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A sign notifies customers that COVID-19 vaccinations are available at a pharmacy in a grocery store
Medicine
National
Public Health

Boosters for all adults in U.S. closer with panel meeting set

The panel advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in setting vaccination recommendations for U.S. doctors and the general public.

4 years ago

After declining most of the fall, COVID-19 cases are rising again in many parts of the U.S. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

U.S. COVID cases start to rise again as the holidays approach

The country is now averaging more than 83,000 cases a day — about a 14% increase compared to a week ago, and 12% more than two weeks ago.

4 years ago

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signage
Government
Public Health

Pfizer asks FDA to OK promising COVID-19 pill

The company's filing comes as new infections are rising once again, driven mainly by hot spots in states where colder weather is driving more Americans indoors.

4 years ago

An Austrian police officer checks a driver's vaccination certificate
NPR
International
Public Health

Austria and Germany impose restrictions on unvaccinated people as COVID cases surge

Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on partial lockdown. Similar restrictions in Berlin have been placed on people who aren't fully vaccinated.

4 years ago

The Pfizer logo at its world headquarters
Medicine
Public Health

Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

Pfizer said it would grant a license for the pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries.

4 years ago

COVID-19 booster shot is prepared
Health Care
Higher Education
Public Health

Does PFAS exposure affect COVID-19 illness and vaccine effectiveness? Researchers want to know

Studies at Rutgers and elsewhere are looking at possible links. The chemicals can cause serious health problems, including immune system effects.

4 years ago

Listen 5:53
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to supporters
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey officials encourage residents to ‘get a booster’

Echoing Dr. Anthony Fauci, Persichilli said boosters are “not a bonus,” but an essential part in fighting the pandemic.

4 years ago

A relaxed Joyel Crawford, 46, in her home office in Haddon Township, NJ. (Photo by Tezarah Wilkins)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Post-pandemic work includes wellness as a priority

Ten years ago, anxiety, sleeplessness, stress, and migraines came as Crawford worked her way up to management. But in 2020, she learned to work for herself in a pandemic.

4 years ago

Visitors sit among white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's
Medicine
National
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Why COVID-19 hot spots are still happening — and how to prevent them

Seemingly anomalous COVID hot spots crop up, often where vaccination rates are high overall. Is there something localities can do to avoid it?

4 years ago

Listen 3:29
Sebastian Acevedo is a second-year medical student at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School pursuing a career in primary care
Higher Education
Medicine
New Jersey

Building a pipeline to replenish the supply of primary care doctors in N.J.

A shortage of primary care physicians is projected in New Jersey. A new program offers scholarships to low-income students to pursue those careers.

4 years ago

Young people play football at Lanier Park on Tuesday after a junkyard fire sent smoke into the air.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health
Public Safety

After a junkyard fire, Philly sent an emergency alert. Less than 2% of affected residents got it

Southwest Philadelphia residents say warnings about health hazards from a junkyard fire needed to come sooner and more directly.

4 years ago

Harm reduction advocates arguedvthat banning smoking in treatment would act as yet another obstacle to recovery. (stasokulov / BigStock)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Health Care
Public Health

Philly rolls back smoking ban at inpatient drug treatment centers

Harm reduction advocates criticized the policy, arguing that banning smoking in treatment would act as yet another obstacle to recovery.

4 years ago

Beth Springer looks into a patient's room in a COVID-19 ward
NPR
Public Health

New clues as to what causes long COVID are starting to emerge

Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long-COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people.

4 years ago

Sinora Allwood, RN and Dr Jillian Lucas Baker have been friends for decades. Neither knew that the other was struggling in silence with infertility. Once they discovered their mutual secret- they started the podcast, ''A Tribe Called Fertility.''
Gender
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Podcast by Black women medical professionals explores infertility, maternal health

The hosts are Sinora Allwood, RN, a holistic health nurse and health coach, and Dr. Jillian Lucas Baker, executive director of the Center of Parent and Teen Communication.

4 years ago

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Olivia Jolley, 8, with her mother Jimena after getting the vaccine at Westside Family Healthcare in Wilmington. (Courtesy of Westside)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

‘Bribing him with ice cream’: Parents inoculating kids ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19

More than 1,500 of the youngest eligible Delaware children have received their first Pfizer shot in less than a week. About 76,000 more can get vaccinated.

4 years ago

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