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Irina Zhorov

Irina Zhorov reports on the environment and science for WHYY's The Pulse.

Irina Zhorov reports on the environment and science for WHYY's The Pulse. Previously, she reported on distressed cities in Pennsylvania for Keystone Crossroadsand covered energy, the Wind River Indian Reservation, and all things cowboy for Wyoming Public Radio. When not logging tape and writing too-long scripts, Irina is lounging with a book or hiking up a mountain with a camera.

family

As hurricane season nears in Puerto Rico, a doctor tries to help pregnant women prepare themselves

Health & Medicine

Carmen Zorrilla, an obstetrician in San Juan, Puerto Rico’s main public hospital and the principal investigator at the Maternal-Infant Studies Center, heard of several unplanned home births after the storm. It worried her.

Destroyed homes on a beach

Puerto Rico’s eroding beaches spell trouble for coastal dwellers

¡Puerto Rico se levanta! Rebuilding after Maria
kitchen sisters

In a Puerto Rico neighborhood still waiting for power, this community kitchen is like ‘therapy’

Health
A grizzly feeds on dead salmon at the end of their spawning run in a river in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Hunting grizzlies was banned throughout the vast region late last year.

British Columbia has a flourishing grizzly bear tourism industry

Environment