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Health

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia
Health Care
Public Health

How contact tracers keep up with the surge in COVID-19 cases

All those new positive cases means a shift in priorities, as CDC guidelines also have shifted.

3 years ago

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Medicine
Public Health

FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron

Omicron’s resistance to the two leading monoclonal antibody medicines has upended the treatment playbook for COVID-19 in recent weeks.

3 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Amid flood of COVID patients, Delaware hospitals seek volunteers

Forget banging pots and pans and words of gratitude, health care workers in Delaware need more direct help to manage a tidal wave of COVID patients.

3 years ago

Keara Klinepeter speaks from a podium
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. sends first ‘strike team’ to relieve health care workers in Bucks County

The new strike teams are part of a larger, state-directed effort to temporarily bolster capacity at short-staffed hospitals in Pennsylvania.

3 years ago

People walk on a tour of the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. state prisons to halt in-person visitation through February

In-person visits will be stopped at all state correctional institutions starting on Thursday and lasting until Feb. 28.

3 years ago

Temple University campus at North Broad Street in Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Public Health
6abc

Temple University updates mask guidelines as students return to campus

Temple University students can no longer wear cloth masks when they return to classes on Monday. Students who do not have an upgraded mask can pick one up on campus.

3 years ago

Prescriptions are necessary for Paxlovid, which is free for customers, but expensive for the government to purchase: $529 per dose. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Antiviral COVID pills: Some things to know about supply, demand, and risk

The new oral meds are in short supply around Philly, but doctors aren’t prescribing what’s available. Timing and risks are part of the equation.

3 years ago

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Registered nurse Shelly Girardin, left, is illuminated by the glow of a computer monitor as Dr. Shane Wilson examines COVID-19 patient Neva Azinger inside Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo., on Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Health Care
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment

Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments.

3 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Rochelle Walensky testify before the Senate
Public Health

Fauci ‘confident’ omicron surge will peak in February: ‘Things are looking good’

Fauci said the hope is the level of COVID infection will be below what he calls an 'area of control' in the future.

3 years ago

People walk by a tall building with glass windows.
Medicine
New Jersey
Public Health

Phthalates in consumer products may affect important pregnancy hormone, study finds

Rutgers scientists say exposure to the chemicals, found in plastics, nail polish and fast food, may disrupt the hormone that signals when to give birth.

3 years ago

In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, photo, a man uses a cell phone in New Orleans. With suicides on the rise, the government wants to make the national crisis hotline easier to reach. Once implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help. Currently, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline uses a 10-digit number, 800-273-TALK (8255). Callers are routed to one of 163 crisis centers, where counselors answered 2.2 million calls last year
Health Care
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

A 988 crisis line is coming. Mental health services ask: How do we stretch even more?

The aim is to make it easier for those having mental health issues to access intervention services and, ideally, avoid interactions with police.

3 years ago

Pharmacist Kenni Clark prepares a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence's
Government
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly delays vaccine mandate for city workers (again) due to union disputes

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has indefinitely postponed the vaccine mandate for the city’s unionized employees.

3 years ago

Silhouette of a COVID-19 vaccine being prepared.
Medicine
National
Public Health

Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show

Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots.

3 years ago

Radio Times
Food & Drink
Medicine
Mental Health

Avoiding toxic diet culture

Toxic diet culture have you feeling down in the early days of New Year's resolutions? Tune into your body's needs to break the endless cycle of yo-yo dieting and food shame.

Air Date: January 21, 2022 10:00 am

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The Pulse
Animals
Government
History

Unusual Pets

Americans love their pets — as many as seven out of 10 households are home to cats, dogs, birds… or more unusual animal choices. ...

Air Date: January 21, 2022

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