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Zach Strassburger (right) with their wife and three kids.
Health Care
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s queer doula collective is helping LGBTQ parents navigate the health system

There are support groups, family meet-ups, and a growing resource list.

3 years ago

A deer peers through the woods, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Public Safety

Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS

The testing comes after the Pennsylvania Game Commission discovered high levels of PFAS in fish living in the Neshaminy Creek basin.

3 years ago

Customers and employees were all wearing their masks at the Dollar Tree on Kirkwood Highway when WHYY visited. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’

The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.

3 years ago

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16-year-old Nicolas Montero wrote an op-ed about getting vaccinated for his school’s newspaper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Why a suburban teen went to Philly to get his COVID-19 vaccine

Now, he’s on a mission to help young people like him get access to the shot.

3 years ago

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Zaliyah Dozier gets a COVID-19 vaccination at the Philadelphia Zoo
Health Care
Kids
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?

The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.

3 years ago

Edward Williams, 62, a resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York, Sept. 27, 2021. COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too. That's leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
National
Public Health

COVID deaths and cases are rising again at U.S. nursing homes

COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too.

3 years ago

The Philly skyline
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Police, fire, and streets departments lag behind as Philly extends vaccine mandate for city employees

About 81% of the municipal workforce is fully vaccinated against COVID.

3 years ago

A member of the Salt Lake County Health Department COVID-19 testing staff performs a test on Gary Mackelprang outside the Salt Lake County Health Department Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City
Pennsylvania
Public Health

High-volume COVID testing site opening in Delco next week

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the site will be staffed by federal contractors and able to test about 1,000 people a day.

3 years ago

A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia extends vaccine mandate deadline for city workers

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

3 years ago

Coins in a glass jar with the word
The Pulse
Behavioral Health

The Generosity Spectrum

When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...

Air Date: January 14, 2022

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Writer and memoirist, Nefertiti Austin, pictured with her two children. (Photo courtesy of Nefertiti  Austin)
The Pulse
History
Home & Family
Race & Ethnicity

How informal adoptions became a mainstay of African American family life

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

3 years ago

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Frontline grocery store employees and their supporters demanding more protective measures against spreading the coronavirus and hazard pay for those working through the crisis. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economy
Employment
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly says stay home if you feel sick. But for many that comes at a cost

Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

3 years ago

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Many coronaviruses in the form of a 3D illustration.
Medicine
Public Health

COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages

The problem is that production is not yet at full strength and that the pill considered to be far superior, Pfizer's, takes six to eight months to manufacture.

3 years ago

Brandywine Hospital in Chester County.
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Facing 2nd hospital closure in as many months, Chester County EMS Council puts forth solutions

The county’s EMS Council has released a ‘white paper’ that raises new pressing issues affecting the state of emergency medical care.

3 years ago

A sign was posted at the front of this CVS pharmacy at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. It was widely reported that the at-home COVID-19 tests were in very short supply throughout the state
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to the scarcity of rapid at-home COVID tests

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are faring amid the COVID testing crisis.

3 years ago

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