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Mohammed Nayeemudin is a internal medicine resident at Temple University in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Mohammed Nayeemudin)
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Doctor tells tale of losing a patient, and what Katy Perry had to do with it

Mohammed Nayeemudin was working in the ICU when he got a call from the emergency room — a 30 year old who had been found in his apartme ...

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Harry Levant (right) leaves court with his defense attorney Trevan Borum. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
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After dodging jail in theft of $2M, lawyer back in court for lagging on restitution

When a botched medical procedure left Donna Johnson a double amputee, she sold her three-story brick home in Philadelphia and bought a mo ...

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Carl Van Horn
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Rutgers survey: Americans finally have confidence in the job market

Recent national survey results offer optimism regarding American attitudes about the job market. Carl Van Horn, professor of publi ...

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a man holding a shovel at the bottom of a deep pit
Friday Arts
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Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic; The Privy Diggers; Heyne Bogut

Steve McCurry: Unguarded, Untold, Iconic Producer: Karen Smyles Friday Arts goes to the Mich ...

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A patient gets a blood test. (Maiken Scott/WHYY)
The Pulse

If a patient doesn’t get a test, does it make a sound?

What responsibility do doctors have for following up on tests they order? I recently went to see a specialist who ruled out a heal ...

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Fines keep some kids in virtual debtor’s prison, Juvenile Law Center finds

One million kids are arrested in the United States every year. Families who can afford the associated court fees and fines have a reasona ...

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(Chemical Heritage Foundation)
NewsWorks Tonight

Making music with old technology

The streets of Old City will come alive with sound in the form of “Chiptunes — Obsolete Sounds in the Modern World” during ...

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Sara Garonzik will be stepping down from her longtime role as executive producing director of the Philadelphia Theatre Company. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight

Barrymore lifetime achievement winner stepping down from Philadelphia Theatre Company

Sara Garonzik, who’s led the Philadelphia Theatre Company for 35 years, will receive a lifetime achievement Barrymore Award in Octo ...

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Maiken Scott interviews science writer Ed Yong at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Science

A trip to the zoo with Ed Yong reveals an entire invisible world

Atlantic science writer Ed Yong can’t look at an eleph ...

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 A small patient at a cancer ward in Kenya watches as clowns perform a sketch. (Brenna Daldorph/for WHYY)
The Pulse

Clowns are the saddest people of all: bringing smiles to a pediatric ward in Kenya

It’s 10 a.m. on a chilly morning in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and the corridors of Kenyatta National Hospital are already bust ...

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Older black volunteers do African dance together three times a week as part of a study. (Holli Stephens/for WHYY)
The Pulse

African-Americans often say no to clinical trials. Our reporter asked her mom ‘Why?’

Some of those blockbuster medicines could have an asterisk on the label that says: “Tested on middle-age white guys, but we’r ...

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The Pulse

Following growth of ‘stem cell clinics,’ FDA poised to crack down

Patient advocacy groups and experts are at odds over unapproved stem cell treatments.  Smack dab at the top of the homepage f ...

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El Viaje (The Journey) and Lyric Fest

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PRISM Quartet (Photo courtesy of Jacqueline Hanna)
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Record label debuts with compositions from Curtis

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dancers perform El Viaje
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El Viaje: The Journey

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