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Behavioral Health

A new historical marker at 13th and Locust streets in Philadelphia commemorates Dr. John Fryer, aka Dr. Anonymous (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Community

Philly honors history of LGBT community: Dr. Anonymous, AIDS Library commemorated

The man who helped remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders 45 years ago has been honored with an official Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

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Health

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.

8 years ago

Roughly 6,000 people gathered in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Community

On a sunny morning in Philly, thousands come ‘Out of the Darkness’ for suicide prevention

More than 6,000 people gathered in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday for the city's annual Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention.

8 years ago

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Elbert-Palmer Elementary School in Wilmington's Southbridge neighborhood has been selected for a $106,832 state
Education

Needy Delaware schools get $1 million in ‘opportunity’ grants’

Nine Delaware school districts and charter schools have received a total of $1 million in so-called "opportunity grants." the governor's office announced Tuesday.

8 years ago

Nine-month-old Aarav Vyas (right) wears a shirt with the slogan ''I sleep with this side up.'' He and his mother, Aasta Mehta, along with Jasmine Pitt-Mitchell and her 6-month-daughter, Leilani (left) helped to kick off Philadelphia's safe sleeping campaign. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philly launches effort to prevent infant sleeping deaths

Each year, 30 infants die sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia, that’s part of why the city’s infant mortality rate is worse ...

8 years ago

Author Marta Rusek is shown in various photographs at various ages of her life.
Speak Easy
Lifestyle

Autism found me, and then I found my voice

Since my diagnosis with autism in 2015 at age 30, a bolder, more outspoken side of myself has emerged.

8 years ago

A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Health

Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials

Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.

8 years ago

Joshua Redner, a Pennsbury High School graduate, died of a heroin overdose last week. His mother. Jacqueline Redner, is president of the Pennsbury school board. (Provided)
Health

After overdose deaths, Bucks district approves plan to offer drug counseling in schools

A Bucks County school district is launching an effort to combat the opioid epidemic by putting drug counselors in schools. The Pen ...

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, flanked by people whose loved ones have been addicted to opioids, announces new details of a 41-state investigation into the role of pharmaceutical companies in the opioid epidemic. (Laura Banshoff/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Shapiro details massive, multistate probe into drug companies’ role in opioid crisis

Standing on the turf of Upper Dublin High School’s football field, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro drew the connection b ...

8 years ago

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Two students sit on the front porch at one of the three
Health

How Rutgers became a national model for helping student addicts in recovery

“More colleges and universities are creating sober living programs for student addicts in recovery, and ma ...

8 years ago

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 Mentor Frantz Herr (left) and returning citizen Isaac Rivera (right) have a discussion before the Lancaster County re-entry program at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Bradley C. Bower/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law

Lancaster knows how to keep people out of jail, but it’s expensive

After nearly two decades in prison, Isaac Rivera was ready to remake himself. The 41-year-old from Lancaster served time after a 1 ...

8 years ago

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 Local resident Rick Alvarez speaks with Councilman Mark Squilla at the Somerset Neighbors For Better Living meeting on Monday. (Joel Wolfram/For WHYY)
Community

Kensington residents say drug users causing more problems in the wake of Conrail cleanup

Residents in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood say conditions have gotten worse there since the city and Conrail began sealing ...

8 years ago

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 Talyah Basit attends the suicide-prevention conference at the War Memorial in Trenton. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Some N.J. providers embrace suicide-prevention approach that emphasizes screening

In New Jersey, hundreds of health providers turned out to a conference on suicide prevention Tuesday — a gathering organizers say would ...

8 years ago

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Shooting heroin in a vacant lot in Camden. (April Saul/for WHYY)
Health

During opioid crisis, Camden leaders put life-saving needle exchange in peril

With a staggering 64,000 Americans killed by drug overdoses last year according to the Centers for Disease Control, needle-exchange progr ...

8 years ago

 A man stands at the edge of a waterfall pool during a ceremony at ground zero in New York, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Holding photos and reading names of loved ones lost 16 years ago, 9/11 victims' relatives marked the anniversary of the attacks at ground zero on Monday with a solemn and personal ceremony. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Speak Easy
Community

In times of disaster, support, love, and kindness keep us sane

Over the last several months we have been hit with events of terror, tragedy, disaster, and political upheaval. With today’s 16th a ...

8 years ago

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