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A deer peers through the woods, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS

The testing comes after the Pennsylvania Game Commission discovered high levels of PFAS in fish living in the Neshaminy Creek basin.

3 years ago

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Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here’s why that’s a bad idea

Most of us will eventually get COVID, but that's not an invitation to party with omicron. Here's why you might want to hang onto your mask and keep cautious a little longer.

3 years ago

Customers and employees were all wearing their masks at the Dollar Tree on Kirkwood Highway when WHYY visited. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’

The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.

3 years ago

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16-year-old Nicolas Montero wrote an op-ed about getting vaccinated for his school’s newspaper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania
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Why a suburban teen went to Philly to get his COVID-19 vaccine

Now, he’s on a mission to help young people like him get access to the shot.

3 years ago

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Zaliyah Dozier gets a COVID-19 vaccination at the Philadelphia Zoo
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Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?

The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.

3 years ago

Edward Williams, 62, a resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York, Sept. 27, 2021. COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too. That's leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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COVID deaths and cases are rising again at U.S. nursing homes

COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too.

3 years ago

A health care worker administers a test at a Covid-19 testing tent outside a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. UCSF and the Latino Task Force held post-holiday Covid-19 testing in four of the most affected neighborhoods in San Francisco, ABC7 San Francisco reports. Photographer: David Odisho/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Essential workers face a tough choice: Find a test or miss work

3 years ago

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Police, fire, and streets departments lag behind as Philly extends vaccine mandate for city employees

About 81% of the municipal workforce is fully vaccinated against COVID.

3 years ago

NIOSH-approved N95 masks
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Ready for an N95? Here’s how to find a high-quality one that fits you well

The CDC says high-filtration masks like N95s provide the best protection. Here's how to find a good one — and avoid the fakes.

3 years ago

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Particles of the virus (yellow) are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink). The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, meaning 'crown-like'.
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Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder

3 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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You’ll be able to order free at-home COVID test kits starting on Wednesday

3 years ago

A member of the Salt Lake County Health Department COVID-19 testing staff performs a test on Gary Mackelprang outside the Salt Lake County Health Department Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City
Pennsylvania
Public Health

High-volume COVID testing site opening in Delco next week

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the site will be staffed by federal contractors and able to test about 1,000 people a day.

3 years ago

A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia extends vaccine mandate deadline for city workers

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

3 years ago

People and cars line up outside of Boston Medical Center
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Health Care
National
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Flooded with omicron patients, ERs struggle to treat other urgent problems

Omicron may cause milder disease but the sheer number of patients make this wave far worse for the health care system. With packed ERs, patients can wait days to get a bed.

3 years ago

Coins in a glass jar with the word
The Pulse
Behavioral Health

The Generosity Spectrum

When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...

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