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Phillyhenge

Move over Stonehenge – Philadelphia will feature its own version on Friday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m., when the sunset will align with M ...

Air Date: April 2, 2018

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Third year medical students Kelsey Coolahan, Sami Kennedy and Priyanka Chugh have been advocating for disabilities awareness at Cooper Medical School at Rowan University.
Health

Cooper medical students with disabilities push for culture change in medicine

Many doctors and students hide disabilities out of a real 'fear of judgment, bias, and skewed perception of ability,' a report finds.

8 years ago

The female Anopheles mosquito is a spreader of malaria. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
NPR
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What if a drug could make your blood deadly to mosquitoes?

Imagine this: A pesky mosquito sips some of your blood. Hours later, the blood-sucker drops dead, poisoned by the very blood it just slurped down.

8 years ago

Actor Daniel Radcliffe poses for a portrait while promoting the film
Science

Rutgers professor studying invisibility says it’s only a little like Harry Potter

Professor Andrew Norris is creating ways to make sound waves go around underwater objects, instead of bouncing back.

8 years ago

Photo: Kat Smith
The Pulse
Health

Weathering Storms

You know what they say — when the going gets tough, the tough get going. But what are the factors that decide whether we bend or break? ...

Air Date: March 30, 2018

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Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool. Today she's thriving. (Courtesy of Sophia Delgado)
The Pulse
Health

Letting go of anger in North Philly

Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool.

8 years ago

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Tom Paino's house has been called the ugliest house in Queens. (Courtesy of Tom Paino)
The Pulse
Science

Rising above flood risk

For houses vulnerable to flooding, elevation can be a solution. But how do you raise a home that’s connected to others?

8 years ago

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia
Health

In midst of ‘merger boom,’ Jefferson moves toward acquiring Einstein hospital network

Acquisition of Einstein would give Jefferson a network of 18 Philadelphia-area hospitals worth $6 billion.

8 years ago

A pediatrician holds up a measles
Health

11 confirmed cases in Delaware mumps outbreak [updated]

There's an outbreak of mumps in New Castle County, Delaware, with the total number of confirmed cases climbing to 11 Thursday.

8 years ago

The Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland has retreated dramatically in recent years, revealing a visible sign of the changing climate. Since the early twentieth century, with few exceptions, glaciers around the world have been retreating at unprecedented rates. The melting ice contributes to global sea level rise. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Poll: Most Pennsylvania voters say climate change causing problems now

Party affiliation and political ideology continue to play a big role in people’s views.

8 years ago

Sheila Dhand, a wound care nurse, treats many people who use drugs via mobile unit. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
NPR
Health

Healing drug injection wounds can help get care closer to patients

Wounds related to injection drug use are often hidden under long sleeves as users try to hide their addiction.

8 years ago

In this April 23, 2014 file photo, e-cigarettes appear on display at Vape store. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo, file)
Health

Lawsuit challenges FDA delay of e-cigarette review

An FDA spokesman declined to comment.

8 years ago

A Kensington resident speaks during a forum on opioid overdoses and a proposed supervised injection facility. City officials have not selected a location yet, but it's expected to be put in Kensington. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Kensington residents passionately debate supervised injection facility

Philadelphia officials updated the Kensington neighborhood last night on their efforts to bring a supervised injection facility to the city.

8 years ago

The March 27, 2018 photo shows the inside of a rubber duck after it was cut open for the photo in Nauen, Germany. Swiss researchers now say the cute, yellow bath-time friends harbor a dirty secret: Microbes swimming inside.  (Ferdinand Ostrop/AP Photo)
Health

Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time toy’s dirty secret

Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside the toys.

8 years ago

This Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen  (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Radio Times
Health

Prescribing opioids

Guests: Anupam Jena, Jonathan Reisman The staggering rise of opioid-related deaths in America has reached critica ...

Air Date: March 27, 2018 10:00 am

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