Health

Hospital parent Crozer Health says patients looking for care will be directed to other emergency departments and urgent care centers.

The governor acknowledged that hospital leaders had been urging restrictions, but said the business community is already pushing back.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are still high in Philly overall, straining hospitals, city health officials said, but new positive cases are down slightly from last week.

“The vaccine is our strategy and people need to get the vaccine," Wolf said.

Patients with COVID now fill about 30% of ICU beds in the nation and pediatric COVID hospitalizations are also at the highest rate of the pandemic.

The Biden Administration announced Monday new details on how Americans can get free COVID-19 tests – or get reimbursements from their private insurance.

Gov. Carney had lifted his earlier mask requirement in May. But with the hospital system pivoting to ‘crisis’ care, he implores residents to join ‘the fight.’

The state’s current daily case count is three times last January’s peak. A total of 714 infected people are now in the hospital — 250 more than a year ago.

Symptoms of common colds, the flu and COVID-19 can overlap, so experts say testing is the best way to determine what you have.

Recent research indicates these nasal swab tests may be less sensitive to the coronavirus’ omicron variant in the earliest days of infection.

The quality of the test depends on the person using it, experts say. Yet some counties find the information useful for seeing the bigger picture.

The Philadelphia school district has struggled to keep schools open and staffed during a record-high surge of COVID cases.

Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as omicron rages across the nation.

The strike team will be available for seven days or longer as Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center deals with omicron.

"We have to rethink like, 'What are we doing here?' We're chasing milder disease," said Dr. David Rubin.