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Vaccines made from plants could be coming to a pharmacy near you

NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller talks with Dr. Henry Daniell, Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology at Penn Dental Medicine, about D ...

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Is corned beef and cabbage really standard Irish fare? One expert says — not so much

Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day — a feast day providing a 24 hour respite from lenten restrictions on drinking alcohol ...

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The Pulse

What to know about organ transplants in the Philadelphia region

The Pulse’s Maiken Scott and Taunya English discuss lingering myths surrounding the organ transplant system—and some possible fix ...

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Waiting for a kidney and ‘freedom’ from the dialysis chair

Imagine waiting seven years for a call that could promise new life.  About 6,000 people in the Philadelphia tri-state area ar ...

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The Pulse

What makes a well-designed waiting room?

A former designer of waiting rooms for hospitals and medical offices shares the secret to a good waiting room.  Natural light ...

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Nurse Keenya Eubanks with Dr. Carl Chudnofsky
The Pulse

The art of triage — one emergency room’s approach

A look at the systems one medical emergency department uses to keep from getting bogged down. Einstein Medical Center’s Nort ...

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The Pulse

Trenton clinics abandon long-term schedule to try to reduce wait times

The concept is called advanced access, and it encourages providers to get rid of the backlog by doing away with long-term scheduling book ...

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The Pulse

The other side of the waiting room door

Dr. Gearhart of Penn Ob/Gyn and Midwifery walks us through the complicated shuffle of his daily appointment routine.  Wait ti ...

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NewsWorks Tonight

Office politics in the newsroom with Al Dia’s managing editor

Sabrina Vourvoulias, Managing Editor of Al Dia and “the least popular person in the newsroom” talks about her work week on th ...

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The Pulse

The algorithms and strategies behind minimizing your elevator wait time

Theresa Christy, a mathematician and Otis Elevator Research Fellow, explains the science behind your elevator experience.  So ...

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The Pulse

Villanova scientists predict oil sands’ impact on peat, climate change

Scientists study the impact of pollution on peat for clues about the future of Earth’s climate. You may be familiar with pea ...

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The Pulse

Waiting for sex: A 12-month experiment in abstinence

Would you voluntarily give up sex for a full year? One woman did and decided to share her story with The Pulse.  Waiting can ...

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‘Nova looks to secure #1 seed in NCAA tournament

Villanova enters this year’s Big East Tournament with an eye toward snagging one of the much coveted first seeds in the NCAA tourna ...

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The houses of Louis “Lou” Kahn

Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly Louis Kahn was an architect known f ...

12 years ago

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez says N.J. officials mismanaged the distribution of federal Sandy aid money (Screen capture via Senate video feed)
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Sen. Menendez: Feds not to blame for Sandy aid delays

Who is to blame for the slow pace of New Jersey’s recovery from Superstorm Sandy? Ne ...

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