
Public Health
Lewes residents alerted about elevated lead levels in tapwater
The public should be mindful — but health concerns are minimal.
7 years ago
Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction
Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.
7 years ago
DOJ’s Rosenstein: If Philly opens injection site, U.S. crackdown will be swift
Demonstrators press city officials to move on supervised injection site to decrease overdose death toll.
7 years ago
Listen 4:35First confirmed human rabies death reported in Delaware since 1941
It’s been 77 years since Delaware had a confirmed human death from rabies; the second in the United States this year.
7 years ago
School is a place where kids learn about health — everything from nutrition to avoiding STDs. But increasingly, schools across the coun ...
Air Date: August 24, 2018
Listen 48:51PFAS chemicals showing up in Montco water beyond military bases
Aqua has taken two wells offline due to elevated levels of potentially harmful chemicals.
7 years ago
Listen 1:50Vaccines and schools — a public health power couple
School vaccination laws took a long time to take root. Today, every state has one. Here’s how that happened.
7 years ago
Listen 12:23Times have changed. Is sex ed ready?
The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?
7 years ago
Listen 7:46Syringes once again wash ashore on some N.J. beaches
Medical waste has once again washed ashore on some New Jersey beaches.
7 years ago
FDA stirs contraception debate with OK for ‘natural’ birth control app
The Natural Cycles app instructs women to take their temperature at the same time every morning when they awake and record it in the app.
7 years ago
3 N.J. beaches under swimming advisories due to elevated bacteria
Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts.
7 years ago
Inmates plan to hold 2-week strike at prisons across U.S.
Inmates at prisons across the U.S. are expected to stage a two-week strike beginning Tuesday to demand better living conditions and prison reform.
7 years ago
On front lines of opioid crisis, recovery houses slowly accepting contested treatment approach
Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.
7 years ago
Listen 6:14EPA presents plan to clean up South Jersey site with decades of chemical contamination
Federal officials will accept public feedback on the plan for the former Hercules plant in Gibbstown until Aug. 28.
7 years ago
For first time in at least 20 years, swimming prohibited at Seaside Heights beaches Thursday
It's a historic day in Seaside Heights but not for a good reason.
7 years ago