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Health

In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a woman has blood drawn for COVID-19 antibody testing in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Biology
Public Health

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested.

5 years ago

Mason Merrill of Westampton (right), works out with trainer Angelo Prince at Tenacity Fitness in Hainesport, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey is sweating again as gyms reopen after five-month shutdown

With motivation, masks, and energetic music — gyms, and fitness centers in the Garden State reopened for the first time in five months since the pandemic started.

5 years ago

A 2015 image of the 5th Avenue bay beach in Seaside Park. (Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health

Fecal bacteria closes N.J. beach for days; no swimming at two others

An unacceptable level of fecal bacteria continues to keep a New Jersey beach closed while swimming is restricted at two others.

5 years ago

Chadwick Boseman arriving for the 90th annual Academy Awards
Health Care
Medicine
Race & Ethnicity

Chadwick Boseman’s death was a surprise, but colon cancer deaths among Black men are all too common

A combination of things — access to primary care, chronic health conditions and environmental factors — may be to blame, but researchers still can’t say.

5 years ago

A woman is tested for COVID-19 at a walk-up testing site
NPR
National
Public Health

6 million coronavirus Infections now confirmed in US, a country in limbo

Although daily COVID-19 deaths have fallen somewhat in recent days, the number of infections has continued to rise in many places, with no end in sight.

5 years ago

COVID-19 patient Stephen Donelson is applauded by family and health care professionals
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

‘A whole-body rehab process’: COVID battle doesn’t end at the hospital door

Recovery can last months with many needing rehab and facing long-term damage.

5 years ago

Telemedicine
Health Care
National
Public Health
Technology

Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic

There’s a push to make telehealth a permanent fixture of the government’s flagship health program. But it will take involvement by Congress to do away with old restrictions.

5 years ago

(Tracy J Lee for NPR)
NPR
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Why scapegoating is a typical human response to a pandemic

It's happened with outbreaks going back for centuries: We blame "outsiders." Researchers have theories as to why. Public health groups have plans to stop it.

5 years ago

'Disease tolerance' is the ability of an individual, due to a genetic predisposition or some aspect of behavior or lifestyle, to thrive despite being infected with an amount of pathogen that sickens others. It might play a role in asymptomatic coronavirus infections. (Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)
NPR
Biology
Public Health

Scientists explore why some people are able to live with an infection unscathed

What if your body could corral an infection instead of eliminating it? Immunologists who see this in plants wonder what role it might play in asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. health officials urge mosquito precautions as West Nile Virus season peaks

New Jersey health officials are urging the public to take precautions against mosquitoes amid the peak of the West Nile Virus season.

5 years ago

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

Outdoor Philly mask use nearly doubles in August, as coronavirus cases trend down

The city’s #MaskUpPHL campaign proved more popular than expected.

5 years ago

A worker disinfects the inside of a bus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Transit agencies are taking new steps to reduce the risks for riders during the pandemic. (Michael Tewelde/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health
Transportation

Coronavirus FAQ: Is it safe to get on the bus (or subway)?

People are understandably worried about the risks of contagion and being trapped in an enclosed space for the duration of a trip.

5 years ago

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Md. The agency this week has removed a top communications official in the wake of misleading claims it made about a treatment for COVID-19. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
Public Health

FDA removes top spokesperson after blood plasma blunder

Miller had been at the FDA only 11 days. Her appointment was viewed in public health circles as further politicization of the agency at a crucial time in the COVID-19 pandemic

5 years ago

April Lee, who formerly suffered from addiction, had to fight through the child welfare system to regain custody of her three children. Today, Lee who has been in recovery for six years, is a peer parent advocate for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia. (Courtesy of April Lee)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Broke in Philly

‘Understanding the pain’

More than 20 organizations and individuals are developing and implementing policies to reduce the impact of the opioid epidemic on child-welfare involved families in Philly.

5 years ago

Listen 4:08
A person receives a flu shot
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Public Health

‘It’s not just about COVID’: Get ready for the fall with a flu shot, doctors urge

Decreasing the chance of someone getting the flu allows health officials to focus on the coronavirus until there are approved vaccines for it.

5 years ago

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