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Addiction, compassion, race: Looking back at the crack epidemic
Why was the response to crack far harsher than today’s outreach to heroin users? During the latter part of the 1980s, Robert Stu ...
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ListenIn Philadelphia, profiling life after overdose and Narcan
Holly Platts could have easily joined the more t ...
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ListenGreensky: Not your daddy’s bluegrass
The sky was green and the grass was blue in Kalamazoo in the year 2000. That’s when David Bruzza, Paul Hoffman and Michael Bont put ...
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ListenThe story behind the new NASA space travel posters
For one designer, creating these posters was like ‘coming full circle’ for his family. NASA has been quite the p ...
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ListenProduced by Monica Rogozinski Restaurant Design is a big component of a new restaurant. As part of ...
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Physician, heal thyself? Why more young doctors are depressed
It’s late afternoon at a busy medical clinic in Baltimore. Dr. John Allen sits at a small desk by the window. Pale yellow sunlight ...
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ListenScientists call for the removal of race in genetics research
Should race be used as a variable in genetics research? A new paper ...
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ListenTeaching medical professionals how to talk to transgender patients
Imagine that you’re a receptionist at a medical clinic. You call the name of the next patient — Fred Jones — and a woman stands ...
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ListenAre more nurses sitting in the corner office?
Nurse executives say clinical experience matters in top healthcare jobs. The way hospitals make money is changing. Governmen ...
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ListenExhibit highlights the ART of the printed word
The proliferation of fine and private pressed books in America can be traced to the end of the 19th century. A new exhibit at the Van Pel ...
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ListenParsing tough issues through ‘Trial by Jury’
“I’ve always been fascinated by what happens in the jury room, once the door closes,” filmmaker Kyle Bowser says. ̶ ...
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ListenAlgae could be an unlikely helper for cleaning wastewater
Drexel scientists are working on a natural solution to protect rivers and streams. Cities have been tinkering with their sewer sys ...
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ListenProduced by Karen Smyles Founded in 1972 as the Brandywine Graphic Workshop, the organization remains committed to ...
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Constitution Center follows the long road ‘headed to the White House’
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller talks with Sarah Winski, exhibits developer at the National Constitution Center. As this year ...
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ListenShould the Olympics be postponed because of Zika?
‘I think people aren’t going to go. And sadly, the coverage they’re going to get is Brazil and Zika; it’s not goi ...
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