Alan Yu | WHYY
Alan was all set on majoring in biology, but then he realized he liked writing about science more than doing research, so he left Hong Kong and went to study journalism in the U.S. After interning at NPR and WBEZ in Chicago, he has never wanted to work anywhere outside of public radio. He covers space and all other kinds of innovation. He enjoys comic books, LEGO, and dragon boating.
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A Philadelphia science museum was evicted from its premises on May 30 after missing close to a million dollars in mortgage payments and interest. -
More than 130,000 people visit the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia every year to see anatomical specimens, models, and medical instruments. It’s a medical history museum that has, among other things, specimens of bones, skeletons, and human body parts. -
Doctors doing their residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, want to form a union — to negotiate for better working conditions, and higher wages to cover their cost of living. WHYY's Alan Yu reports. -
At the start of the pandemic, the federal government recognized that it would be a really bad time for people to lose access to medical care because they could not pay for it. -
You’ve probably noticed that the price of eggs has gone up - and your Thanksgiving turkey might be more expensive this year as well. That’s partly because of an unusually bad avian flu virus that has hit poultry farms in Pennsylvania and around the country. -
On Wednesday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia heard the case of a Temple University physics professor suing an FBI agent and the U.S. government. -
The Philadelphia Health Department recently opened a new lab to study the genetic makeup of the virus that causes COVID-19. This makes Philadelphia one of a handful of cities in the U-S that can do this, and it fills an important gap in data collection. WHYY's Alan Yu has more. -
When thousands of spiders, bugs and lizards disappeared from a Philadelphia Museum in 2018 - the story of the “insect heist” made national news — including a mention on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Then, a documentary dug deep into what really happened at the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion, revealing that some former employees say there was never a heist. -
There continues to be a national shortage of baby formula. One grocery data firm estimates that more than 40% of formula is out of stock in stores across the country. WHYY's Alan Yu talked to parents who are looking beyond their home states to get formula for their children. -
A deadly avian flu has been spreading across the country and in Pennsylvania, with no treatment available for the birds it infects. Recently, farmers at a poultry farm in Lancaster County killed more than a million birds to keep the virus from spreading further.
