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Chester County Hospital (Google maps)
Health Care

$1.4M to bolster ER services at Chester County Hospital amid closures of other facilities

An additional $775,000 will restore 42 inpatient beds, purchase new equipment, and hire additional staff at the hospital in West Chester.

4 years ago

Delaware has collaborated with the federal government to open a new drive-thru testing center at the DMV in Delaware City. (State of Delaware)
Delaware
Public Health

Steepest COVID-19 surge shows signs of subsiding, but Delaware ‘not out of the woods’

Delaware’s daily cases and hospitalizations have dropped over the last five days, fueling guarded optimism from the governor and health officials.

4 years ago

A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits
Public Health

White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website

The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for Americans to order four at-home tests per residential address, to be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.

4 years ago

A nurse walks down a hallway with her arms in the air, clasping the back of her head
Health Care
National
Public Health

U.S. faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say

“A lot of people are still going to die because of how transmissible omicron has been,” said one epidemiologist, adding it "is going to get worse before it gets better."

4 years ago

A closed sign is taped to the door of the Main Street Pub
NPR
Business
Employment
Public Health

Workers are calling out sick in droves, leaving employers scrambling

Employers from Macy's to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.

4 years ago

People seated at the bar inside a restaurant.
Business
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly’s indoor dining vaccine mandate now fully in effect

A two-week grace period has ended, meaning almost anyone eating indoors in Philadelphia needs to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

4 years ago

Zach Strassburger (right) with their wife and three kids.
Health Care
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s queer doula collective is helping LGBTQ parents navigate the health system

There are support groups, family meet-ups, and a growing resource list.

4 years ago

A deer peers through the woods, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Public Safety

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.

4 years ago

An illustration of physical distancing
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

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.

4 years ago

Customers and employees were all wearing their masks at the Dollar Tree on Kirkwood Highway when WHYY visited. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

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.

4 years ago

Listen 4:12
16-year-old Nicolas Montero wrote an op-ed about getting vaccinated for his school’s newspaper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

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.

4 years ago

Listen 5:49
Zaliyah Dozier gets a COVID-19 vaccination at the Philadelphia Zoo
Health Care
Kids
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

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.

4 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)
National
Public Health

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.

4 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
NPR
Business
National
Public Health

Essential workers face a tough choice: Find a test or miss work

4 years ago

The Philly skyline
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

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.

4 years ago

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