PRX - Pieces for Topic: News

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

961 results


The Study That Should Have Stopped Wireless
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
A government study showing cell phones cause cancer has been downplayed by the wireless industry, and for good reason.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WNED Buffalo, and WYAP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for April 30, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
Piece image
How Climate Change Means More Pirates. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32
Finless Foods: A Different Kettle of Fish
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shannon Cosentino-Roush
Long time Sea Change Radio listeners know a thing or two about the challenges of being both a seafood lover and an environmentalist. It’s hard to k...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Breast Cancer in a Bottle with Polly Marshall
From: Doug Wood
Piece image
Chemicals in personal care products millions of women use everyday increase your risk of breast cancer.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:21
Could honeybees be our new citizen scientists?
From: Henrietta McFarlane
Caption: Honeybees to be collected by New York City Beekeepers on the Upper West Side , Credit: Henrietta McFarlane
We don’t know nearly enough about our city’s microbiome. That’s the invisible microorganisms which live with, including virus’ and bacteria that ca...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 04:33
The Cell Phone Disconnect
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
On this edition of GSN, Dr. Paul Heroux explains some of the history of cell phones and how and why they should be made safer.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 2
Cracking the Havana Syndrome with Dr. Beatrice Golomb
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
The symptoms suffered by diplomats and White House staff came from the same kind of radiation emitted by cell phones and cell towers.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WNED Buffalo, and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Water for April 2, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
Piece image
A Grueling Sporting Event Is Doing Science. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2023
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 7
When Home Becomes a Hospital
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Gabriel Kibuyu (right) receives hospital-at-home care from UMass Memorial Medical Center nurse Danae Stand (center) and Dr. Constantinos Michaelidis (left on tablet) on March 6, 2023., Credit: Photo by Lisa Abitbol for Tradeoffs.
The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 24:21
A Fantastic Voyage: From Magic Bullet to Antibody-drug Conjugates (US Version)
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
Piece image
In this –this episode of the Onco’Zine Brief, Peter Hofland talks with Dr. Matthias Bucerius, Vice President and General Manager at MilliporeSigma....

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 44:34
No More Humans? with Dr. Shanna Swan
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
Will endocrine disrupting chemicals that cause declines in sperm production finally finish off the human race?

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:22
  • Purchases: 1
One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 1
Closing the Nuclear Cancer Factory
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
Diane Turco from Cape Downwinders talks about the company decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, and how they're trying to save money buy...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:04
The End of Humira’s $200 Billion Drug Monopoly
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
After 20 years, Humira – the best selling drug of all time – is finally facing direct competition. Typically, once generic drugs arrive on a market...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 18:07
Mismatched Unrelated Donors: A Key to Erasing the Gap in Donor Availability in HCT
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
Piece image
In the 100th episode of the Onco’Zine Brief, Peter Hofland talks with Stephen Spellman, Vice President of Research and Senior Scientific Director o...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 41:50
Developing a Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
Piece image
In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland talks with Padma Sundar. Ms. Sundar is Vice President of Strategy and Market Access at CellMa...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2023
  • Length: 45:18
Can You Trust Your Food? with Helena Bottemiller Evich
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
Piece image
After the news of the week, former Pro Publica food reporter Helena Evich talks about the failure of the FDA to handle food safety, the controversy...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
A Royal Pain—How King Tides in California Reveal a Troubling Future
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
Piece image
California has been inundated with heavy rain in recent weeks as atmospheric rivers from the Pacific Ocean unleash moisture. But within a few decad...

Bought by KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 4
This Week in Water for October 30, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
Piece image
Skip This Chore to Help the Climate. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 6: Finding Digital Comfort in a Time of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
Piece image
The trauma of war and intergenerational PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is discussed. And how state of the art ‘telepresence’, a technology ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 24:40
The ‘Wild West’ of Health Workforce Policy
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Debates in state capitols over how to fill gaps in the country's COVID-weary health workforce are reigniting long-standing turf wars among professi...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 18:42
Constant Wonder - The Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
Piece image
The abyss of the deep sea is anything but lifeless!

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
The Next Chapter in Democratizing America’s Health Data
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
A federal rule requires providers to start giving patients easier access to much more of their health care data, but it’s fraught with implementati...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 16:55
The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
From: Tradeoffs
Piece image
Initial screenings for breast, lung, cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 14:24

Narrow the results by Topics

Narrow the results by Formats

Narrow the results by Tones