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FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron
The FDA said it was revoking emergency authorization for the drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly because they don't work against the omicron variant.
3 years ago
Here’s who has been boosted so far in Philadelphia
City health officials announced earlier this year they had given out more than 260,000 booster doses since August. This is how the numbers break down.
3 years ago
How contact tracers keep up with the surge in COVID-19 cases
All those new positive cases means a shift in priorities, as CDC guidelines also have shifted.
3 years ago
Listen 1:48N.J. rolls out new COVID relief program for homeowners facing foreclosure
Eligible homeowners can apply for up to $35,000, which can go towards late mortgage payments, taxes and homeowner’s insurance, and other housing-related costs.
3 years ago
FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron
Omicron’s resistance to the two leading monoclonal antibody medicines has upended the treatment playbook for COVID-19 in recent weeks.
3 years ago
Amid flood of COVID patients, Delaware hospitals seek volunteers
Forget banging pots and pans and words of gratitude, health care workers in Delaware need more direct help to manage a tidal wave of COVID patients.
3 years ago
Pa. sends first ‘strike team’ to relieve health care workers in Bucks County
The new strike teams are part of a larger, state-directed effort to temporarily bolster capacity at short-staffed hospitals in Pennsylvania.
3 years ago
Omicron hampers Broadway. Fewer tourists are there for just a score of shows
"Omicron literally took us out in the span of a week," says Brian Moreland, producer of the play Thoughts of a Colored Man.
3 years ago
New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments.
3 years ago
Fauci ‘confident’ omicron surge will peak in February: ‘Things are looking good’
Fauci said the hope is the level of COVID infection will be below what he calls an 'area of control' in the future.
3 years ago
How colleges are dealing with high COVID case counts on campus
Cases are spiking on college campuses because, despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant, most schools are beginning their spring semesters in-person.
3 years ago
Why rapid COVID tests aren’t more accurate and how scientists hope to improve them
Researchers are working fast to figure out what's going on and how to improve the tests.
3 years ago
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots.
3 years ago
Company that opened pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Philly faces lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in Minnesota alleges Center for COVID Control either failed to deliver results or delivered inaccurate results.
3 years ago
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