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For employers, choosing a health care plan for staff can be tricky and they often rely on independent insurance brokers. But these brokers are rewarded for making big sales for insurance companies. (Katherine Streeter for NPR)
NPR
Health

Insurers hand out cash and gifts to sway brokers who sell employer health plans

Critics say the setup is akin to a single real estate agent representing both the buyer and seller in a home sale.

7 years ago

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. The landing site at Tranquility Base has remained mostly untouched — though that could change as more nations and even commercial companies start to explore the moon. (NASA)
NPR
Science

How do you preserve history on the moon?

Historic preservationists hope the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing will persuade the United Nations to protect Armstrong's footprints in the lunar dust.

7 years ago

Protected time for new families could pay health dividends later. (Jacob Lund/Shutterstock)
Health

Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

How does the stress of a rapid return to work affect parents, and in turn, cost society as a whole?

7 years ago

This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle on Vera Rubin Ridge. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
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Science

Is NASA’s Curiosity rover lonely on Mars?

Some humans here on Earth think so, now that the Opportunity rover’s mission has ended.

7 years ago

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Ann Addis, Temple University clinical instructor and speech pathologist, (right) demonstrates how pitch is measured in the lab. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Temple voice therapy program speaks to transgender women

Hormones that help with transition don’t change the pitch of the voice, but vocal therapy programs like the one at Temple University's College of Public Health can.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Auditor general pushes to reduce gun deaths, focusing on mental health resources

The auditor general's report calls on the state "to expand access to mental health funding, especially in rural areas." It's one of 12 recommendations included in the report.

7 years ago

Sarah Olexsak manages transportation electrification for Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science

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)
Health
NJ Spotlight

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.

7 years ago

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)
NPR
Health

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)
Science

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)
NPR
Health

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)
Health
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
Science

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 ...

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