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The main hallway of the SafeStart program, an early head start program on the campus of Allentown State Hospital in Allentown, Pa, is a play area for kids. (Jessica Kourkounis/for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Allentown Headstart program focuses on kids dealing with trauma

It's the only early Headstart program in the nation to enroll students directly from local county welfare offices.

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OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo, File)
Community

Delaware sues pharmaceutical companies for contributiong to opioid epidemic

Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers Purdue Pharma and Endo Pharmaceuticals. CVS and Walgreens are also named as defendants.

8 years ago

Shalon Irving, a public health researcher who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and and Prevention who was studying the physical toll that discrimination exacts on physical health, died just a few weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Soleil. Black women are 243% more likely than white women to die during or shortly after childbirth.
NPR
Health

Making the case that discrimination is bad for your health

Arline Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe how health problems of marginalized people can be caused by stresses of their daily life.

8 years ago

New Jersey and Delaware have  state-supported needle exchange programs to cut down on the transmission of diseases. (WHYY, file)
Health

Harm reduction leaders call on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pa.

In the wake of the emergency declaration, harm reduction leaders are calling on Gov. Wolf to make needle exchanges legal in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

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Science

Water study finds some Pa. radium levels exceed tough California limit

More than 3.4 million Pennsylvanians are supplied by drinking water containing radium that exceeds a strict California standard, which advocates say should replace a looser fe

8 years ago

Sheila McLaughlin photographed her neighbors to create
The Pulse
Community

Overcoming loneliness, one photo at a time

A San Francisco photographer took pictures of her neighbors and built a sense of community along the way.

8 years ago

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The Pulse
Community

Detroit’s urban farms: engines of growth, omens of change

As more farmers choose Detroit as a place to put down roots, some are wondering what the future of urban agriculture look like.

8 years ago

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Isa Betancourt, an entomologist at Drexel University’s Academy of Natural Sciences, collects bugs. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How animals adapt (and maybe even evolve) to live in cities

Mice, rats, mosquitoes, lizards, and other animals are adapting to live in environments created by humans.

8 years ago

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University of Pennsylvania junior chemistry major Sisan Dorsu worked to design a nanocoating for tents.
Science

Penn students aiming to build a smarter shelter for refugees

University of Pennsylvania students are working with the nonprofit ShelterBox to improve conditions for some of the millions uprooted from their homes.

8 years ago

A marijuana plants stands amid a plantation discovered near San Quintin in Baja California state, Mexico, Friday, July 15, 2011. Soldiers have found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), covered by shaded netting, the Defense Department said Thursday. The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Politics & Policy

Marijuana in the Trump age

Guests: John Hudak, James Higdon, Robert Mikos Attorney Jeff Sessions announced last week that the Justice Depart ...

Air Date: January 9, 2018

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The Ben Franklin Bridge crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden. Salt levels are increasing in Philadelphia's rivers.
Science

Study: Rivers getting saltier, compromising water quality

The study looked at decades of streamwater data at U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites.

8 years ago

The Harrison Power Station in West Virginia is one of the power stations addressed in the letter of intent to sue.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Delaware to sue EPA over pollutant controls

The state of Delaware threaten to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly failing to protect its residents from poor air quality, unless it takes action.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, January 1, 2018

Frigid temperatures in Philadelphia can’t keep the Mummers from their annual New Years strut. Meanwhile, outreach workers try to fi ...

Air Date: January 1, 2018

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Bethany Edwards holds the flushable pregnancy test she designed with Anna Simpson.
Health

Flush with success: Philly duo invents biodegradable pregnancy test

“Who hasn’t hidden a pregnancy test in the trash?” said Bethany Edwards, one of the two Philly-based inventors of the flushable pregnancy test.

8 years ago

Heroin needles and trash litter the ground Conrail's railroad tracks in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump on the opioid crisis: Big talk, little action (big surprise)

We wonder what it will take to shake the faith of Trump's fans. His failure to tackle the opioid epidemic might conceivably dampen their ardor.

8 years ago

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