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Health & Science

Penn Medicine's latest acquisition in Plainsboro, New Jersey, will be known as Penn Medicine Princeton Health. (Penn Medicine rendering)
Health

Amid regulatory uncertainty, Penn Medicine acquires Princeton HealthCare

The University Medical Center of Princeton will become the sixth hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

8 years ago

The Pulse
Health

Making Cities Work

By 2030 about 60 percent of people will live in urban centers. We flock to cities for their energy and op ...

Air Date: January 12, 2018

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State Impact
Science

Water study finds some Pa. radium levels exceed tough California limit

More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe

8 years ago

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Health

Horizon’s new partnership aims to better integrate mental health needs into care

New Jersey’s largest insurance provider, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, has signed a $1.5 million contract with the New York tech startup, Quartet.

8 years ago

Donna Morgan, (left), stands with a picture of her daughter Brittany who died of a heroin overdose in May 2017 along with her son Nathan and friend Robin D'Angleo whose son is in recovery for heroin addiction. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
Health

Wolf opioid order could open door to better treatment, prevention in Philadelphia

Stephen Lankenau, a professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, spoke with WHYY's Jennifer Lynn about Gov. Wolf's disaster emergency declaration for Pa.

8 years ago

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Isa Betancourt, an entomologist at Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences, collects bugs. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How animals adapt (and maybe even evolve) to live in cities

Mice, rats, mosquitoes, lizards, and other animals are adapting to live in environments created by humans.

8 years ago

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Gift of Life Donor Program's Transplant Information Center gets a call every time someone dies in a hospital in its service area.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Organ donations from drug overdose victims rising with opioid death toll

Inside the Gift of Life Donor Program’s headquarters in Philadelphia, a room serves as a sort of mission control for organ donation.

8 years ago

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Sunoco/ETP's Mariner East 2 construction continues this week in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Despite DEP ordering construction to stop, Sunoco can continue to work on welding pipes. That work is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, not DEP.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Despite DEP order to halt Mariner East 2 construction, some work is still allowed

When it comes to anything other than earth disturbance or water crossings, the agency doesn’t have jurisdiction.

8 years ago

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

Report: Mariner East pipelines could have a $9 billion financial impact

Sunoco/Energy Transfer Partners, which is building the $2.5 billion pipeline, paid for the report.

8 years ago

Skytalk
Science

What’s in a Name?

Eighty-six new star names have been approved by the International Astronomical Union, an association of professional astronomers. The nam ...

Air Date: January 9, 2018

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University of Pennsylvania junior chemistry major Sisan Dorsu worked to design a nanocoating for tents.
Science

Penn students aiming to build a smarter shelter for refugees

University of Pennsylvania students are working with the nonprofit ShelterBox to improve conditions for some of the millions uprooted from their homes.

8 years ago

The Ben Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden. Salt levels are increasing in Philadelphia's rivers.
Science

Study: Rivers getting saltier, compromising water quality

The study looked at decades of streamwater data at U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites.

8 years ago

Youths play ice hockey on a frozen pond at Philadelphia's Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park during a winter storm, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Radio Times
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Cold and climate change / Offshore drilling

Guests: Michael Mann, Jennifer Francis, Jennifer Dlouhy The frigid temperatures around the nation made President ...

Air Date: January 8, 2018

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NPR
Health

It’s not just a cold, it’s ‘sickness behavior’

It might behoove us to pay attention.

8 years ago

Oyster Creek Generating Station in Forked River. (Exelon Corporation, file)
Science

Normal operations resume at nation’s oldest nuclear plant

Unusually low tides and high winds impacted the water levels in its intake canal.

8 years ago

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