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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.

5 years 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.

5 years 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.

5 years 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

Listen 48:59
Pennsylvania recently started using Sara Alert, a disease monitoring tool from the research organization Mitre.
Health

The technology and privacy tradeoffs behind COVID-19 contact tracing apps

As Pennsylvania, other places consider tech to track and thwart coronavirus spread, they must balance personal privacy with the need for public health data.

5 years ago

Listen 1:31
In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, a vial of the investigational drug remdesivir is visually inspected at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
Health

Gilead drug proves effective against coronavirus in US study

U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.

5 years ago

A paramedic takes blood from a patient in Berlin. (Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)
Health

What’s the antibody coronavirus test Chester County is using?

The county started its program Wednesday: 10,000 test kits have already arrived and 10,000 more are expected next week.

5 years ago

Listen 1:49
Filmmaker Ken Burns (WHYY, file)
Education

Ken Burns joins Constitution Center for online education

The PBS documentary filmmaker will join an online home-school series to discuss Constitutional history.

5 years ago

Listen 1:38
X-rays showing a spine with scoliosis before and after surgery. (Image courtesy of Shriners Hospitals for Children — Philadelphia)
The Pulse
Health

Rope or rod? Torn between scoliosis surgeries

One’s tried and true. The other’s promising, but uncharted in the long term. Which would you choose?

5 years ago

Listen 14:11
“Sweet Spot” by Indiana bases artists Shawn Causey and Mark Daniell at Wonderspaces in Philadelphia’s Fashion District. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New way to see new art: Wonderspaces opens in Fashion District

Philadelphia’s Fashion District hosts the third location of the national chain, which sells the experience of contemporary installation art.

5 years ago

Listen 1:45
A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts. (Big Stock photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Shore town joins forces with recycling company to repurpose cigarette butts

A Jersey Shore community is undertaking an innovation solution to a problem that has long plagued beaches: cigarette butts.

6 years ago

(Left) Pa. Sen. Vincent Hughes surrounded by other Pa. officials; (Right) Meek Mill and Michael Rubin (Layla A. Jones for Billy Penn and Screenshoot/Breakfast Club)
Education
Billy Penn

Fix Philly schools: Meek Mill and friends offer vague ‘millions’; Pa. officials offer action plan

“Don’t just buy a school to say, ‘Oh, yeah, I bought a school,'” said one Philly parent.

6 years ago

Noah Nasiali-Kadima, foreground, takes a selfie with members of the Africa Farmers Group during a tour of a member's farm in Machakos County, Kenya.
(Noah Nasiali-Kadim)
NPR
Community

How 75,000 abandoned cabbages inspired a huge online forum for farmers in Africa

Making lemonade out of life's lemons is one thing.

6 years ago

Philadelphia chef Eli Kulp (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Lifestyle

Eli Kulp trades toque for talks to inspire others at GREATPHL festival

The second annual GREATPHL opens this week. The inaugural B.PHL opens 10 days later. What’s the difference? Philly chef Eli Kulp’s presentation helps explain.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Community

Shore town is first in N.J. to offer curbside ‘plastic film’ recycling

A Monmouth County coastal municipality is the first in New Jersey to offer curbside plastic film recycling. 

6 years ago

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