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Health

A nurse prepares to process a COVID-19 testing kit for results. (Eman Mohammed/NPR)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Chester County will notify thousands of ‘questionable’ COVID results

A Pennsylvania county has acknowledged that tests it purchased from a local biotech start-up produced “potentially inaccurate” results for thousands of people.

5 years ago

Diners at a Center City restaurant
National
Public Health

Experts worry as US coronavirus restrictions are eased or violated

While some Americans may see loosening restrictions as a welcome step closer to normal, public health experts warn the U.S. is setting itself up for failure — again.

5 years ago

A child washes her hands at a day care center in Connecticut
NPR
Kids
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

The majority of children who die from COVID-19 are children of color

According to data reported to the CDC, 121 children died from COVID-19 between February and July of this year. And 78% were Hispanic, Black or Native American.

5 years ago

Veronica Perez and her five-year-old daughter Aurora López. (Courtesy of Veronica Perez)
Health Care
Immigration

For many Latinos in Philadelphia, ‘getting sick is just impossible’

Only 6.2% of the city’s Latinos have been tested for the coronavirus, though they are at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. Access is just one reason.

5 years ago

Listen 3:27
Nurses stand at a COVID testing area
Delaware
Technology

New app could help track Delaware COVID-19 cases

The new COVID Alert DE app could alert users that someone they’ve been in close contact with has tested positive for the coronavirus.

5 years ago

A couple in protective masks walk past the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly testing positive at lowest rates since March

For the week that ended last Saturday, the average number of cases each day was 67, and 2.6% of tests came back positive.

5 years ago

People sit at tables at San Diego State University Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in San Diego. San Diego State University on Wednesday halted in-person classes for a month after dozens of students were infected with the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: College kids drive uptick in COVID-19 cases

College students are driving big increases in COVID-19 cases throughout Pennsylvania, particularly in north central and northeast regions.

5 years ago

Flu shots
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Officials warn of a ‘twindemic,’ plan to test contact tracing app

With fall around the corner, New Jersey officials urged residents to get vaccinated for the flu.

5 years ago

In this June 2019 photo, Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim. (Brett Sholtis / Transforming Health)
The Why
Behavioral Health
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Incarcerated instead of in treatment

A Bucks woman's experience shows incarceration can make mental illness worse — and that a Pa. law meant to help people instead of putting them behind bars isn't working.

Air Date: September 14, 2020

Listen 14:55
Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Alex Azar, Anthony Fauci, Robert Redfield, Jerome Adams
National
Politics
Public Health

As Trump played down coronavirus, health experts’ alarm grew

Three days after delivering his “deadly” assessment in a private call with journalist Bob Woodward, Trump told a New Hampshire rally on Feb. 10, “It’s going to be fine."

5 years ago

Through a catheter (on the right), the Lungpacer sends small electrical signals to the nerves to coax the diaphragm into action while the patient is on the ventilator. (Screenshot via Lungpacer Medical Inc.)
Innovation
Public Health

New medical device aims to stimulate COVID patients’ lung function post-ventilator

Ventilator use atrophies the diaphragm, the muscle we use for breathing. The Lungpacer is designed to help coax it back to work, to enhance recovery.

5 years ago

(Jesse Zhang for NPR)
NPR
Biology
Public Health

A COVID-19 vaccine may be only 50% effective. Is that good enough?

As scientists race to develop a vaccine that proves "safe and effective," that doesn't mean it will prevent infection in everyone who gets it.

5 years ago

In this handout photo provided by British Antarctic Survey, field guides Sarah Crowsley, left, and Sam Hunt, right, pose for a photo after digging out the caboose, a container used for accommodation that can be moved by a tractor, at Adelaide island, in Antarctica on Friday, June 19, 2020. (Robert Taylor/British Antarctic Survey via AP)
International
Public Health

Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?

At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can mingle without masks and watch the pandemic unfold from thousands of miles away.

5 years ago

This July 18, 2020, file photo, shows the AstraZeneca offices in Cambridge, England. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
National
Public Health

Oxford, AstraZeneca to resume coronavirus vaccine trial

AstraZeneca said that globally some 18,000 people have received the vaccine as part of the trial.

5 years ago

(Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

As COVID-19 vaccine trials move at warp speed, recruiting Black volunteers takes time

So far at least, participation by people of color volunteers in coronavirus trials has increased only slightly, compared to usual low levels.

5 years ago

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