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Pastors David Landow (left) and Alan Hines want an injunction to prevent the state from restricting churches in future emergencies. (The Neuberger Firm)
Delaware
Public Health
Religion

Pastors seek court order barring limits on churches in future emergencies

The lawyer for one of the pastors said the Delaware Constitution took health emergencies into account when it mandated the “free exercise of religious worship.”

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at Dakota County Technical College, in Rosemount, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
International
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Biden HIV/AIDS strategy calls racism ‘public health threat’

Nearly 38 million people are living with HIV, including 1.2 million in the U.S.

4 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 variant named omicron, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Public Health

Fauci: 1st U.S. case of COVID-19 omicron variant identified

A person in California became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday.

4 years ago

Volunteers stand after lighting candles in the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event ahead of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response

Today is World AIDS Day, an annual opportunity to show support for people living with HIV and honor those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.

4 years ago

People wearing face masks walk through Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly health officials urge residents to take precautions against new omicron variant

There have been no reports of the omicron variant in Philadelphia. But health officials warn city residents to take caution, as the variant will likely find its way here.

4 years ago

A closeup of a child's t-shirt, with a sticker visible that says,
Kids
Public Health
Billy Penn

Kid vaccinations for COVID nearly doubled in Philly over the past two weeks

The city’s rate for 5- to 11-year-olds is still below the national average.

4 years ago

A registered nurse stirs a nasal swab in testing solution
NPR
National
Public Health

As U.S. races to detect and track omicron, patchwork surveillance makes that tough

What's the U.S. doing to watch out for the omicron variant? Here's the work underway and the challenges that experts say may slow down the country's efforts.

4 years ago

A petrol attendant uses next to a newspaper headline in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its spread across the country. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
Radio Times
Public Health

Omicron: a reality check

What we know and don't know about the new COVID variant omicron?

Air Date: December 1, 2021 10:00 am

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Keidy Ventura receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

Pfizer wants the FDA to let 16- and 17- year-olds get a COVID-19 booster shot

Pfizer's CEO says the vaccine maker has asked federal regulators to authorize boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, after visiting Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
International
Public Health
Travel

U.S. expected to toughen testing requirement for travelers

Among the policies being considered is a requirement that all air travelers to the U.S. be tested for COVID-19 within a day of boarding their flight.

4 years ago

Molnupiravir pills
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

U.S. panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision before the end of the year.

4 years ago

A woman receives an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination
Income Inequality
International
Public Health

Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’

The more COVID-19 spreads among unvaccinated populations, the more possibilities it has to mutate and potentially become more dangerous, prolonging the pandemic for everyone.

4 years ago

An illustration shows the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (blue) uses the active form of Molnupiravir, β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC) triphosphate, as a substrate instead of cytidine triphosphate or uridine triphosphate, NHC induces the incorporation of wrong base pairs in the replicated RNA string (orange).
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

New antiviral drugs are coming for COVID-19

The FDA is considering pills that could treat people in early stages of COVID. Here's what to know about how they work, how effective they are and the impact they could make.

4 years ago

FILE - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks during a news conference in St. Louis on Aug. 6, 2020. A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states. The preliminary injunction issued Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, applies to a coalition of suing states. They are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Law
Public Health

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

The preliminary injunction applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota.

4 years ago

A woman stands near signs at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Bracing for omicron, but still dealing with delta

Health officials said the Garden State’s public and commercial labs are sequencing around 1,200 specimens a week, on the lookout for changes to the coronavirus.

4 years ago

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