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Hyper accurate diagnoses could help further efforts to cure major diseases.(Shutterstock Image: http://shutr.bz/1CdbHXK)
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POTUS: Precision Medicine Initiative will bring us closer to a cancer cure

So, what exactly is “precision medicine”? President Barack Obama is launching a “Precision Medicine Initiative.& ...

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Jillian Bauer includes her own story in her ongoing portrait series
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Portrait project brings stories of recovery out of ‘the rooms’

Jillian Bauer has found a lot of support in “the rooms.” That’s shorthand for meetings of recovery groups, like ...

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A parks and recreation worker breaks up a felled ash tree in Cobb's Creek Park. The department is trying to stay ahead of the invasion of the emerald ash borer by culling trees in some areas. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Climate change to Philly trees: it’s not 1910 anymore

The Philadelphia Parks Department is launching experiments at three different test sites in city parks in the hopes of designing a forest ...

11 years ago

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Arctic Records

Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles Founded by WDAS program director/deejay Jimmy Bishop in conjunction with Jamie/Guyden R ...

11 years ago

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New blood test could indicate long-term severity of concussions

Over the past 15 years, scientists and physicians have come to realize that concussions are very serious injuries. In fact, about 20 perc ...

11 years ago

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(Emma Lee/for WHYY)
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With more adversity comes more love for couple dealing with cancer

Imagine you’re young, and totally healthy. For a few nights, you wake up in cold sweats, feel generally lousy, have some respirator ...

11 years ago

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Judy Wilson
NewsWorks Tonight

In difficult times, Judy Wilson lends a hand

Today marks the 42nd Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision that made abortion legal. Thousands of women m ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Penn Veterinary grads named to Forbes “30 Under 30”

Forbes annual “30 Under 30” listing of millenial movers, makers, and young game changers in the field of healthcare cites two ...

11 years ago

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State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams
NewsWorks Tonight

Anthony Williams makes his pitch to be Philly’s next mayor

With the departure of lawyer Ken Trujillo from the Philadelphia mayor’s race, three Democratic candidates remain.  One of them ...

11 years ago

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Siobhan A. Reardon
NewsWorks Tonight

National accolade for head of Free Library of Philadelphia

Siobhan Reardon took over as president and director of the Free Library of Philadelphia amid a turbulent economic time: the recession of ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Pa’s new gov paints picture of the future in broad strokes

Democrat Tom Wolf was sworn in today as Pennsylvania’s 47th Governor.  NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller talks over the incom ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

Sparking innovation at Jefferson’s new ‘Accelerator Zone’

Nestled between a hoagie shop and an Italian restaurant, a former administrative building on South 10th Street in Philadelphia is now an ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Obama’s Cuba announcement sends ripples through New Jersey

Among members of Hudson County’s Cuban-American community, the question of how the United States should interact with the Castro regime ...

11 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

Christie crusade against double dippers fizzles out

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did not mention disability pension reform during this year’s state of the state speech even thou ...

11 years ago

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Teachers at the Maternity Care Coalition's Early Head Start prorgram follow a long list of procedures to prevent germ spread at the day care  -- sanitizing diaper-changing tables and wearing gloves to wipe a toddler's nose. (Taunya English/WHYY)
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Agreeing with experts, Philly mom not blaming illness on day care

Kids share more than toys in preschool; germs are passed around, too. But many experts say, “Don’t blame day care.” Children ...

11 years ago

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