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Public Health

A dozen eggs are pasteurized via radio frequency in a prototype machine. Dr. David Geveke, a researcher at the USAD ARS, and Christopher Brunkhorst, a researcher from Princeton University, are working to develop a way to pasteurize eggs via radio frequencies. The project is in its 6th year, they hope to begin introducing it to the market in the next few years. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Recipe calls for radio frequencies to pasteurize eggs

Using radio frequencies to pasteurize eggs makes them safe for use in recipes calling for raw or partially cooked eggs.

8 years ago

Listen 3:37
Bucks County Representative Gene DiGirolamo, at his district office desk. DiGirolamo is one of just a few Republicans who strongly supports increasing the dollars provided to counties for human services. He hasn’t had much luck convincing the rest of his caucus. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Money
PA Post

State mental health funding hasn’t increased in years. Pa. counties say it’s affecting care.

Most of the mental health care for Pennsylvanians not covered by Medicaid, or insurance is provided through counties and bankrolled by the state. But funding hasn’t increased.

8 years ago

Gary Steinberg raises a hand to ask a question following a presentation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on the findings of an initial study on the presence of chemicals found in local drinking water. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Health

Forum on PFAS blood test results leaves Bucks, Montco residents with few answers

Bucks and Montgomery County residents with elevated levels of PFAS met with state officials, but came away with more questions about the possible health effects.

8 years ago

Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens, who directs CHOP's Community Asthma Prevention Program, speaks at an event to launch a new partnership with PHDC. (Dana Bate for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health
PlanPhilly

CHOP and Philly launch home repair program to prevent asthma

Many asthma triggers like mold and cockroaches stem from poor living conditions, so CHOP and the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. are working together to upgrade homes.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz (11) throws a pass throws a pass during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Courts & Law

Eagles’ Wentz out for Sunday with stress fracture in back

Carson Wentz's back injury will sideline him for Sunday's game at the Los Angeles Rams.

8 years ago

Packages containing a nasal inhalant
Health
PA Post

Pa. prepares to give out free overdose reversal drugs Thursday

Eighty locations across Pennsylvania are getting ready to hand out free naloxone this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

8 years ago

A woman smokes a cigarette at JFK Plaza (David Swanson/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke In Philly

Black and Hispanic Americans have a harder time quitting cigarettes. Will this Penn study find a way to help?

Black and Hispanic Americans are less likely to smoke cigarettes than white Americans. Yet once they’ve started, they’re more likely to stay hooked.

8 years ago

Police cruisers are seen parked near the entrance of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Health

N.J. lawmakers looking into viral outbreak that killed 11 children

It remains unclear what exactly caused the outbreak or how it became so severe.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Health

Why spanking is bad for kids

Guests: Stacey Patton, Elizabeth Gershoff Parents shouldn’t spank their children, according to the American Aca ...

Air Date: December 3, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Migrants run from tear gas launched by U.S. agents, amid photojournalists covering the Mexico-U.S. border, after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Tears in Jamestown: A Pennsylvania company’s role in the global tear gas trade

Why a western Pa. company that's become a major player in the global tear gas trade is also embroiled in a legal battle with neighbors of its manufacturing facilities.

Air Date: December 3, 2018

Listen 16:10
Triptych of charity advertisements from (from left) Save the Children, CARE, and Dubai Cares. (Save the Children/CARE/Dubai Cares)
NPR
Money

What do African aid recipients think of charity ads?

It's a question that charities often debate: How should their fund-raising ads portray the people they're trying to help?

8 years ago

The city of Big Spring’s desert-like climate has pushed officials to come up with creative ways to conserve water. In 2013, the Colorado River Municipal Water District opened the nation's first Direct Potable Reuse water treatment plant, in order to recycle the city’s water. (Kristen Cabrera/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

From toilet to tap: Texas town makes the most of its ‘pre-owned’ water

Water shortages forced Big Spring, Texas to begin reusing its wastewater five years ago, but not all locals are on board.

8 years ago

Listen 8:06
The Pulse
Health

The Water We Drink

Most of us take our drinking water for granted — switch on the tap, and out it flows. But in much of the world, that’s not the case. ...

Air Date: November 30, 2018

Listen 48:51
Water pours from a faucet.
Health

Health effects uncertain, high toxin levels found in blood of residents near military bases

Blood tests for more than 230 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties have come back showing high levels of a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS.

8 years ago

Water pours from a faucet.
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State to hold public meeting on PFAS contamination

The meeting will be held Friday, November 30 at 9am the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg and will also be live-streamed online.

8 years ago

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