Health & Science
A mother’s dilemma: Get cancer meds and risk deportation, or hide and surely die
Facing terminal cancer, an undocumented immigrant must decide if access to life-extending medicine is worth the increased risk of deportation.
8 years ago
Listen 9:23Natural gas impact fee revenue expected to rise this year in Pa.
Pennsylvania is expected to bring in $46.1 million more this year from natural gas impact fees.
8 years ago
Bioethicists push back on Trump call for national ‘right-to-try’ legislation
If a national version of this bill is approved, terminally ill patients could try experimental treatments that have completed some testing but don’t yet have FDA approval.
8 years ago
Trump’s speech light on energy specifics. Here’s the lowdown behind mentions of coal, exports.
While the president mentioned energy in his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he offered few details about his energy priorities.
8 years ago
The refinery is Philadelphia’s single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution, according to city data.
8 years ago
CDC Director resigns due to ‘complex’ financial entanglements
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned Wednesday following reports that she bought shares in a tobacco company.
8 years ago
Environmentalists want more action from Tom Wolf. More talk would be nice, too
Many environmentalists say his record, so far, has been disappointing.
8 years ago
Expanded Hub of Hope homeless center opening under Suburban Station
The facility, formerly a transit police headquarters, covers 11,000 square feet - 10 times the size of the current Hub of Hope, which has been operating in a storefront.
8 years ago
Komen Philadelphia calls on community leaders to help address breast cancer disparities
Susan G. Komen Philadelphia is calling on local leaders to eliminate the breast cancer mortality gap that disproportionately impacts African-American women.
8 years ago
Countdown to the Super Bowl, and the Super Moon!
On Wednesday, January 31st, don’t miss the Super Blue Blood Total Lunar Eclipse Moon! This lunar event means that the second full m ...
Air Date: January 29, 2018
Listen 07:07WHYY presents film tracing vets’ cross-country quest for peace of mind
WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.
8 years ago
Gov. Wolf doesn’t recall campaign pledge to join climate initiative
Gov. Wolf said Friday he never made a campaign pledge to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative —a market-based effort among northeastern states to limit carbon emissions
8 years ago
Coal company, watershed group reach settlement over new mine
A proposed coal mine is moving forward in southwestern Pennsylvania after its operator reached a settlement with an environmental group.
8 years ago
One of the world’s rarest fish is a little less rare than we thought
Meet the red handfish, a name that reflects the hand-shaped fins on the sides of its body. The striking creature doesn't really swim — it "walks" slowly along the sea floor.
8 years ago
UV light could be a ray of hope for bats with white-nose syndrome
Scientists might have found a new way to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus killing millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada.
8 years ago
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