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

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

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

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

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

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.

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Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

The problem is that production is not yet at full strength and that the pill considered to be far superior, Pfizer's, takes six to eight months to manufacture.

The county’s EMS Council has released a ‘white paper’ that raises new pressing issues affecting the state of emergency medical care.

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are faring amid the COVID testing crisis.