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Health

Helen Fitzpatrick, 97, right, receives a COVID-19 vaccine administered by Dr. Hillary Cohen at Englewood Health
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

New CDC guidelines bring more confusion about COVID-19 vaccine

With new recommendations, states are scrambling to update their phases. The Health Desk Help Desk answers more questions on when you can get the vaccine.

5 years ago

James Kerr, an EMT with Emergency Medical Staffing Solutions, is prepped to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from public health nurse Pat Moore
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

These daily updated charts track COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Philly and Pa.

How many people have been inoculated so far — and how close is herd immunity?

5 years ago

When it comes to New Year's goal setting, mental health experts say 2021 is the year to try a calmer, gentler approach to health. (Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop)
NPR
Mental Health

Broken new year’s resolutions already? It’s OK to give yourself a break

It's a trying time to be a human. Mental health experts say it's OK to give yourself a break on new year's resolutions and offer advice for a kinder approach to setting goals.

5 years ago

(Danya Henninger / Billy Penn)
Public Health
Travel
Billy Penn

Flying into Philly from abroad? You’ll need to prove you don’t have COVID

The airlines are running point on the new CDC requirement, which will be enforced at PHL Airport.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater
Medicine
Public Health

Biden’s virus plan: 100 million shots just the start

Biden spoke a day after unveiling a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to confront the virus and provide temporary support for a shaky economy.

5 years ago

This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Addiction
Public Health

Doctors say new guidelines for ‘Bupe’ will help Philly fight opioid crisis — and save lives

The change comes as national overdose tolls rise to historic highs. Buprenorphine, or “bupe” can reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms without a high.

5 years ago

A health care worker wears personal protective equipment as she speaks with a patient at a mobile testing location
Medicine
Public Health

More contagious COVID strain detected in Philly-Bucks County resident

The highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus was found in a woman in her 50s. She is now recovering.

5 years ago

Phil Murphy, New Jersey's governor, left, applauds after a person receives a dose of a Covid-19 vaccination at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. New Jersey will expand Covid-19 vaccinations to people 65 years old and over and those ages 16 to 64 who have
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. opens 3rd COVID vaccination mega-site; Edison center aims to vax 2,000 people daily

The Garden State expects to ultimately open six vaccination mega-sites, along with pharmacies and other smaller locations currently administering doses.

5 years ago

A fourth-grader eats breakfast at Mary L. Fonseca Elementary School in Fall River, Mass.
NPR
Food & Drink
Public Health

Why billions in food aid hasn’t gotten to needy families

The federal government has yet to approve plans in most states for giving out money that was authorized in October.

5 years ago

(AP file photo)
New Jersey
Public Health

Why NJ’s decision to vaccinate smokers has some people angry

New federal guidelines list smoking as a condition that does increase the risk for COVID-19. Some with asthma are upset. So are some nonsmokers.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden wearing a face mask
Economy
Politics
Public Health

Biden unveiling $1.9T plan to stem virus and steady economy

It includes $1,400 checks for most Americans, which on top of $600 provided in the most recent COVID-19 bill would bring the total to the $2,000 that Biden has called for.

5 years ago

Dr. Mike Benninghoff confers with registered nurse Lea Robbins in Christiana Hospital's intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients. (Courtesy of ChristianaCare)
Health Care
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Philadelphia area dashboard: How are local hospitals managing COVID-19 ICU patients?

Updated weekly, our data dashboard tracks COVID cases and hospital capacity in Philadelphia and nearby counties in Pa., Del., and N.J.

5 years ago

A sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
NPR
Business
National

US continues to lag in COVID-19 workplace safety, former OSHA official says

Ten months into the pandemic, the Trump administration is neglecting safety at meatpacking plants and other workplaces, a former top federal official says.

5 years ago

A coronavirus variant that is thought to be more contagious was detected in the United States in Elbert County, Colo., not far from this testing site in Parker, Colo. The variant has been detected in several U.S. states. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

U.K. variant could drive a new surge in the U.S., experts warn

It appears to be 50% more infectious, and researchers predict the new coronavirus variant could start to dominate in the U.S. by March. The time to prepare is now, they say.

5 years ago

Sergeant Brian Patrick McKnerney, of the New Jersey State Police, receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Morris County, vaccination site, in Rockaway, NJ, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. opens vaccine eligibility to residents 65 and older, people with chronic conditions

Starting Thursday, New Jersey residents aged 65 and older, as well as residents aged 16 to 64 with chronic medical conditions, will be eligible for a vaccine.

5 years ago

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