
Health
Capacity limits on Delaware restaurants, retail stores, churches to be lifted
Coronavirus rates have been on a steady decline, but are still well above the year’s lows recorded in mid-March.
4 years ago
Vincent Hughes, Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes host vaccination clinics
State Sen. Vincent Hughes and wife Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes are hosting five vaccination clinics throughout West Philadelphia as part of their #StopTheVirus campaign.
4 years ago
‘The Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs’
Dr. Ina Park discusses her book "Strange Bedfellows" on the history and science of sexually transmitted infections and why they are on the rise.
Air Date: May 4, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:41Advocates push for centralized homebound vaccine plan in New Jersey
As New Jersey officials push to get more residents vaccinated, advocates are calling for them to make it easier for some of the most vulnerable people to get inoculated.
4 years ago
Listen 3:31Though behavioral health cases remain a small number of the overall emergency visits, the increase is causing concern.
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N.J. coronavirus update: State to lift most indoor and outdoor crowd restrictions in 2 weeks
N.J. will lift restrictions on outdoor gatherings and allow businesses to operate at full capacity with physical distancing. Here’s what you need to know.
4 years ago
Philly teen confronts misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
The director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center rebuts the memes and other misinformation (zombies!) circulating out there on social media.
4 years ago
Listen 3:19The contract with the incinerator operator expires in April 2022, setting up a showdown between Chester residents and Covanta.
4 years ago
Vaccination clinics for deaf and hard of hearing communities happening tomorrow in Philadelphia
FEMA will be providing American Sign Language interpreters, Certified Deaf Interpreters , and a Spanish-speaking deaf interpreter on site.
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U.S. to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4 years ago
Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million
Thirty-nine percent of the nation's adult population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4 years ago
Over the past year, public health officials went from being the people who nudge us not to smoke, not to drink and drive, and to eat our ...
Air Date: April 30, 2021
Listen 50:14As a powerful second COVID surge ravages their home country, those in the Philadelphia region with family in India cannot simply stand by and watch.
4 years ago
How a Christian epidemiologist works to sway white evangelicals on COVID and vaccines
Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, by meeting them where they are.
4 years ago
Listen 11:39Pa. coronavirus update: Levine says Philly FEMA clinics offering ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
Pa.’s former Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, who now serves in that role at the federal level, visited the FEMA vaccination clinic in Center City.
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