Zack Seward

When Camden was Silicon Valley — and glimpses of a med-tech turnaround

Camden, New Jersey used to be a tech hot spot. Now, the troubled city is showing signs of life around health care. Few people see ...

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DEP advises Paulsboro parents not to let babies drink the water

Babies younger than one year old in the South Jersey town of Paulsboro should not drink the tap water, according to a recent advisory fro ...

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Philadelphia Filmmaker Ben Kalina was honored for his documentary Shored Up at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this week.

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‘Shored Up’ wins Sundance sustainability award

A Philadelphia filmmaker has won a $25,000 sustainability award fr ...

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From inside Philadelphia's online mapping portal you can find city-sanctioned health centers that administer free flu shots. (Image via phila.gov/map)

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Where to get a free flu shot, courtesy of open data

The story of a map that helps you locate free flu shots in Philadelphia ...

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Modern-day maps are cool, too

Mapping is having a moment. Credit the visual nature of the Web. Credit the nagging persistence of human curiosity. Maps are co ...

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Philly law firm releases mobile app for dealing with data breaches

An “emergency handbook” for dealing with stolen data. It’s all over the headlines these days — huge companies ...

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Jim Lewis of Chester County, Pa., holds his daughter, Laura, as they watch his TV appearance on the hit show, Shark Tank. (Zack Seward/WHYY)

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From medical examiner to ‘Wall Doctor,’ a winding path into the ‘Shark Tank’

Jim Lewis went from stitching up bodies to seeking funding on national TV. Jim Lewis is sworn to secrecy. It’s Friday ...

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As part of CHOP's anti-bullying program, Childs Elementary fourth-graders (from left) Tuong Truong, Jabree Coleman and Sydney Hall made posters to show what they've learned. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Fighting bullying in Philly schools, new CHOP program sees early success

Small groups of fourth-graders are standing in a long hallway at Childs Elementary School in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze. Ha ...

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This microscopy image provided by Dr. Carl June shows immune system T-cells

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The high-stakes legal fight over a ‘cancer cure’ from Penn

What if something hailed as a ‘cure for cancer’ got caught up in a legal battle among some of the biggest names in cancer tre ...

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Detail from the Wall Rx repair kit package.

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How a medical examiner became an entrepreneur — and ended up on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’

Dr. James Lewis went from stitching up bodies to inventing a Band-Aid for your wall. “I guess that’s where I get this ...

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Jill Bernstein at her home in Haverford, Pa. (Zack Seward/WHYY)

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On the case of hospital-bill transparency: a 9th-grader from Haverford

On The Pulse, we’ve been exploring the strange world of medical billing. So has a local teen. A few weeks ago on The Pulse, ...

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Who killed the chemistry set? And an effort to reinvent it

A Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit is seeking the next great science toy. Jennifer Landry is opening an “atomic energy” ...

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