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A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Vaccines blunted COVID-19 inside N.J. nursing homes. Delta changed that

Cases have been rising steadily in long-term care facilities since the variant became prevalent despite widespread vaccine use.

5 years ago

Health care workers treat a patient who tested positive for the coronavirus last week at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. California has imposed an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in the coronavirus.
Health Care
Immigration
Medicine
Public Health

Many immigrant patients in Philly rely on the ER for surgical care. Some Penn surgeons are changing that

Penn Medicine’s new center aims to directly connect vulnerable patients to surgical care, often out of reach for those who are uninsured.

5 years ago

A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination from a health worker
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

What is a breakthrough COVID infection? How can I avoid it?

Talk of breakthroughs has pushed into the conversation about variants and vaccinations. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked what we know about them.

5 years ago

Listen 5:08
Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate
Medicine
Public Health

Fauci hopeful COVID vaccines get full OK by FDA within weeks

The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.

5 years ago

A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Protesters pan vaccine mandate by largest Delaware hospital

All ChristianaCare employees must receive the first dose of the vaccine by Sept. 21, or the health system with terminate workers who don’t unless given an exemption.

5 years ago

A data scientist working in tech, Michael Donnelly became an amateur COVID-19 watcher early in the pandemic. When his vaccinated friends started getting sick following July Fourth festivities in Provincetown, Mass., he documented more than 50 breakthrough cases that ultimately led the CDC to changing its guidance on masking. (Jason LeCras for NPR)
NPR
LGBTQ
Public Health

How a gay community helped the CDC spot a COVID outbreak — and learn more about delta

The CDC has a lot of ways to pick up on COVID-19 outbreaks, but those methods often take a while to bear fruit. Not so with the Provincetown, Mass., cluster.

5 years ago

Passengers wait in a long line to get a COVID-19 test to travel overseas at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Recent flight cancelations caused many passengers to redo their tests while others were unable to get the test locally due to long lines caused by the surge of the Delta variant. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Public Health

U.S. now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day

Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t embrace the vaccine.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, a man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the Martin Luther King Senior Center in North Las Vegas. The nation is poised to get a third vaccine against COVID-19, but health officials are concerned that at first glance the Johnson & Johnson shot may not be seen as equal to other options from Pfizer and Moderna. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Public Health

Some in U.S. getting COVID-19 boosters without FDA approval

The U.S. government has not approved booster shots against the virus, saying it has yet to see evidence they are necessary.

5 years ago

The Branches at Centerville in Camden. (April Saul for WHYY)
Mental Health
New Jersey

Rutgers-Camden study helps some Camden residents cope with pandemic

Rutgers-Camden study helped show residents how mindfulness and yoga can help people cope with stress including the pandemic.

5 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. prisons halt visitation for unvaccinated prisoners, will house prisoners by vaccination status

Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said the policies are part of the system’s effort to limit the contact the unvaccinated have with potential carriers of the coronavirus.

5 years ago

A United Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for take off from Denver International Airport last month. The carrier has become the first major U.S. airline to require employees be vaccinated against COVID-19. (David Zalubowski/AP)
NPR
Business
Public Health
Travel

United becomes the 1st major U.S. airline to require employees be vaccinated

United Airlines has told its 67,000 U.S.-based employees that they will need to be inoculated against COVID-19 by late October to stay on the job.

5 years ago

Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen went door-to-door to encourage residents to get COVID-19 vaccinations. (6ABC)
New Jersey
Public Health
6ABC

‘We’re coming to you!’ Camden mayor goes door-to-door with bullhorn urging vaccinations

Only 50% of adults in the city of Camden are fully vaccinated. Sixty-four percent of adults in the county are vaccinated. The goal is to get each area to 70% vaccination.

5 years ago

Composition of people faces, colors, organic textures, and flowing curves
The Pulse

Who We Are at Core

Who are you? There are dozens of ways to answer that question, from your name and nationality, to your relationships and job, all the way ...

Air Date: August 6, 2021

Listen 48:59
Delaware Gov. John Carney speaks at a podium
Delaware
Public Health

Amid sharp COVID-19 spike, Carney considers school mask mandate, vax order for some Delaware workers

With Delaware COVID-19 cases up 600% in five weeks, Gov. Carney considers whether to order a mask mandate in schools.

5 years ago

A registered nurse prepares to enter a COVID-19 patient's room
National
Public Health

‘There are only so many beds’: COVID-19 surge hits hospitals

COVID hospitalizations are again surging as the virus’ more potent delta variant cuts across the country. The swift rise is forcing hospitals to pivot back to COVID readiness.

5 years ago

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