
Public Health
Beyond opioids: How a family came together to stay together
A free program at the Children's Health Center in Reading, Pa. provides resources and social support to new parents in recovery from addiction.
7 years ago
Study: Bradford County water quality improving despite shale gas drilling
Using big data, research shows water impacts near well sites is rare.
7 years ago
Compulsive video-game playing now new mental health problem
The World Health Organization says compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition
7 years ago
Bill advancing in Statehouse would provide relief for Pa. ambulance providers
A Pennsylvania Senate bill advancing in the state legislature would require insurance companies to reimburse EMS for calls that don't end in a hospital trip.
7 years ago
After some backroom maneuvers, abortion-restricting bill progresses in Pa.
A Pennsylvania Senate committee has kicked forward a bill that would make it illegal to abort a fetus because of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
7 years ago
Parents’ scars from childhood trauma can affect their kids’ health, researchers find
The research showed that with each additional ACE that a parent experienced, a child had 17 percent higher odds of having been diagnosed with asthma.
7 years ago
Listen 2:57New blood test for pregnant women could predict preterm birth
In 2016, one in 10 babies in the U.S. were born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Worldwide, preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death for children under 5
7 years ago
‘Die-in’ over housing options for disabled prompts protester ejections from Philly Council session
Herman Parodi threw himself on the floor, calling on the Council to appropriate more money.
7 years ago
Report: Rural poverty in America is ‘an emergency’
"We are just above Russia, Kuwait and Bosnia."
7 years ago
Home-cooked meals and sisterhood — an antidote for Hurricane Maria blues
Still reeling after lasts year’s storm season, women in the town of Mariana, Puerto Rico, spend time together and prepare meals for others to ease depression.
7 years ago
Listen 5:20The American Plan: the government’s incarceration of ‘promiscuous’ women
Guest: Scott Stern The United States government incarcerated tens of thousands of “promiscuous” women in the ...
Air Date: May 31, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Raw sewage exposure forces closure of Belmar river beach
Officials say sewage overflow contaminated a New Jersey beach's water with unsafe levels of bacteria, forcing its closure.
7 years ago
Memorializing losses — violent and otherwise — at WURD event in North Philly
Though addressing violence and its resulting trauma was at the heart of the project, some people remembered loved who passed away without violence.
7 years ago
Making Philly safer for cyclists
Guests: Jim Saksa, Sarah Clark Stuart, Erick Guerra 34-year-old Pablo Avendano, a bike courier, was riding in ...
Air Date: May 25, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:28To better counsel patients, doctors try handling firearms themselves
Emergency medicine doctor Emmy Betz wanted to get more comfortable with guns. Pistol instructor and family physician Michael Victoroff had a proposal for her.
7 years ago
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