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Each week Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatow, focuses on science topics that are in the news and brings an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand.

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Health & Science

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Down the Shore
Science

Dangerous jellyfish now found in northern Barnegat Bay

A dangerous invasive jellyfish continues to move south along internal Jersey Shore waterways. The clinging jellyfish, packing a po ...

7 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Health

Death rate from opioid epidemic could be higher than estimated, Rutgers study finds

Those who overdosed were at a much higher risk of death the following year from drug use-associated diseases, HIV, chronic respiratory diseases, viral hepatitis, and suicide.

7 years ago

The Blood Bank of Delmarva has declared a blood emergency because supplies have fallen below the three-day level of reserves for the 19 hospitals it serves. (Courtesy of Blood Bank of Delmarva)
Health

Blood emergency declared in Delaware as supplies hit ‘critically low levels’

Officials say supplies have fallen below the three-day inventory.

7 years ago

A Miami-Dade County mosquito control worker sprays around a home in August 2016 in the Wynwood area of Miami. A University of Florida study recently identified the first known human case of the mosquito-borne Keystone virus. (Alan Diaz/AP)
NPR
Health

Keystone virus makes jump from mosquitoes to human for first time

The first known case of the Keystone virus has been identified in a 16-year-old boy after a year of tests and analysis.

7 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Study: Methane emissions cancel near-term climate benefits of natural gas

A new study finds climate-damaging methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry are nearly 60 percent higher than Environmental Protection Agency estimates.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Health

Weighed Down

Sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring to make us pack on the pounds — we sit at desks all day, grab fast food on the run, and ...

Air Date: June 22, 2018

Listen 49:52
Feliciano Pagan, a Medicaid recipient in Philadelphia, looks over his medically tailored meals made at the kitchens of the nonprofit MANNA and paid for by Health Partners Plans, his Medicaid health plan.
The Pulse
Health

Rx: zucchini, brown rice, turkey soup Medicaid plan offers food as medicine

A small group of insurers offers some members with serious illnesses medically tailored meals to improve their health.

7 years ago

Listen 7:11
In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, a college student plays a computer game at an Internet cafe in Seoul, South Korea. On Monday, June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. (Ahn Young-Joon/AP Photo)
Health

What makes something truly addictive?

A new "gaming disorder" classification from the WHO revives a debate about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs.

7 years ago

In these two two-cell mouse embryos, the surface of the embryos is outlined in orange, the DNA in the nucleus is indicated in blue and the activity of the LINE-1 gene is indicated via bright red spots. (Ramalho-Santos lab/UCSF)
NPR
Science

Some DNA dismissed as ‘junk’ is crucial to embryo development

A study published Thursday finds that some of these snippets may actually play a vital role in the development of embryos.

7 years ago

In this Dec. 4, 2014, file photo protesters rally in New York's Foley Square against a state grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. (Jason DeCrow/AP Photo, File)
Health

The Freddie Gray effect: Black Americans’ mental health suffers after police killings

The negative effect on African-Americans’ mental health peaked in the month after a police killing, and it dissipated after three months.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Science

‘Microearthquake’ occurred early Thursday in South Jersey

A minimal earthquake occurred in South Jersey early Thursday morning, According to the United States Geological Survey, the 1.7 ma ...

7 years ago

The former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove and present day Horsham Air Guard Station is shown Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Horsham, Pa. The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide and potentially tainted drinking water, the Defense Department said. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Toxic chemical study EPA is accused of blocking just came out. It calls for stricter drinking-water limits

State and local authorities could use standards to set their own rules.

7 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Do soda taxes help or hurt the poor?

Supporters say taxing sugary drinks is a boon for public health — detractors say the levy is a menace for low-income communities. Who’s right?

7 years ago

Listen 9:13
Environmental risk inspector Marilou Yingling stands in front of years worth of files related to lead found in York homes. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Lead poisoning home inspectors aren’t getting paid and some fear children are at risk

Though funding for lead testing has gone away, the problem hasn't.

7 years ago

Listen 5:00
Basketball player Kyrie Irving didn’t exactly deny that the Earth was round. He instead called for wider debate about it, especially in our schools. (Egal/Bigstock)
Speak Easy
Science

Kyrie Irving and the politics of cynicism

According to a 2016 survey, a third of American teachers are open to the idea that climate change might be naturally occurring instead of something caused by humans.

7 years ago

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