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In this photo illustration, free iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid tests from the federal government sit on a U.S. Postal Service envelope after being delivered on Feb. 4, 2022. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Public Health

You can order free COVID tests from the government again

Each household can order a total of eight tests. So if you ordered four in January, when the program launched, you're eligible to order a second batch of four more.

3 years ago

Students wearing masks
New Jersey
Public Health

Most N.J. residents agree with ending the school mask mandate, poll says

According to a recent poll, two-thirds of New Jersey residents agree with ending the school mask mandate.

3 years ago

Margarette Osias speaks with one of her patients
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Delaware
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Delaware is shrinking racial gaps in cancer death. Its secret? Patient navigators

Its free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

3 years ago

A person wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks amongst blooming cherry trees on a spring day at the Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Friday, April 9, 2021.
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Health Desk Help Desk

I’m immunocompromised. How does a mask protect me if no one else wears one?

Lifted mandates leave a lot of risk calculations up to immunocompromised individuals, for some of whom vaccines aren’t much help.

3 years ago

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FILE - Nurse Marie-Laure Satta pauses during her New Year's Eve shift in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
International
Public Health

Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year

The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening.

3 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022
Government
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White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds

Nearly a year after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the administration says the federal government has nearly depleted funding dedicated to COVID-19.

3 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy leads the final briefing on the state's response to the pandemic on March 4, 2022 in Trenton, N.J. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Government
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. Gov. Murphy will lift public health emergency Monday

At his final COVID briefing, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the public health emergency will be lifted on Monday, the same day as the end of the school mask mandate.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
New Jersey
Public Health

‘This is more of a political signal’: New Jersey’s last COVID briefing is set

Gov. Murphy’s 257th and final update on the state’s response to the virus marks the end of a two-year staple, not the end of the pandemic.

3 years ago

An NFL logo as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium on October 12, 2008 in Tampa, Florida.  (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
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National
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Sports

The NFL and players’ union agree to suspend COVID protocols for the 2022 season

With the change in protocol, league players and staff will no longer have to wear face coverings at NFL facilities, regardless of their vaccination status.

3 years ago

Customers wearing face masks shop at the Reading Terminal Market
Radio Times
Health Care
Mental Health
Public Health

‘Long haulers’: Months later, the devastating impact of Covid-19

With Long Covid, millions of people suffer from clusters of symptoms ranging in severity. And, Philadelphia's Covid-19 level is "All Clear": most mandates lifted.

Air Date: March 3, 2022 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. grants Delaware County’s first health department final approval

The state Department of Health issued the certificate this week, allowing Delco to start official notifications to all 49 municipalities.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden
Government
Public Health

New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation

The White House outlined a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions.

3 years ago

New data shows that the majority of drinking water at schools across Atlantic County has lead contamination. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
K-12
New Jersey
Public Health

Lead contamination ‘pervasive’ in drinking water in Atlantic County schools

A joint study from two organizations say 92% of the drinking water at Atlantic County schools is contaminated with lead.

3 years ago

Customers wear face masks while shopping at the Reading Terminal Market
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘All clear’: Philly drops indoor mask mandate effective immediately

In the “All Clear” phase, all mitigation efforts are lifted with the exception of masking in schools, health care institutions, congregate settings, and on public transit.

3 years ago

The marijuana dispensary in Yeadon, Pa., open on Church Street, in March, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania

Medical marijuana dispensary Restore meets hurdles expanding into Delco

In mid-February, the company opened in Yeadon, its sixth area location. Borough zoning officials reversed their decision just three days later.

3 years ago

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