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Public Health

 U.S. Capitol building in the evening. (Big Stock image)
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Politics & Policy

Before Senate Republicans repeal Obamacare they must answer these questions

A group of 13 Republican senators are holed up behind closed doors to decide the next steps for the American Health Care Act, the Obamaca ...

8 years ago

Paul Cherashore of the Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Initiative holds a dose of naloxone, an antidote for opioid overdoses. (Courtenay Harris Bond)
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Health

‘People die of stigma. They don’t die from heroin.’

Paul Yabor, 55, an activist in the HIV/AIDs and harm reduction communities who suffered from a substance use disorder himself, died last week Tuesday of a drug overdose.

8 years ago

 Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at an opioid forum hosted by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Pa. AG says combating opioid abuse his top priority

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says opioid abuse has become the biggest threat to keeping Pennsylvania residents safe. ...

8 years ago

All the curing at New England Charcuterie is done in one large drying room. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How the sausage is made, safely and free of harmful bacteria

Cured meat is a big food trend in the U.S. right now, but the meat isn’t cooked with heat, so it takes a bit of work to keep the sa ...

8 years ago

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 Students and faculty from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy answer questions about filling orders for Naloxone from David Ostrow at Cambria Pharmacy in Fairhill. (Joel Wolfram/for NewsWorks)
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Pharmacy students see first hand Philadelphia’s naloxone shortage

Three pharmacy school students gathered outside a windowless brick storefront in Fairhill, just blocks from Philadelphia’s most not ...

8 years ago

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 A view of the 'Badlands' of Kensington, Philadelphia. (Courtenay harris Bond)
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Health

Under the bridge, a world of pain not so far from any of us

The suffering I witnessed in the course of some recent reporting I did on the opioid epidemic weighed more heavily on me than a ...

8 years ago

Homeless people sleep under an overpass in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/Whyy, file)
Community

Southeast Pa. homeless assistance program to shut down

The Philadelphia region is about to lose a federally-funded homeless outreach program. The loss comes at a time of uncertainty for ...

8 years ago

 Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks to reporters after meeting with President Donald Trump who came to Capitol Hill to rally support among GOP lawmakers for the Republican health care overhaul, in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Politics & Policy

I voted for Donald Trump — and I want to keep the ACA

I still support most of what President Trump is doing. But there is one thing on which I'm disagreeing with him. I regret voting against my own interests.

8 years ago

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Health

Empty chairs at the cancer center: The threat of ACA repeal

I spend a lot of time in the place no one wants to be — the cancer center. Every two weeks I’m there with my husband. He is the p ...

8 years ago

 The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is less than 10 miles from center city. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Urban Planning

The role of water in preparing our cities for a better future

By linking the digital and infrastructure systems of the water utility with those of our urban centers, we will take a leap toward creating thriving, sustainable cities.

8 years ago

 A recently fed male bed bug is found under a mattress during an extermination. (Bas Slabbers, for NewsWorks)
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Politics & Policy

Philadelphia must enact a policy to fight bed bugs

What is small, brown, round, and avoided by the City of Philadelphia like the plague? If you guessed bed bugs, you’d be right. Unli ...

8 years ago

Ramapough prayer camp in N.J. raises awareness about water poisoning
Politics & Policy

A common cause; from Standing Rock to Sweet Water, New Jersey’s Pilgrim Pipeline

Teepees dot the plain beside the river, totem poles mark a circular prayer site, and men in moccasins and fur caps tend the ceremonial campfire.

8 years ago

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After his farewell address
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Farewell, Mr. Obama

Few presidents have been as concerned with their legacy as Barack Obama. From writing his first memoir at age 34, to declaring ...

9 years ago

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Science

The Body Show

This rebroadcast show is all about the human body – more specifically, what happens to us after weR ...

Air Date: October 27, 2016

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The water plant tower is seen in Flint
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Health

40 years after Legionnaires outbreak, the case for a ‘Safe Breathing Water Act’

Forty years ago this month, more than  ...

9 years ago

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