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Health

Sgt. Richard Grant of the Air National Guard helps point a patient in the right direction at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Augusta Civic Center, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
National
Public Health

Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed

After a year of struggling to boost testing, communities across the country are seeing plummeting demand, shuttering testing sites or even trying to return supplies.

5 years ago

People wait to fill out forms at the community center Mixteca to receive food and get information about the COVID-19 vaccination during the coronavirus pandemic, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
New Jersey
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Poll: Increasing number of N.J. Latinos say they would take COVID-19 vaccine

A study says N.J. Latinos are increasingly willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but one Latino advocate is concerned about lack of efforts to reach his community.

5 years ago

West Philadelphia Skills Initiative aids in COVID testing and processing efforts on Feb. 10 2021. (West Philadelphia Skills Initiative)
Public Health

A partnership brings more jobs to West Philly, more lab assistants to Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine collaborated with the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative as it was expanding COVID-19 testing efforts. Fifty people were hired.

5 years ago

Listen 1:43
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)
Medicine
Public Health

U.S. advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J

After daylong discussions, the FDA panelists voted unanimously that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for adults.

5 years ago

A person administers a COVID-19 vaccine
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Five N.J. cities join community vaccine program

New Jersey has named the five additional cities that are part of its community-based vaccination program. New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson awaits vaccine approval.

5 years ago

Vials for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines
National
Public Health

Third US vaccine could raise question: Which shots are best?

The challenge will be explaining how protective the J&J shot is after the astounding success of the first U.S. vaccines.

5 years ago

Pat Moore, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Chesco says it could inoculate 33,000 people a week. It just needs the vaccines

Because of supply issues, the county has administered more than 18,400 first doses and more than 9,000 second doses to date.

5 years ago

People with appointments wait in line at Philadelphia's first standing city-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic, which opened at the Martin Luther King Jr. Older Adult Center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s vaccine supply flowing to some wealthy suburbs 4 times faster than many city neighborhoods

Residents of dozens of suburban ZIP codes are being vaccinated using city supply at rates almost four times that of the least vaccinated areas of Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health

Nursing homes in some N.J. counties can soon resume in-person visits

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced that visitation will only restart in counties with less serious coronavirus infection rates.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Biology
Health Care
Public Health

Our lungs and Covid

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.

5 years ago

Listen 36:30
Radio Times
Books
Health Care
K-12

Our lungs and Covid; Philly schools reopening

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

Air Date: February 25, 2021

Listen 49:30
President Joe Biden, pictured on the campaign trail in Nov. 2020, has long encouraged Americans to mask up in the fight against COVID-19. On Wednesday, his administration announced it will provide 25 million masks to community health centers and food banks across the country. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Public Health

Biden Administration to deliver 25 million masks to health centers and food banks

The White House said in a press release that the masks will be available between March and May, and are expected to benefit some 12 to 15 million Americans.

5 years ago

People wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy says he’s committed to equitable vaccine distribution

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is reiterating his commitment to equitable coronavirus vaccine distribution as the state inches closer to 1.8 million shots delivered.

5 years ago

Mississippi Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Exstrella Smith withdraws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for injection on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Flowood, Miss. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Geisinger allowed employees’ relatives to skip vaccine line

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it was unaware that Geisinger had arranged for family members to be inoculated until alerted by The Associated Press.

5 years ago

Close-up of logo for One Medical
NPR
Health Care
National

High-end medical provider let ineligible people skip COVID-19 vaccine line

One Medical has been allowing ineligible people to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Staff questioned what they saw as inappropriate, internal documents obtained by NPR show.

5 years ago

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