Health
Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warnings
Despite emphatic warnings from public health authorities to stay home for Thanksgiving, millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports ahead of the holiday.
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Billy Penn
Pop-up events and text alerts: How Philly might distribute the coronavirus vaccine
With little concrete information, the city health department is trying to work out logistics.
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AstraZeneca coronavirus trial promises ‘highly effective’ new vaccine
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca made the announcement on Monday, saying that one dosing regimen showed the drug was 90% effective in preventing infection.
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How to sort through the uneasiness Thanksgiving brings this year
Deciding to gather or not can seem like just one more thing to deal with in this pandemic-disrupted year.
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FDA grants emergency authorization for a second COVID-19 antibody treatment
The experimental cocktail from the bio-tech company Regeneron is the same drug President Trump got when he was battling the coronavirus earlier this year.
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Planning to test and travel for the holidays? It might be trickier than you think
Which test should you go for? Can you even schedule one? How long should you isolate before your test, and afterward? There’s a lot to consider.
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As COVID limits come back, Philly residents accept the disappointing new reality
The gift we all want — an end to pandemic life — is likely several months away. The just-imposed shutdowns will be with us until New Year’s.
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1,000 U.S. hospitals are ‘critically’ short on staff — and more expect to be soon
As COVID-19 hospitalizations surge, new data released by the federal government show how many hospitals are struggling with staffing.
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COVID-19’s fall surge hitting Pennsylvania prisons too
Positive coronavirus cases in 22 of the state’s 24 correctional institutions are putting advocates, and families with loved ones on the inside, on edge.
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COVID-19 antibody treatment soon to arrive in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine said the federal government will distribute the antibodies to healthcare systems in the state.
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N.J. Health Commissioner expects COVID-19 vaccines to land in N.J. next month
The earliest shipments are expected to go to health care professionals and first responders first, with the vaccine likely becoming available to the public in April or May.
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Spate of overdoses hits service industry workers in Philly who thought they were doing cocaine
Since Nov. 12, the city Medical Examiner's office has confirmed three overdose deaths among restaurant and bar workers who thought they were using cocaine.
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Billy Penn
As demand surges, some Rite Aid and other free COVID test sites in Philly are closed
There are still dozens of options available, although many have long wait times and longer turnaround.
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Billy Penn
Philly to open second quarantine hotel for vulnerable COVID patients as cases surge
The 30 beds at the first site sometimes fill up, officials said, with people from shelters or those experiencing homelessness.
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Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
The action comes days after Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech announced that its vaccine appears 95% effective at preventing mild to severe COVID-19 in a study.
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