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Pennsylvania
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6abc

The COVID-19 variant omicron now reported in New Castle and Montgomery Counties

The variant has infected four people in New Castle County, Delaware and one person in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

4 years ago

In this 2020 photo, COVID-19 test kits are laid out on a table at the testing site at 2600 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
New Jersey

Free at-home COVID tests kits available in New Jersey

You do not need an email address and no credit card is required. Officials say the new program is to increase access and availability of tests.

4 years ago

A person fills up a jug of water from a faucet.
Environment
Infrastructure
Public Safety

New Pennsylvania funding will connect more homes with PFAS-tainted wells to public water

More than $15.8 million in PFAS remediation grants were awarded to local municipalities and water authorities in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

4 years ago

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories rests on a table in the room where student-athletes at Pacific Lutheran are tested three times a week, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly Health Department offering free at-home COVID tests at vaccine clinic Saturday

Residents can collect two free rapid COVID-19 test kits per person at Saturday morning’s vaccine clinic at Community Academy of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Alayna Thach (Thach family/Gofundme)
PlanPhilly
Health Care
K-12
Philadelphia
Public Health

After a Philly student dies of complications from COVID-19, teachers ask for a temporary return to virtual

While it’s not clear how the student contracted COVID, and minors tend to have much milder coronavirus symptoms on the whole, the current wave of new cases has many on edge.

4 years ago

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon
NPR
Military
National
Public Health

U.S. military moves to discharge service members who refuse to get vaccinated

4 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health Care
Public Health

Pfizer study tests extra COVID vaccine dose for kids under 5

It's not clear how much the study change will delay the quest for vaccinating the youngest children.

4 years ago

A nurse tests a student for COVID-19 at Brandeis Elementary School in Louisville, Ky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
NPR
K-12
Public Health

New CDC guidance encourages more testing to limit school quarantines

The announcement elevates and updates existing guidance that some schools around the country have already been following.

4 years ago

A gloved hand holds up a syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly to keep giving Johnson and Johnson vax – with new warning – following CDC recommendation

Advisors to the CDC voted unanimously to downgrade recommending the J&J vaccine because in rare cases it can cause serious blood clots.

4 years ago

FILE - Protestors light flares during a demonstration against measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 11, 2021. New research indicates that far-right extremists and white supremacists are gaining new followers and influence by co-opting conspiracy theories about COVID-19.  (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)
Media
Public Health

Far-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows

White supremacists and far-right extremists are using the social media platform Telegram to expand their reach and recruit followers.

4 years ago

Pedestrians wait in line to get tested for COVID-19
National
Public Health

COVID-19 fears dash hopes for the holiday season — again

This year’s holiday season was supposed to be a do-over for last year’s subdued celebrations. Instead it’s turning into a redux of restrictions and rising angst.

4 years ago

This photo provided by the Cannon River Drug and Violent Task Force shows a box containing methamphetamine. (Cannon River Drug and Violent Task Force via AP)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Public Safety

Stimulant use on the rise in Pennsylvania, new report finds

The data from Gaudenzia represents over 14,000 people treated at its facilities in 16 Pa. counties, Delaware and Maryland in FY2021.

4 years ago

A syringe with an influenza vaccine inside heads to its mark during a flu vaccination at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. This flu season started early and all but two states reported widespread outbreaks by the week ended Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 1982 to 2018, the flu most often peaked in February, so there's a good chance the rest of the states will see their cases increase this year
Kids
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly health officials urge flu vaccine for kids as hospitals reach their limits

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is already feeling the strain of providing for patients as flu season adds to demand from COVID-19.

4 years ago

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of abortion pills at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 loosened some restrictions on the pill mifepristone, allowing it to be dispensed by more pharmacies. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

U.S. regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill

Officials said Thursday that a scientific review supported broadening access and allowing more pharmacies — including mail-order services— to distribute the medication.

4 years ago

Doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine is packaged in a box at the McKesson facility on March 1, 2021 in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. (Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

CDC advisers vote to narrow use of J&J vaccine due to concerns about rare blood clots

The recommendation was prompted by the occurrence of a rare and sometimes fatal blood clotting problem called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or TTS.

4 years ago

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