
Health & Science
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pittsburgh suburbs decide as fracking comes near: Welcome it, or resist?
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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.
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Mariner East 2 critics don’t trust DEP, Sunoco agreement to improve company’s record
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Community health center funding included in Thursday congressional vote
Funding officially runs out at the end of March unless Thursday's vote reverses that.
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Sunoco to resume work, pay $12.6 million for Mariner East 2 pipeline violations
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PennEast pipeline seeks eminent domain, plus U.S. marshals to protect workers
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Conservationists acquire 477 acres for Cape May Wildlife Refuge
The largest privately owned piece of land remaining on the Cape May Peninsula has been added to the Cape May Wildlife Refuge after more than 10 years of negotiations.
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N.J. environmental groups band together to oppose expanded offshore drilling
The possibility of a spill is too great a risk, say environmentalist who fear jeopardizing marine life and New Jersey's tourism industry.
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Sunoco appeals DEP’s stop work order
Sunoco is appealing the Department of Environmental Protection’s January 3 order to halt construction on the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline.
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Flu count continues to rise in Pa., N.J., and Del.
This past week, Pennsylvania counted almost 9,000 cases of the flu. That’s up from the week prior, when 8,000 people were tallied.
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