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Philly COVID cases continue to drop, but ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’
The city’s health commissioner said vaccinating children under 5 will help slow the spread, and the city will be ready when federal regulators give the green light.
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Some families are being forced to choose between remote learning and school meals
Many families with low incomes who want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a federal program that helped them pay for meals.
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Feds’ contract with Pfizer for Paxlovid has some surprises
NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 million contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.
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When can babies and kids under age 5 get their shots? Here’s the timeline
The first big hurdle was crossed when Pfizer shared its clinical trial data with the FDA. There are five more steps before this vulnerable population can be vaxxed.
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Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March.
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Mask mandate has ‘really made a difference’ in vanquishing Delaware’s omicron surge, Carney says
The weekly average of new daily cases has plummeted by 74% since Delaware’s indoor mask mandate went into effect. Hospitalizations are down by half.
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WHO: In 10 weeks, omicron surge causes COVID cases to soar
90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago — amounting to more than in all of 2020.
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Even if they can find a test, not everyone wants to know they have COVID
For some, getting a positive test could mean loss of income. Doctors worry about growing disincentives to test and how this could prolong the pandemic.
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U.S. urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID vaccine: AP source
The FDA is pushing the company to submit its application based on the two-dose data for potential approval in February.
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Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID crunch
The temporary sites, one of which will be located in Philadelphia, will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.
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‘Save lives, go home, and do it again the next day’: Working in Wilmington Hospital’s COVID-19 unit
Coronavirus cases are dropping, but Delaware hospitals are still operating under crisis standards of care. “COVID is still deadly,” one nurse manager stressed.
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Listen 2:05U.S. gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.
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Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
Omicron's race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors.
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How do free at-home COVID tests help if you’re blind and can’t see the results?
The Biden administration is providing free at-home swab tests for COVID-19. But they come with significant barriers for the blind community.
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Listen 4:07Omicron drives U.S. deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
Now omicron is estimated to account for nearly all the virus circulating in the nation.
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