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The Daily is the radio edition of the popular podcast by the same name, produced by The New York Times. Hosts Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise provide an irresistible layman’s approach to some of the most compelling and complicated stories of our time.

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Abandoned hospital building. (LMPark Photos/Bigstock)
The Pulse
Health

An ambitious experiment to save rural hospitals in Pa. had mixed results. Other states are interested in similar ideas

From 2019 to 2024, 18 rural hospitals in Pennsylvania were part of a health policy program that changed the way insurance providers paid hospitals.

8 hours ago

Wayne Memorial Hospital is an acute care community hospital in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and serves residents in the closest tri-county area. The hospital opened in 1920 and has since expanded its footprint and services.
The Pulse
Health

An ambitious financial experiment tried to support struggling rural hospitals in Pa. for years. Did it work?

The Pennsylvania Rural Health Model ran from 2019 through 2024 at 18 hospitals across the commonwealth.

1 day ago

Listen 11:20
Margie Brown, a long-time native of Bradford, PA, founded “Save Bradford Hospital in 2021, a local grassroots group dedicated to advocating for a full-service hospital and better health care access in the community. Bradford Regional Medical Center stopped operating as a full hospital on May 17, 2026.
The Pulse
Health

A rural Pennsylvania community’s fight to save their only hospital, healthcare services in a ‘forgotten land’

Bradford Regional Medical Center has served residents in McKean County for nearly 140 years, but financial pressures have taken a toll.

3 days ago

Listen 20:07
Carolyn Moseley lives with asthma, and she must monitor air quality measurements for her health. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Some people rely on air quality forecasts for their health, but it’s hard to measure

Wildfires have brought record breaking bad air to the U.S. in recent years. But sometimes it’s difficult to measure just how bad the air is.

3 weeks ago

Listen 8:00
After her divorce at 45, Erica Gerard decided to try – one more time – to come off the antidepressants she'd been taking  since college. (Image by Joshua Max)
The Pulse
Health

I took antidepressants for more than 25 years. Getting off them was harder than I ever imagined.

What Erica Gerard found wasn't relapse. It was withdrawal, and a version of herself she'd almost forgotten.

2 months ago

Listen 18:23
A portrait of David Rittenhouse with his telescope painted by Charles Wilson Peale in 1796. (National Portrait Gallery)
The Pulse
Science

A planet, an observatory and the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

A lost Philadelphia observatory once used to track the transit of Venus may be the place where the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time.

3 months ago

Listen 10:50
WHYY asked 3 chefs to create their best pepper pot soup recipe and recorded the reactions. From left: Chef Shola Olunloyo, owner of Studio Kitchen; Chef Angie Brown; Chef Omar Tate, co-owner at Honeysuckle. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

‘Pepper pot soup slam’: 3 chefs reimagine one of the first American street foods

Pepper pot soup was known as a survival meal during the American Revolutionary War, but the stew's African and Caribbean roots are often overlooked.

3 months ago

Listen 15:36
At Constellation's nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, called the Crane Clean Energy Center, near Middletown, Pa., the cooling towers are reflected in the Susquehanna River at sunrise, June 25, 2025.
The Pulse
Science

As the Trump administration and major tech companies promote nuclear energy, is the industry making a comeback?

Gallup polls show American support for nuclear energy has not been this high in more than a decade.

5 months ago

Listen 12:30
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The Pulse
Health

Trouble pooping on vacation? You’re not alone, and here’s how to fix that

Neurogastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha says constipation woes on vacation happen to lots of people — but she says there are solutions.

6 months ago

Laszlo, a four year old Samoyed mix. (Courtesy of Angela and Karl Wagner)
The Pulse
Science

Shocking sidewalks: Why melting snow could spell trouble for dogs

As the icy snow covering sidewalks and roads melts, it might be a good time to break out rubber-soled booties for your pups.

8 months ago

A wide array of nonalcoholic liquors are lined up behind the bar at Bar Palmina in Fishtown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Dry January is over — but don’t pour yourself a drink just yet

Dry January has wrapped up, but before you head back to the bar or pour yourself a drink, take a moment to evaluate what was better about your life when you were not drinking.

8 months ago

A photo of Mars' Utopian Plain, taken by Viking 2. (NASA)
The Pulse
Science

The redemption of Viking: Did the 50-year-old mission to Mars find life or not?

How NASA’s 1975 mission to Mars led to decades of scientific controversy and confusion over the existence of life on Mars — and why that’s starting to change.

8 months ago

Listen 21:39
Assistant Leticia Orozco, left, and Dr. Carmen Romo, right, talk to clients while testing them for signs of diabetes during a health fair on June 6, 2025, at the Mexican Consulate in Oklahoma City. (Lionel Ramos/ KOSU)
The Pulse
Health

How Latinos have become especially vulnerable to diabetes, and one reporter’s 'wake-up call’' managing the disease

How a reporter began to investigate diabetes risk, and along the way, made a startling discovery about his own health.

10 months ago

Listen 13:10
In 1973, psychologist David Rosenhan conducted an unusual experiment to test the validity of psychiatric diagnoses. (Photo credit: Jack Rosenhan)
The Pulse
Health

Uncovering the ‘pseudo patients’ from the famous ‘Rosenhan Experiment’

Investigative reporter Susannah Cahalan set out to find eight pseudo patients who'd participated in the "Rosenhan Experiment."

10 months ago

Listen 25:45
Users on social platforms like Reddit are being accused of using AI to write posts. (Nichole Currie/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

How not to be mistaken for a chatbot

Top signs from researchers that something was written by AI, and how to avoid sounding like a chatbot yourself.

11 months ago

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