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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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‘Shored Up’ wins Sundance sustainability award
A Philadelphia filmmaker has won a $25,000 sustainability award fr ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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