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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, right, tours a temporary hospital site in April with his wife Maria Lee.
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National
Public Health

As hospitals fill with COVID-19 patients, medical reinforcements are hard to find

Last spring, nurses and doctors traveled to COVID hot spots to help overwhelmed hospitals. But with the virus spreading everywhere, hospitals have nowhere to turn for help.

6 years ago

Registered Nurse Kath Olmstead prepares a blinded study experimental vaccine for COVID-19
Medicine
National
Public Health

Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots

Multiple vaccine candidates must succeed for the world to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Philadelphia resident Matt Katz had to do his own contact tracing after testing positive for COVID-19.
Philadelphia
Public Health

Why contact tracing isn’t the COVID solution we thought it would be

Too many cases and hollowed-out public health budgets leave officials to ask even more of the people who get sick.

6 years ago

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Dr. Anthony Fauci
National
Public Health

Fauci: US may see ‘surge upon surge’ of coronavirus in weeks ahead

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in the United States topped 200,000 for the first time Friday. The highest previous daily count was 196,000 on Nov. 20.

6 years ago

Eight-year-old twins Kenley (left) and Anakin Gupta have struggled with loneliness during the pandemic, but the isolation has been much more acute for Kenley. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
NPR
K-12
Kids
Mental Health

Pandemic takes toll on children’s mental health

Youth depression, anxiety and suicide attempts have been on the rise during the pandemic. School shutdowns keep kids from friends, leaving social growth up to parents.

6 years ago

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases. (David J. Phillip/AP)
Public Health

Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving

The result could be potential dips in reported infections that offer the illusion that the spread of the virus is easing.

6 years ago

A man walks through the 30th Street Station ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Philadelphia. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: With COVID-19 cases steadily rising, state records record high on Thanksgiving

As COVID cases rise, hospitals are making plans in case they begin running short of beds. If certain benchmarks are hit, elective surgeries may be curtailed.

6 years ago

The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling on researchers to broaden their COVID-19 vaccine trials to include more children. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Kids
Public Health

A COVID-19 vaccine for children may still be many months away

But even when those vaccines hit the market, they will not be available to children. That's because very few children have been part of the clinical trials to date.

6 years ago

(Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

These maps track updated COVID case counts by Philadelphia ZIP code

The city health department updates numbers daily.

6 years ago

Delaware State University is converting part of its adult education campus into a COVID-19 testing lab.  (Courtesy of New Castle County)
Delaware

Delaware getting COVID-19 testing lab to save money, turnaround time

Delaware COVID-19 tests are now sent as far away as California for evaluation. Starting next month, thousands will be processed daily in New Castle County.

6 years ago

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases. (David J. Phillip/AP)
NPR
Public Health

Government model suggests U.S. COVID-19 cases could be approaching 100 million

The model attempts to account for the fact that most cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic and go unreported.

6 years ago

NPR
Aging
Mental Health
Public Health

There’s no stopping these seniors; even a pandemic can’t bring them down

Recent research reveals that older populations are less consumed by pandemic depression than those that are younger.

6 years ago

An illustration of syringes
NPR
National
Public Health

As COVID-19 vaccine nears, employers consider making it mandatory

With promising news out of COVID-19 vaccine trials, the question now is how many people will get the vaccine? And can or will employers require their workers get vaccinated?

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the press. in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Technology

Pa. coronavirus update: Residents to receive COVID-19 emergency alerts

Pa. residents with mobile devices will receive emergency alerts about COVID-19 through the WEA system, which notifies people of threats like severe weather and Amber Alerts.

6 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus spreads inside more Delaware prisons

A surge of COVID-19 cases behind bars has spread to multiple prisons in Delaware, mirroring the resurgence among the general public.

6 years ago

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