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Pennsylvania’s obesity rate rises to 30 percent

Obesity has been on the rise across the country for more than 20 years, and Pennsylvania’s rates have followed suit. Thirty ...

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Pa.’s prescription drug monitoring program turns one year old

One of the root causes of opioid addiction is over-prescription of addictive drugs. A major reason it occurs is the practice of do ...

9 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
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New report recommends ways to prevent and respond to childhood lead exposure

The water and lead crisis in Flint Michigan and parts of Pennsylvania has shone a national spotlight on he problem of childhood lead expo ...

9 years ago

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Health

Restoring mussel populations and improving water quality in northern Delaware [video]

The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is attempting to restore mussel populations and improve water quality in Delaware. Adorne ...

9 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
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Behind the Headlines: Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis up-close

To be addicted ...

9 years ago

 Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
National Interest
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Climate change wakeup: Humans likely made Harvey much worse

Hurricane Harvey is precisely the extreme “weather event” that climate scientists have long been warning about. But while Tru ...

9 years ago

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Following Florence

Asteroid Florence will pass Earth on Saturday. At 2.4 miles in diameter, it’s the largest since researchers began keeping close tab ...

Air Date: August 29, 2017

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evacuees from Hurricane Harvey
Radio Times
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Hurricane Harvey, 5 years after Sandy

Guests: James Lee Witt, Matt Arco, Tony Broccoli Hurricane Harvey has brought floods and devastation to Southeast ...

Air Date: August 29, 2017

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Health

New role: Deputy coroner helps save heroin overdose victim

A Pennsylvania woman who gets paid to pronounce people dead is being credited with helping save the life of a heroin overdose victim. ...

9 years ago

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Health

Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...

9 years ago

 Joseph Smith and Laurie Huselton with the Coast Guard Auxiliary paddle on the Delaware River near Penn’s Landing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

Simple boat label could prevent pointless Coast Guard search missions

To avoid long and expensive search-and-rescue missions, the U.S. Coast Guard is asking boaters along the Delaware River, and in the regio ...

9 years ago

Interim Philadelphia DA Kelley Hodge
Radio Times
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Interim DA Kelley Hodge / what is boredom?

Guests: Kelley Hodge, Mary Mann Interim district attorney of Philadelphia ...

Air Date: August 24, 2017

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The Pulse
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Trying to manage mental illness in the workplace

When the CEO responds to your out of the office email about taking ...

9 years ago

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 MaryAnn Dakkak, a doctor in a hospital and mother of two, escaped to upstate New York to unplug and let her mind and body unwind. (Courtesy of MaryAnn Dakkak)
The Pulse
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Why vacations might make you a better worker

There are science-based reasons to take all your vacation days. Each Labor Day, we acknowledge workers for their contributions to ...

9 years ago

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 A 2.5-ton M35 military cargo truck, also known as a deuce and a half, which is similar to the vehicle used by the Mantoloking Police Department. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons' user Nobunaga24)
The Pulse
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Self-driving trucks won’t make people obsolete

In the future, truck operators may work from a virtual driver’s seat. Think of Amazon Prime, those meal kits from Blue Apron ...

9 years ago

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