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Should websites be required to provide better access to the disabled?
Nearly a quarter century after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many web portals are still challenging to navigate. ...
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ListenFor sale: Medical school names, legacies
Dr. Danielle Ofri, of Bellevue Hospital and NYU, has reservations about selling a medical school’s name to someone with deep pocket ...
10 years ago
ListenSugar: Health’s latest public enemy
Could new food labels help us fight the battle against the sweet stuff? Lisa Young’s a nutritionist and a professor at New Y ...
10 years ago
ListenA day in the life of a narcoleptic
Imagine never feeling rested…ever. Julie Flygare battles narcolepsy every day, and for the most part, she wins. Julie Flygar ...
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ListenYears later, advocates win transparency battle with Philly district about school closures
Years after the Philadelphia School District closed more than two dozen schools, a private consultant’s report that suggested closi ...
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ListenWhat’s behind parents’ perspectives on vaccination?
Vaccines are a huge health topic right now, especially with the recent measles outbreak that originated in California’s Disneyland. ...
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ListenExperiencing measles firsthand, despite being vaccinated
We’re in the middle of a measles scare right now, with over 100 documented cases all over the country – most of them tracing ...
10 years ago
ListenIf you see a bear in the woods, don’t do what this guy did
Jay Butera has had a dream all his life to sleep alone in the woods at night. But in order to achieve this, he has to overcome his intens ...
10 years ago
ListenFebruary 2015: Madame Fromage, New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, and Charles Burwell
Madame Fromage Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Art of Food pairs two of the most knowledgeable cheese exp ...
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‘Bigger, Faster, Stronger’…with the help of science
Wired.com editor Mark McClusky on the role of science in creating super-athletes. Did you ever wonder how it’s possible for ...
10 years ago
ListenTax preparers brace themselves for clients who went without health insurance
There’s a new reason to be nervous about your next tax appointment…as if you needed one. Darren Dabner just wants to g ...
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ListenTwo words: pitchers and catchers
It’s a surer sign of spring than the groundhog not seeing his shadow. Phillies pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater Flo ...
10 years ago
ListenFor this artist, it’s all about the story telling
They might seem like opposite ends of the art spectrum: oil paintings and comic book drawings, but Mike Manley divides his week between b ...
10 years ago
ListenAnt guts provide insights into how symbiosis works
For this edition of “So, What Do You Do?,” a New Jersey writer sits down with a Drexel biologist to talk about the organisms ...
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ListenPortrait series focuses on people ‘Torn Apart’ by workplace injury
In 2009, George Beerley was operating heavy equipment at a construction site near Doylestown, Pa., when his machinery jammed. In 2 ...
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