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Ashley Copeland (right) talks to her mom Sue Iverson in the Swedish Medical Center emergency department, near Denver. Copeland got a nerve-blocking anesthetic instead of opioids to ease her severe headache. At discharge she was advised to use over-the-counter painkillers, if necessary.
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These 10 ERs sharply reduced opioid use and still eased pain

The 10 hospitals that took part in the collaboration were scattered all over Colorado.

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Susquehanna Township EMS Captain Dan Tempel collects information from a man who he just revived from a drug overdose. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
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Audio postcard: First responders save man who has overdosed on heroin

As a note to listeners, some of the sounds contained in this story may be disturbing.

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A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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FERC order effectively denies appeals of PennEast approval, critics say

Federal regulators have effectively denied a request to reconsider their approval of the planned PennEast Pipeline, the agency’s critics say.

8 years ago

This photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows a red knot in Mispillion Harbor, Delaware.  (Gregory Breese, USFWS/AP Photo)
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Delaware Bay’s crabs contributing to dip in already threatened red knot population

The red knots stop for nourishment along the Delaware Bay on their annual journey from Chile to the Arctic.

8 years ago

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Mobile cancer screening funding in jeopardy

Hundreds of Delaware women who receive services on the state-funded Mobile Health Screening Van may have to seek other providers if the state decides to cut its funding.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro
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Setting the record straight on ‘safe-injection’ sites

Philadelphia is in the midst of a debate about "safe-injection sites." Those opposed found voice in state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, but his statements are ill-informed.

8 years ago

Paul Cherashore of the Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Initiative holds a dose of naloxone, an antidote for opioid overdoses. (Courtenay Harris Bond)
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Independence Blue Cross joins health insurers ending co-pays for naloxone

When the policy change takes effect March 1, many covered under its health insurance plans will be able to obtain the drug at no cost.

8 years ago

A Mariner East 2 construction site in Lebanon County. Sunoco says it expects to have the pipeline in service by the end of the second quarter, 2018. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Sunoco: Mariner East 2, despite shutdown, expected in service by end of June

Sunoco said Thursday it aims to begin operating its Mariner East 2 pipeline across southern Pennsylvania by the end of the second quarter of this year.

8 years ago

Sherry Ott says Antarctica is as close as you'll come to leaving the planet.
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Should tourists go to Antarctica?

Maybe you just want to see penguins or icebergs, but visiting the South Pole also means transforming the landscape — and adding to your carbon debt.

8 years ago

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Visitors watch a bear feasting on salmon. The Homalco Nation has invested in a wildlife viewing operation on its territory.
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Canada’s First Nations use tourism to protect natural resources

Communities along Canada’s western coast combine conservation and tourism to create jobs that line up with their cultural values.

8 years ago

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Workers pass bags of concrete in a human chain from a park road to a zip line platform further down the hill in El Yunque National Forest. T
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Fixing a forest for Puerto Rico’s recovery

Tourists once flocked to El Yunque National Forest. After landslides of hurricane damage in 2017, work crews are sweating to reopen it.

8 years ago

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Community discussion on trauma, PTSD and access to mental health services at the Blackwell Regional Library in West Philadelphia, on Wednesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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In Philly’s black community, charting a way beyond decades of pain toward mental health

Nearly 50 people gathered at the West Philly Library on 52nd Street to talk about mental health in the black community.

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Refinery workers at Philadelphia Energy Solutions wait to hear Republican Senator Ted Cruz speak at a rally against the Renewable Fuel Standards. The company blames the program for its financial troubles in a recent bankruptcy filing.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Ted Cruz blasts renewable fuel standards at Philadelphia refinery

Speaking to hundreds of refinery workers, Cruz railed against the federal program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), while the workers cheered.

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Mapping project to assess best, worst locations for Philly safe-injection site

As Philadelphia mulls opening what could be the nation’s first safe-injection site, questions swirl about its location. Researchers are trying to figure that out.

8 years ago

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Flu cases in Delaware prisons mirror statewide trends

As of Wednesday, 87 Delaware inmates have been diagnosed with the flu within the past two to three weeks.

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