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Almost a dozen overdose deaths in Delaware over holiday

Delaware health officials are urging families of loved ones struggling with addiction to seek treatment following close to a dozen overdose deaths over the holiday weekend.

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La Rhonda Harmon (right), a psychology intern at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, helps to lead a class called
Health

Can a class teach someone to be happier?

A new six-week program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is giving it a shot.

8 years ago

After two weeks of recovery from an addiction to opioids prescribed by her surgeon, Katie Herzog takes a walk with her dog, Pippen. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
NPR
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Should hospitals be punished for post-surgical patients’ opioid addiction?

If an opioid addiction starts with a prescription after surgery or some other hospital-based care, should the hospital be penalized?

8 years ago



A virtual reality program developed by NASA could help scientists visualize the magnetic fields around the earth. (NASA)
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NASA taps young people to help develop virtual reality technology

NASA has big hopes for virtual reality technology.

8 years ago

Jenifer Lewis arrives at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
Health

‘The dream that sustained me:’ ‘Black-ish’ star Jenifer Lewis on living with mental illness

She’s best known for her starring role on the TV comedy “Black-ish,” but these days Jenifer Lewis, is increasingly making a name for herself as a mental health advocate.

8 years ago


There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to
NPR
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U.K. water companies sometimes use dowsing rods to find pipes

One water company, in a display of honesty, said technicians occasionally use divining rods to locate water mains — "however they are not accurate 100% of the time."

8 years ago

Astronauts Joan E. Higginbotham and Sunita L. Williams refer to a procedures checklist as they work together in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. (<a href=Photo via NASA)" title="getting-along" width="1" height="1"/>
The Pulse
Science

How do astronauts deal with conflict in cramped quarters?

Getting along with your coworkers can be tough in any job – much less one where you eat, sleep and work just feet away from one ano ...

8 years ago

Doctors often prescribe more opioid painkillers than necessary following surgery, for a variety of reasons. (Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Questioning a doctor’s prescription for a sore knee: 90 Percocets

As public health officials grapple with how to slow the growing opioid epidemic, the over-prescription of narcotics after even minor surgery is coming under new scrutiny.

8 years ago

A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
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New Jersey provides $5M to help pregnant women recover from opioid addiction

As a live-in, residential program, A Place to Call Home will support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with addiction to opioids.

8 years ago

(photo courtesy DE Dept. of Agriculture)
Science

Invasive insect 'hitchhikes' to Delaware

A non-native insect posing a potential threat to agriculture has hitched a ride to Delaware—and now a state investigation is underway to find out if it was a lone traveler.

8 years ago

The two wells drilled on Bryan Latkanich’s property are among 1,655 that have been hydraulically fractured in Washington County since 2004. Latkanich is one of more than 4,000 Pennsylvania residents who have filed complaints with DEP, wondering if gas drilling impacted their water. Only 284 cases have been linked. (CREDIT: ANNA BELLE PEEVEY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water

8 years ago

A casket is carried up Kensington Avenue Thursday during the March in Black in remembrance of those who have died of opioid overdoses in the Philadelphia region. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Health

New study rates Pa.’s opioid overdose death rate as sixth highest in the nation

Well Being Trust, a national foundation focused on the mental health of America, ranked Pennsylvania’s opioid overdose death rate as the sixth highest in the nation.

8 years ago

CHIP covers healthcare for almost 200,000 children. But this year, its reauthorization became entangled in a debate over whether to cover gender confirmation surgery. (AP)
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Pa. House passes ‘clean’ CHIP renewal, without ban on transgender coverage

The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.

8 years ago

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
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After recent Mariner East 2 spills, DEP mulls ‘additional enforcement’

8 years ago

Phil Murphy speaks to supporters at the Asbury Park Convention Hall
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

New Jersey moves toward legalizing recreational pot, but pace uncertain

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's administration promises to be markedly different from that of Gov. Chris Christie, who will leave office in January after two terms.

8 years ago

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