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The stage is set for a presidential debate. (David Goldman/AP)
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Healthcare fades into the background of 2016 election cycle

With Obamacare battles largely behind us, presidential candidates in 2016 seem focused on other issues. Healthcare played starring ...

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Burning psychiatry’s bible: A new framework for diagnosing mental illness

The National Institute of Mental Health is searching for a new director who will inherit a battle over how we think about afflictions of ...

10 years ago

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Up-close photo of Joe Sestak speaking into a microphone.
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Joe Sestak seeking rematch with Pat Toomey for Senate seat

When the late U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat six years ago, former Congressman Joe Se ...

10 years ago

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The Rutgers 250 is based on a tomato developed by Rutgers back in 1934. (Peter Nitzsche)
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Recreating Rutgers tomato took some sleuthing

A few weeks ago, we heard from listeners whose curiosity and appetite were piqued by a story we aired about limited seed availability for ...

10 years ago

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Alex Weir plays the fiddle during an interview with WHYY's Dave Heller. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Celebrating the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day without the spirits [audio]

No need to wait until March 17 to wear green ribbons and shamrocks. The Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off Sunday, Mar ...

10 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Astral Artists

Produced by Karen Smyles Astral Artists was founded in 1992 by Vera Wilson and is a non-profit organization that pl ...

10 years ago

Volunteers load water into plumbers' vans and trucks.
(Tracy Samilton /Michigan Radio)
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Plumbers descend on Flint to help with water crisis

Since October, plumbers with United Association Local 370 in Flint have been volunteering to install filters and faucets to remove lead f ...

10 years ago

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U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman
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U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman chats with Dave Davies

For 10 years, John Fetterman has been mayor of one of the country’s poorest cities — Braddock, Pennsylvania. In that time, Fetter ...

10 years ago

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A vehicle enters the front gate to the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Horsham
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Answers sought from Navy on possible contamination in Bucks, Montgomery

Residents of parts of Horsham, Montgomery County, and Warminster in Bucks County who have been long concerned about tainted water wells i ...

10 years ago

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a law allowing ex-offenders an easier path to keep minor crimes off the public record. (AP file photo)
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Advocates cheer new Pa. law to seal minor criminal records

Amid renewed nationwide attention on the criminal justice and incarceration rehabilitation systems, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed ...

10 years ago

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Diego Montealvo is in the nurse's office at school
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Digital diagnosis: telemedicine puts doctors in schools

When children get sick at school, it can be a big disruption. For the kids – they have to miss class – and for mom or dad, they have ...

10 years ago

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Dr. Hanni Stoklosa speaking to a patient. (Courtesy of Hanni Stoklosa)
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Health care’s one shot at helping human trafficking victims

Human trafficking in the United States is common, and it is often hidden in plain sight. “This is happening all around us, ...

10 years ago

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Fighting Chance hopes to provide communities with kits that will assist in helping victims staunch bleeding in the event of traumas. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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In Philadelphia, bystander first aid turns everyday citizens into first responders

In Philadelphia, it’s gun violence that makes first aid skills so necessary for ordinary residents. After the Paris bombings ...

10 years ago

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Irene Hurford and Oberon Wackwitz in front of a wall that reads
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Keeping lives on track through early psychosis intervention

Oberon Wackwitz has a boyish face and easy smile, he’s a sharp dresser. He’s 20 years old, and in college. With his friendly, ...

10 years ago

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Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

Astral Artists, Le Cirque Chef Alumni Dinner, and illustrator Allen Crawford

Astral Artists Produced by Karen Smyles Astral Artists was founded in 1992 by Vera Wilson and is a non-pro ...

10 years ago

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