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Health

UPenn professor receives $48.3 million to find new treatments in old drugs

Over the past few years, Every Cure has developed a blueprint for an AI-powered platform that can do what humans can’t — match thousands of diseases with thousands of drugs.

2 years ago

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Health

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare

There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.

2 years ago

Boxes of the opioid remediation medication Narcan
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Oversight board will secretly review how Pa. counties spent millions of dollars to fight opioid crisis

Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.

2 years ago

Health

New art installation visualizes life at the intersection of homelessness, drug use and sex work in Philly

From March 3 through March 8, harm reduction group Project SAFE is offering free admission to its “Not Welcome Anywhere” art installation.

2 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly plans to revamp its drinking water system. The Water Department wants to hear your thoughts

PWD customers will foot the bill for a massive infrastructure improvement plan. You can learn more about it at a series of upcoming meetings.

2 years ago

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A student wearing a mask and a face shield sits at a desk.
Health

The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?

The change may not affect how individual schools urge parents to react when their children fall sick.

2 years ago

McKenna Shuster is visible through a window working in her house at twilight.
Health

U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19

The CDC changed its guidance, saying that people can return to regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it's been a day since they've had a fever.

2 years ago

A medical professional prepares a vaccine syringe.
NPR
Health

Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

According to the latest CDC data, only 13% of U.S. children have gotten the new shots and about 22% of U.S. adults have.

2 years ago

Measles virus under microscope
Health
6abc

Philadelphia Department of Public Health announces end to measles outbreak

With 93% of Philadelphians being up-to-date on the MMR vaccine, the department said the outbreak did not spread far.

2 years ago

Kitchen sink
Science

New federal funding to speed clean up efforts at Montgomery County superfund sites

Residents with private wells in parts of Montgomery County have relied on bottled water or filtration systems since the 1990s.

2 years ago

Jim Alturo picking up trash
Health

South Jersey veteran determined to clean up 35,000 cigarette butts off the streets and raise awareness for lung cancer

Jim Alturo, of Cinnaminson, N.J., is donating one penny to the American Lung Association for every cigarette butt he picks up.

2 years ago

Listen 3:52
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Politics & Policy

Philly-area families could soon be waitlisted for food assistance unless Congress acts immediately. Here’s why

Congress faces a possible government shutdown if a deal isn't reached by March 1, which could affect 51,000 in Pa. by exacerbating budget shortfalls for the WIC program.

2 years ago

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Politics & Policy

To comply with new PFAS regulations, Gov. Josh Shapiro seeks more funds for drinking water testing

The Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection is asking for funding from the state’s next fiscal budget for new water testing equipment.

2 years ago

Listen 1:13
Norovirus rates are currently high in the Northeast U.S.
Health
6abc

A contagious stomach bug is circulating in the Northeast. Here are the symptoms

The area currently has the highest positivity rate for norovirus, which causes vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps.

2 years ago

Newborn station in a hospital
Health

Crozer partners with Nemours to bolster neonatal, pediatric services

Nemours Children’s Health’s pediatric services will be embedded in Delaware County's four-hospital system.

2 years ago

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