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Dr. Alexis Lieberman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Some doctors think they’ve found a cheap, generic drug which treats COVID-19. So why hasn’t anyone heard of it?

How faulty data, Big Pharma and the fallout from hydroxychloroquine has haunted the research world, as desperate doctors and researchers look for a COVID-19 treatment.

5 years ago

Listen 14:52
As some hospitals became overwhelmed during the early days of the pandemic, educational requirements for residents in especially hard-hit regions were suspended. (Alexandru Nika / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

For some new doctors, the pandemic means more responsibility with less training

As some hospitals became overwhelmed during the early days of the pandemic, educational requirements for residents in especially hard-hit regions were suspended.

5 years ago

Listen 7:15
The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software. (Alphavector / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Is your boss spying on you while you work remotely?

The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software.

5 years ago

Listen 6:57
Sarah Rose Siskind reads a book to Sophia the Robot, an interviewer, guest speaker and host with over 16,000 YouTube subscribers. (Image courtesy of Nikki Thomas)
The Pulse
Science

A voice-over artist asks: Will AI take her job? 

If a text-to-speech clone can capture her in a moment, is there a role for her? And how will artificial intelligence affect creativity?

5 years ago

Listen 4:41
Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
The Pulse
Health

Safety or socialization?: School leaders ‘agonize’ over COVID-era back-to-school plans

It takes years for science to migrate into real-life practice. Today, educators are trying to make real-time sense of a disease scientists are learning about on the fly.

5 years ago

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How are kids being impacted by the pandemic? Our high school reporters, Trinity Hunt (left), Kaitlyn Rodriguez (center) and Sammy Sacksith (right) produced short personal essays on ways that the pandemic has impacted each of their lives.  (Image courtesy of Trinity Hunt, Kaitlyn Rodriguez and Sammy Sacksith)
The Pulse
Health

Student showcase: What teenagers are thinking about this upcoming school year

How are kids being impacted by the pandemic? Our high school reporters produced short personal essays on ways that the pandemic has impacted each of their lives.

5 years ago

Jordan Emerson was a member of the Whiz Kidz race team in Scarborough, Maine.  (Courtesy of Jordan Emerson)
The Pulse
Science

How a brain injury turned a teenager from shy to sociable 

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

5 years ago

Listen 6:42
Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves. (Sonulkaster / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Who is the real me, exactly?

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

5 years ago

Listen 6:36
Reporter Isis Piccillo and their mom, Anna Yeung, using a language app to learn Arabic while sheltering in place at their home in Northern California. (Isis Piccillo/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Can you actually learn a new language through an app?

Definitely maybe, research suggests. What doesn’t help: conjugation, and odd bits of practice conversation no one ever uses.

5 years ago

Listen 6:41
People chant as they march in support of sex workers, Sunday, June 2, 2019, in Las Vegas. People marched in support of decriminalizing sex work and against the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, among other issues. (AP Photo/John Locher)
The Pulse
Health

FOSTA-SESTA was supposed to thwart sex trafficking. Instead, it’s sparked a movement

Why sex workers say the laws harm the most vulnerable among their ranks — and put their lives in danger.

5 years ago

Listen 17:04
Rosalind Pichardo, an outreach worker in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, has reversed 400 overdoses by her own count. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

One woman’s mission to make sure everyone carries Narcan — including drug dealers 

In Kensington, Rosalind Pichardo learned, people using drugs usually want to have Narcan on hand. Drug dealers were tougher to convince.

5 years ago

Listen 9:27
A person works in a farm. Rows of green crops are visible.
The Pulse
Health

Can coronavirus ‘Victory Gardens’ quell post-pandemic hunger?

With rampant unemployment and several meat-packing plants linked to COVID-19 outbreaks, many people are turning to at-home horticulture for relief.

5 years ago

Listen 6:23
Should cities pay influencers to help stop the spread of COVID-19? The question is not just about money. It’s also about getting the word out to people who need to hear it.  (timofeev/ Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Should cities pay influencers to help stop the spread of COVID-19?

The question is not just about money. It’s also about getting the word out to people who need to hear it and might not get it elsewhere.

5 years ago

Listen 7:50
Conspiracy theories have flooded social media since the pandemic struck — giving researchers a chance to learn more about why and how misinformation spreads. (Konstantin Savusia/Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

The cost and hidden silver lining of COVID-19 misinformation

Because of the pandemic, researchers are learning more about how falsehoods spread on social media — and hopefully how to stop them.

5 years ago

Listen 10:52
Bicyclists, joggers, and walkers are seen on the Schuylkill River Trail
The Pulse
Health

Has the coronavirus shutdown improved air quality? Is our air really cleaner?

EPA data for ozone levels and particulate matter doesn’t show big changes, but our bodies may feel a subtle, fresher difference.  

5 years ago

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