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In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm near Waukon, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo)
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Bird flu found at Lancaster County poultry farm

Area quarantined — 1.4 million chickens killed to prevent spread.

4 years ago

FILE - A person wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 2022.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

As mask mandate returns, Philly reports higher COVID case numbers

The city of Philadelphia's renewed mask mandate went into effect today, as the city's infection rate has nearly doubled over the past two weeks.

4 years ago

Close up of a psychologist notes and a student's knees during a mental health meeting
NPR
Kids
Mental Health
National

It’s time to screen all kids for anxiety, physicians’ task force recommends

In light of the growing kids' mental health crisis, the group says it's crucial to identify kids who are struggling.

4 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia’s mask mandate makes national headlines and sparks local debate

There’s a lawsuit to stop it, but no court decisions have been made.

4 years ago

Marvin Marcus receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a health worker
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Do you need a second COVID booster? ‘It depends,’ Penn Medicine experts say

Some groups of people are eligible for second COVID-19 booster shots. But the advice around boosters can be confusing. Here’s what Penn experts suggest you know.

4 years ago

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A closeup of a health worker's hands administering a COVID-19 vaccine
Health Care
Kids
Public Health

Doctors oppose bill that would let pharmacists continue to vaccinate children after pandemic

A bipartisan bill aims to permanently allow pharmacists and trained pharmacy staff members to vaccinate children. Pennsylvania Medical Society doctors oppose it.

4 years ago

Listen 1:53
Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine
Health Care
New Jersey
Policing
Public Health

Burlington County receives $900K for opioid addiction programs

The U.S. Justice Department grant will be used, in part, to get people into treatment. And, to help children of substance abusers.

4 years ago

Springfield Hospital in Delaware County.
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania

Crozer Health quietly threatening to shut off paramedic services for municipalities — unless they pay up

The four-hospital system in Delaware County has been reaching out to municipalities, threatening to shut off emergency medical services within 90 days unless they pay up.

4 years ago

Customers wearing face masks at Reading Terminal Market.
Health Care
Medicine
National
Public Health

It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in U.S.

The U.S. may be heading into another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.

4 years ago

Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient.
Medicine
National
Public Health

FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection

The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites.

4 years ago

Bobby Flynn and Jessie Flynn
The Pulse

Finding Hope in an Experimental Treatment

Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move ...

Air Date: April 15, 2022

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File photo: A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

As Philly brings back masks, is its COVID response system too sensitive? Or a model for other cities?

Philadelphia’s indoor mask mandate was triggered by the city’s COVID risk measurement system. Public health experts weigh in on how well that system works.

4 years ago

Jaye Wilson is founder of the New Jersey-based Melinated Moms.
Gender
Health Care
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

A push to close the racial gap in maternal mortality rates in N.J.

First observed in 2016, Black Maternal Health Week is recognized from April 11-17 to call “attention and action” to “improving Black maternal health,” according to the CDC.

4 years ago

FILE - Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York, Monday, March 7, 2022.  The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire on April 18, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Delaware
Public Health

Unlike Philly, no mask mandate planned in Delaware even as COVID cases, hospitalizations rise

The number of COVID infections and hospitalizations is up substantially in the last few weeks, but the numbers are a mere fraction of mid-January’s peaks.

4 years ago

Penny Martin (left) and the Rev. Michelle Simmons, founder and executive director of Why Not Prosper, hug outside of a recovery home in Philadelphia.
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Oversight of Pa. addiction recovery homes will begin soon, but operators slow to opt-in

Only a few dozen addiction recovery homes in Pennsylvania have applied for a license despite the licensing program being designed to bring more oversight to the industry.

4 years ago

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