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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.
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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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 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.
2 years ago
How long does a COVID booster offer protection against omicron?
Now researchers in the U.K. have the first estimates for how long a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine will last. The findings are mixed.
2 years ago
N.J. requires COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers, ending test option
The order means health care workers who are unvaccinated will have until Jan. 27 to get their first shot and until Feb. 28 for the second.
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When school feels ‘chaotic’: Philly parents struggle with shifting virtual learning guidelines
Even as Philly officials vow to reduce omicron’s interruptions to in-person learning, the school district’s shifts to virtual are causing angst.
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Delco’s Medical Reserve Corps steps up to ease the burden on health care workers
Members of the Medical Reserve Corps, both medical and non-medical volunteers, assist health care personnel with their workloads.
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Montco’s COVID numbers are trending down, while hospitalizations hit peak
Hospital leaders report they are seeing a dramatic rise in patients, however, and urge individuals to seek testing away from the ERs.
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