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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testifies during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Medicine
National
Public Health

Single-dose vaccine tested as US experts say no corners cut

It will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S.

5 years ago

Burlington County officials, including (from right) County Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson and Prosecutor Scott Coffina, cut the ribbon to open the county's new addiction Recovery Center in Westampton, N.J.. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
New Jersey
Public Health

One-stop shop for addiction recovery opens in Burlington County

The Recovery Center will begin with online sessions, but it offers a plethora of resources to help residents fight substance abuse.

5 years ago

(Jeff Rhode/ Holy Name Medical Center.)
Delaware
Public Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: State now offering at-home COVID testing

The in-home tests are designed especially to help older residents who are at higher risk of infection and may be hesitant to go to a public testing site.

5 years ago

Bertha Gonzalez (middle right), her mother Floria and her twin sons Sebastián and Santiago at her mother’s 70th birthday this April. Floria contracted the coronavirus in July. (Courtesy of Bertha Gonzalez)
The Why
Health Care
Race & Ethnicity

Philly Latinos are under-tested for COVID-19

There are many potential hurdles between Philly Latinos and a COVID-19 test — even though they're contracting the virus at high rates.

Air Date: September 22, 2020

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200,000 American Flags Installed On National Mall To Memorialize 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths
NPR
National
Public Health

‘Enormous and tragic’: US has lost more than 200,000 people to COVID-19

Over 200,000 people have now died from COVID-19 in the U.S., reaching what was once the upper limit of some estimates for the American death toll.

5 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. (Bob Edme/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
Public Health

CDC publishes — then withdraws — guidance on aerosol spread of coronavirus

The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the CDC has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

5 years ago

Close up of a dictionary word
Economy
Pennsylvania
Public Health

New PUA payments paused in Pa. due to uptick in suspicious claims

PUA was created through the federal CARES Act and is easier to apply for than other forms of unemployment benefits.

5 years ago

Monmouth Beach
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Cases growing in Monmouth, Ocean Counties

Cases numbers in New Jersey are increasing, state officials said on Monday. The rate of spread is highest in the southern part of the state.

5 years ago

Donors give blood at a drive in Rutland, Vermont. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
The Why
LGBTQ
Medicine

HIV-era policy still limits gay men from giving blood during COVID

The FDA still limits gay men who've recovered from COVID-19 from donating their plasma. It's a relic of the 1980s HIV epidemic advocates say should be a thing of the past.

Air Date: September 21, 2020

Listen 14:30
Two billboards set up outside Hamilton Hall at the University of the Arts are part of an outdoor art exhibit that draws attention to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Visual Arts

Resist Covid Take 6!: UArts brings Carrie Mae Weems posters to Philly

The awareness campaign with striking posters has already been in New York, Atlanta, Savannah, Miami, Nashville, Dallas and Chicago.

5 years ago

Niticia Mpanga
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

Advances in ICU care are saving more patients who have COVID-19

One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units. Here's one man's success story.

5 years ago

In her new book, Modern Madness: An Owner's Manual, Terri Cheney, who lives with bipolar disorder, shares advice for dealing with anxiety and depression and helping loved ones through a crisis. (Neha Gupta/Getty Images)
NPR
Behavioral Health
Mental Health

Listen, open up, connect: A mental health expert’s advice on living through a crisis

Decades of living with bipolar disorder was "training" for the coronavirus pandemic, says Terri Cheney, whose new book shares lessons for navigating the times we live in.

5 years ago

Dr. Alexis Lieberman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Pulse
Biology
Medicine
Public Health

Some doctors think they’ve found a cheap, generic drug which treats COVID-19. So why hasn’t anyone heard of it?

How faulty data, Big Pharma and the fallout from hydroxychloroquine has haunted the research world, as desperate doctors and researchers look for a COVID-19 treatment.

5 years ago

Listen 14:52
As some hospitals became overwhelmed during the early days of the pandemic, educational requirements for residents in especially hard-hit regions were suspended. (Alexandru Nika / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Medicine

For some new doctors, the pandemic means more responsibility with less training

As some hospitals became overwhelmed during the early days of the pandemic, educational requirements for residents in especially hard-hit regions were suspended.

5 years ago

Listen 7:15
A worker wearing protective gloves attaches an elastic strap to a silicone face mask at Mask & Shield, a division of Monster City Studios, in Fresno, California, U.S., on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Monster City Studios, a company that normally makes amusement park and movie props, has pivoted to manufacturing MCS face shields with forehead protection. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
NPR
National
Public Health

Why can’t America make enough N95 masks? 6 months into pandemic, shortages persist

There's just not enough PPE to go around. Medics are re-using masks and small practices can't find supplies they can afford. Some manufacturers could help, but it's risky.

5 years ago

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