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COVID.gov: New website offers a single stop for COVID info, tests, and treatment

The new government website includes a locator tool for more than 2,000 sites to access "test to treat" services for COVID. It's meant to be a one-stop shop for pandemic needs.

3 years ago

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot
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Do I really need another booster? The answer depends on age, risk, and timing

Health officials argue the protection of the COVID vaccine booster wanes over time and say some people need a second booster.

3 years ago

A nurse swabs a woman's nose for a COVID-19 test.
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The more contagious BA.2 version of omicron is now the most common in the U.S.

The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. The variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.

3 years ago

Close-up of a nurse about to vaccinate someone.
Medicine
National
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FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

U.S. regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

3 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford (right) accepted part of $3 million in funding from Community Project Funding from Congressman Dwight Evans (left) at the Center for Health Equity on March 28, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Public Health

Philly’s Black Doctors Consortium receives $3 million in federal funding

The free health clinic launched during the pandemic targets Black populations that lack access to health care.

3 years ago

People line up for free COVID-19 tests outside Cibotti Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
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Health Desk Help Desk

How pharmacies and labs are scrambling to manage loss of federal COVID funds

Testing sites have had to turn people away now that they can’t bill the federal government. Vaccinators are bracing for a similar fate.

3 years ago

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Visitors sit among white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's
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NJ Spotlight

COVID-19 deaths drive N.J. population loss

Latest census counts show the pandemic’s toll, not just in the Garden State but countrywide.

3 years ago

A truck drives out the entrance of the Cold Springs Eggs Farm where the presence of avian influenza was reported to be discovered, forcing the commercial egg producer to destroy nearly 3 million chickens on March 24, 2022 near Palmyra, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too

Whether the outbreak will affect the price of eggs and poultry depends on how widespread it becomes, an expert says.

3 years ago

Gail Carter-Hamilton smiles, wearing a pink and green scarf and necklace.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia Department of Public Health names first-ever chief racial equity officer

Gail Carter-Hamilton will work to ensure racial equity in the health department and address health inequities throughout the city.

3 years ago

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky toured the Princeton University lab where more than 700,000 COVID tests have been processed since the start of the pandemic. (6abc)
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CDC Director Walensky says Northeast seeing higher concentration of omicron sub-variant

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was in Princeton, New Jersey on Thursday.

3 years ago

Coins in a glass jar with the word
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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: March 25, 2022

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Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination
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Medicine
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Evidence grows that vaccines lower the risk of getting long COVID

Though findings are preliminary, many studies suggest that vaccinated people have good protection against the condition, although just how much is still up for debate.

3 years ago

Signs for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke and Nat Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
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Philadelphia

CHOP, Penn Med collaborate to address children’s environmental health

A new regional center will develop programs to address asthma, lead and chemical exposure, and air pollution in Philadelphia and Chester.

3 years ago

Reeny Pereira smiles for a portait outside
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Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. nurses are frustrated by months-long delays to get licensed

Nurses trying to practice in Pa. have some of the longest wait times in the U.S. After wading through red tape, some have given up and left, worsening the staffing shortage.

3 years ago

Michelle Chester prepares a vial of the Moderna COVID-19
Medicine
National
Public Health

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6

Moderna said in the coming weeks it would ask regulators in the U.S. and Europe to authorize two small-dose shots for youngsters under 6.

3 years ago

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