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Lower Delaware ACA rate hike approved

Delawareans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will face premium hikes next year.

9 years ago

Down the Shore
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New phase of Barnegat Bay protection plan features 'pollution budget'

A major component of the plan is the establishment of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standard, a pollution budget, for nutrients.

9 years ago

Nurse taking elderly woman's blood pressure in nursing home
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Attorney: Delays at N.J. Board of Nursing endanger public, leave health care workers uncertain

The New Jersey Board of Nursing is broken, and the next governor will have to fix it.

9 years ago

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A man in a hard hat walks past equipment in the turbine building of a nuclear energy facility
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Oyster Creek nuclear plant in N.J. may close before planned 2019 shutdown

The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Ocean County, New Jersey, may be shut down a bit sooner than scheduled.

9 years ago

Israel Reyes, 61, recently lived on the Conrail Train tracks in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. He recieved assistance to move into a studio apartment since the clean-up began. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Housing comes first at Philly program for homeless heroin users

Pathways to Housing Pa. uses what's called a "housing-first" approach. Its program for those with severe opioid addiction is one of the first of its kind in the country.

9 years ago

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Science

Major beach replenishment funding approved for Delaware

More than one million cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto beaches in Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island to repair damage caused by recent storms.

9 years ago

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Health

Pallone pushes testing for condition causing sudden cardiac arrest

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone is introducing legislation to combat a condition he said is the leading cause of death at schools.

9 years ago

Image via NOAA.
Down the Shore
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October to likely feature above average temperatures at the Jersey Shore

Don't pack your warm weather gear away just yet.

9 years ago

Voices in the Family
Health

An unlikely ally in the fight against depression

Research points to a weapon in the fight against depression that may sound counterintuitive: Sleep deprivation. In their weekly c ...

Air Date: October 2, 2017

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Protesters gathered in January to ceremonially burn the environmental impact statement for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline.
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Police, protesters prepare for Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction

9 years ago

Zombies
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N.J. mental health advocates say Halloween ‘zombie’ hunt still contributes to stigma

Mental health advocates again are criticizing a New Jersey Halloween attraction they say stigmatizes people with mental illness.

9 years ago

Island 63 lies in the Mississippi River by Clarksdale, Mississippi. The island doesn’t always appear on maps because its shape, size, and exact location often changes depending on the level of the river and floods.
The Pulse
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Traveling down the modern Mississippi

The Mississippi’s history is as winding as the river itself. But it’s also part of our modern landscape.

Air Date: September 29, 2017

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A man stands at a Wi-Fi hotspot in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria with many cellphone towers down in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. (Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)
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Dealing with anxiety, stress while waiting for news from Puerto Rico

For many of the more than 120,000 Puerto Rican Philadelphians, it's been a difficult week as they've been unable to get in touch with their relatives after Hurricane Maria.

9 years ago

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Trash piles up at Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s warehouse (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
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Atlantic County could one day vaporize trash to energy

In a large warehouse in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, trucks and front-end loaders are building a mountain of trash. A quick gl ...

9 years ago

An iceberg floats in Baffin Bay in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The iceberg calved off a glacier from the Greenland ice sheet, the second largest body of ice in the world which covers roughly 80 percent of the country. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Science

Op-ed: N.J.’s next governor can make a real difference on climate change

Our next governor has a tremendous opportunity to put New Jersey on track to meet its statewide greenhouse-gas limits and, in doing so, p ...

9 years ago

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