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Sex and Health

At its best, sex isn’t just fun — it’s good for our health. It can relieve stress, enhance our mood — even offer a bit of ...

Air Date: March 22, 2019

Listen 48:44
Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Health

Temple will hold free MMR vaccine clinics amid mumps outbreak

The university will have two walk-in clinics next week to offer the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — at no charge — to members of the school community.

6 years ago

Inside Insite, North America’s first public supervised injection facility, located in Vancouver. Photo by Elana Gordon/WHYY
Politics & Policy

Weighing options to fight opioid crisis, few U.S. lawmakers tout supervised injection site

With the DOJ trying to shut down Philly's supervised injection site before it opens, it seems unlikely even lawmakers who support the idea will provide help to make it happen.

6 years ago

Dr. Ben Cocchiaro and Louis Morano chat in Prevention Point's
The Why
Health

Getting on board with bupe: Why a crucial addiction treatment drug can be hard to get

Buprenorphine and other medication-assisted treatments could be crucial to treating those suffering from opioid addiction in Philadelphia. So why can it be so hard to get?

Air Date: March 21, 2019

Listen 14:23
Even though the number of Delaware teens who smoke is the lowest since the early ‘90s, state lawmakers are pushing a measure to raise the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. (Bigstock)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers move closer to ban sale of cigarettes to people under 21

The legislation also prohibits the sale of tobacco substitutes, such as e-cigarettes, to those under 21.

6 years ago

Families that spend more on housing may have less to spend on their health. (Shutterstock/Tero Vesalainen)
Money
The Conversation

Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be hurting your health

New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities are affected more than others.

6 years ago

A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
Registered nurse Nicole Rodriguez draws a dose of mumps vaccine at the Temple student health center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Down in the mumps: Why Temple students got the virus decades after development of a vaccine

Temple University's mumps outbreak started just before spring break earlier this month. Why would there be an outbreak of an illness we've had a vaccine for since the 1960s?

Air Date: March 18, 2019

Listen 13:22
Hundreds of men attend the 2019 Men's Health Initiative at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Saturday in Northwest Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Encouraging black men to pay attention to their health

The “Know Your Numbers” event coincided with release of a city report examining the health of black men and boys.

6 years ago

Listen 1:31
Chris Achenbach-Kimmel stands for a portrait at Elizabethtown College where she works.  (PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Thyroid cancer study re-ignites debate over Three Mile Island accident’s health effects

Although Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest rate of thyroid cancer, most of that cancer has nothing to do with Three Mile Island.

6 years ago

Health workers inside the
NPR
Health

U.S. government beefs up presence near Congo’s Ebola epicenter

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had a light presence when it comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak. But now that is changing.

6 years ago

Inside Insite, North America’s first public supervised injection facility, located in Vancouver. Photo by Elana Gordon/WHYY
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. considering supervised injection sites to blunt impact of opioid epidemic

Opposition is expected, but proponents see an effective antidote to the ‘staggering’ toll taken by illegal use of narcotics.

6 years ago

People living at the encampment at Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Report finds Kensington homeless encampments not just a symptom of opioid crisis

A survey included in the Penn study suggests that the Kensington encampments also reflected broader issues that lead to homelessness.

6 years ago

In this April 12, 2016, file photo, Devon Still and his fiancee, Asha Joyce, pose with their daughter, Leah, then 5, in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Health

Devon Still remains focused on the fight against cancer

Leah Still is nearing four years in remission and her father has become an author, motivational speaker, and an inspiration.

6 years ago

Johnson & Johnson baby powder
NPR
Courts & Law

Johnson & Johnson hit with $29 million verdict in mesothelioma case

A woman in California who says Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder caused her to develop mesothelioma was awarded $29 million by a jury Wednesday.

6 years ago

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