Health & Science
Nearly 30 arrested protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Nearly 30 people were arrested and charged with defiant trespassing Monday after blocking construction equipment for the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in Lancaster Co.
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This Saturday marks the 94th anniversary of the first public planetarium show given at the German model for The Franklin Institute, the D ...
Air Date: October 16, 2017
Listen 06:04Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction
The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.
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FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly's Spark Therapeutics
The therapy can help children with a rare genetic eye disorder see better. It comes after two other recent significant developments in gene therapy.
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Listen 0:00Water problems persist along Mariner East pipeline route despite court intervention
Water impacts continue at numerous Pennsylvania sites where Sunoco is building the Mariner East 2 pipeline two months after a court-brokered agreement.
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Designing cardboard hacks to modify wheelchairs
Temple University students create inexpensive adaptive designs for children with cerebral palsy.
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We used to think of nerds as unattractive, pimply or tragically unfashionable — but somehow over the years — the meaning changed.
Air Date: October 13, 2017
Listen 48:34Shapiro joins other states in suing Trump over diluting ACA mandate on birth control
Pennsylvania's attorney general says the Trump administration has broken the law and "undermined the health and economic independence of American women."
8 years ago
Foodborne illness outbreak in VA might have impact in Delaware
Delawareans who attended the Chincoteague Chili Chowder Cook-Off are being asked to fill out a survey, following an outbreak of food poisoning linked to the event.
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Philadelphia has momentum to combat opioid crisis, behavioral health chief says
As the opioid crisis affects the whole nation, a Philadelphia expert offers strategies to address what's being cast as a problem of supply, addiction, and treatment.
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Listen 0:00Task force offers 40 recommendations to help N.J. fight opioid epidemic
Gov. Chris Christie devotes $200 million in initiatives, rest of his term to battling tide of opioid overdoses.
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Delaware flu clinic doubles as disaster prep drill
Hundreds of drivers in Dover got their flu shots through the state’s first drive-thru flu clinic of the year.
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Revoking Clean Power Plan could have a big Pa. impact
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt announced the EPA will formally propose to revoke the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s regulation for carbon dioxide from the electricity sector.
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Elon Musk wants to get off this planet
Elon Musk has released a new proposal for becoming a multi-planet species. He is advocating phasing out Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon ...
Air Date: October 9, 2017
Listen 06:01Why Cape May’s monarch butterfly migration population varies so much
“We’re verging on a big year,” says Mark Garland, director of Cape May’s Monarch Monitoring Project.
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