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Painter Constance Culpepper in her studio
Arts & Entertainment

POST turns lemons into lemonade, inviting the world to Philly with virtual studio visits

Artists, once hesitant to bring strangers into their studios, now agree to do POST via digital tools.

4 days ago

Jack Hurley celebrating his 20th birthday with his sisters Clare (left) and Nora (right) (Courtesy of Jack Hurley)
Health

How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects

About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.

1 week ago

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This July 2019 image provided by the Sarah Cannon Research Institute shows Victoria Gray on her infusion day during a gene editing trial for sickle cell disease at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute and The Children's Hospital At TriStar Centennial in Nashville. Since her treatment, Gray has weaned herself from pain medications she depended on to manage her symptoms. (Anthem Pictures/Sarah Cannon Research Institute via AP)
Health

Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease

Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool called CRISPR, may treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease.

4 months ago

An illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of U.S. biotechnology company Moderna on November 17.
NPR
Science

What it was like to participate in the clinical trial for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

PBS Newshour's John Yang reflects on his experience participating in Moderna's vaccine trial. "It started off with self-interest — I wanted to get the vaccine sooner."

5 months ago

In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York.
Health

Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US

The action comes days after Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing mild to severe COVID-19 in a study.

5 months ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, is pictured on Capitol Hill on Sept. 23. Fauci tells NPR it's
NPR
Health

Fauci: Vaccine results are ‘important advance,’ but virus precautions are still vital

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells NPR that strong testing results for both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are "a very, very important advance" in trying to stop the coronavirus outbreak.

5 months ago

Rachel Adler (left) and Nicole Maximowicz take measurments before designing a wheelchair tray that will protect Ana's communication device
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Disability and design: Creating equitable spaces

COVID-19 has shown how our cities and spaces can fail to keep us healthy. But for the 15% of the population living with a disability, this awareness came before the pandemic.

Air Date: October 22, 2020

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Mohamed checks the COVIDWISE app on her phone
Health

How the COVID-19 alert apps work

Pennsylvania and Delaware have released apps to help with contact tracing. Will the strategy work?

7 months ago

Through a catheter (on the right), the Lungpacer sends small electrical signals to the nerves to coax the diaphragm into action while the patient is on the ventilator. (Screenshot via Lungpacer Medical Inc.)
Health

New medical device aims to stimulate COVID patients’ lung function post-ventilator

Ventilator use atrophies the diaphragm, the muscle we use for breathing. The Lungpacer is designed to help coax it back to work, to enhance recovery.

7 months ago

Justin John, Rahat Kamal and Ani Sanyal
PlanPhilly
Community

Why a North Philly developer gave up a ‘money grab’ to give back to local creators

Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners are offering gallery space to local artists — for free — as part of a three-and-a-half-month artist-in-residence program.

8 months ago

Dr. David Weiner and Dr. Ami Patel work on synthetic DNA technology.
Health

A look at Inovio’s Philly local coronavirus vaccine-in-progress

The vaccine developed by the Plymouth Meeting firm and Wistar Institute researchers finished Phase I trials and is moving to an accelerated Phase II/III.

8 months ago

Potential COVID-19 vaccines are kept in a tray at Novavax labs in Maryland on March 20. The Novavax vaccine requires an immune-boosting ingredient called an adjuvant to be effective. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

The special sauce that makes some vaccines work

Adjuvants play a big role in many vaccines' effectiveness. Scientists say there needs to be more research into developing a variety of adjuvants because of their importance.

8 months ago

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

As Philadelphia’s doctors learn more about COVID-19, the death rate drops

The more they know about the novel coronavirus, the more hospitals adapt their treatment protocols. That evolution may be lowering the local death rate.

9 months ago

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

9 months ago

Fake vs. Real
The Pulse
Science

Fake vs. Real — And When It Matters

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

Air Date: June 12, 2020

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