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Fisherman Jim Lovgren says drilling off the Jersey coast is not worth the risk. The Trump administration has proposed opening up the entire eastern seaboard to offshore drilling. (Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

In New Jersey, opponents of offshore drilling gear up for a fight

Fishermen, environmentalists, realtors, and local business owners, descended on a hotel near Trenton voicing their unified opposition to drilling off the coast of N.J.

8 years ago

Megan Ritter (left) at Great Falls, outside Washington, D.C., says hiking, going to concerts, and visiting museums keeps her balanced. And she thinks that makes her a better doctor. (Courtesy of Megan Ritter)
Health

Prescription for arts classes could make med students better docs, scientists say

Scientists have found a correlation between medical students engaging in the arts and humanities and showing qualities of openness, wisdom and empathy.

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

13,500 Pa. homes still without safe heating source this winter

Data released Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission shows there are fewer homes without a utility heating service this winter compared to last year.

8 years ago

Ruth Ann Norton, president of the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, says more prevention efforts are needed so children don’t suffer learning disabilities and organ damage from lead poisoning. She spoke Wednesday at the State House in Trenton. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Health

Hoping to eradicate childhood lead poisoning, N.J. groups join forces

The plan would require regular inspection of all rental housing and that the state share data on neighborhoods where lead-exposure risks are high.

8 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Planets, Planets A-Plenty

Planets have been observed for the first time orbiting stars in a distant galaxy 3.8 billion light years away. Einstein suggested that th ...

Air Date: February 14, 2018

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Closeup photo of male and female legs during a date in autumn park. Love couple romantic concept
Speak Easy
Health

The time is now to end dating violence

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. It's a perfect opportunity to talk to young people.

8 years ago

(Illustration by Ella Trujillo)
The Pulse
Health

Looking for a black doctor for my kids

A millennial mom wants a black pediatrician for her girls and wrestles with why the search was so hard — and why finding a black doctor matters.

8 years ago

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Ed Guinan, a professor of astrophysics and planetary sciences at Villanova University, holds two kale plants grown by his undergraduate students, one grown in Earth soil (left) an the other in a 50 percent mix with Martian soil (right). The kale attempted in 100 percent Martian soil perished.
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Mars bar won’t have beer, but dandelion wine is a possibility

Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.

8 years ago

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Bryanna Shanahan holds her son Jorden. Bryanna died Dec. 16, 2015 from an overdose of drugs laced with fentanyl. (Provided)
WITF
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

As overdose deaths rise, more children are growing up without parents

For many children, it's an eye-opening experience just learning that they're not the only person who lost a parent.

8 years ago

Shalonda Cooper shows pictures of her mother, Windora, before and after she got sick. She says the poor, segregated neighborhood she grew up in contributed to her mother's bad health. (Jake J. Smith)
The Pulse
Health

How segregation leads to health disparities

In Chicago, one doctor traces the health disparities between white and black residents to the neighborhoods where they live.

8 years ago

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Mariner East 2 construction site on Shepherd Road in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

What will Sunoco’s $12.6 million Mariner East 2 penalty be spent on?

The Department of Environmental Protection’s penalty for dozens of permit violations over the last year was among the largest ever handed out by the agency.

8 years ago

Reed Olson, 8, gets a flu shot, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The U.S. government's latest flu report released on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, showed flu season continued to intensify the previous week, with high volumes of flu-related patient traffic in 42 states, up from 39 the week before. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Health

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.

8 years ago

John Millan, (left), a 17-year member of the Washington Army National Guard who was diagnosed with PTSD in 2005 after serving in Iraq, talks with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, (right), deputy chief of staff, G-1, as Col. Mike Miller, (center), looks on, following a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Health

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.

8 years ago

New capabilities in Health Records help patients see medical records from multiple providers.
Health

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.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Mike Newall, far left, speaks at a community meeting about the prospect of the city hosting a safe-injection site. Seated next to him, left to right, are Gilberto Gonzales, Louis Cain, and City Councilwoman Cindy Bass.
(Darryl Murphy/for WHYY)
Health

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.

8 years ago

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