
The draft, obtained by StateImpact Pennsylvania, is being actively worked on by state lawmakers, and the specifics could change.
7 years ago
Energy Transfer CEO: ‘We’ve made mistakes’ in building Mariner East
Critics say promises won’t make the cross-state pipeline project any safer.
7 years ago
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