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Supreme Court conservatives seem skeptical of vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
The Biden administration has estimated the rule would affect tens of millions of workers.
3 years ago
Pennsylvania seeks more hospital beds, staff in COVID surge
Pennsylvania has begun to organize “strike teams” of extra workers for hospitals and nursing homes struggling with surging COVID-19-related caseloads and staffing shortages.
3 years ago
In omicron outbreak, U.S. governors lose appetite for mandates
Governors across the U.S. took sweeping action during earlier surges of COVID-19, but are taking a much different approach during the record-setting omicron outbreak.
3 years ago
FDA shortens timing of Moderna booster to 5 months
The two-dose Moderna vaccine is open to Americans 18 and older.
3 years ago
One year, 350,000 doses later: What Penn Medicine’s vaccine rollout taught it about equity
Pop-up clinics and low-tech sign-ups provided a road map for equitable mass vaccination. Now, the health system is planning for what’s next.
3 years ago
Delaware County adds drive-thru coronavirus testing sites
New locations at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital and the Delaware County 911 Training Center will offer free PCR testing.
3 years ago
CDC opens free site in Southwest Philadelphia to ease the run on COVID tests
The site has the capacity to test up to 500 people a day. It will operate seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
3 years ago
What is ‘flurona’? Why are people talking about it now?
Co-infections sometimes happen. This time, they’ve sparked a clever nickname.
3 years ago
‘It’s a math problem’: Philly educators scramble amid omicron wave
For the first time this school year, Philadelphia faces the prospect of a widespread shift back to virtual learning. How many schools and for how long? No one quite knows.
3 years ago
Listen 4:37U.S. urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed, recommending that younger teens — and those 16 and 17 — should get a Pfizer booster five months after their last sho
3 years ago
Camden County opens new drive-in COVID test site amid demand
Amid a surge in cases and hospitalizations, Camden County opens a new site to help address demand for COVID testing.
3 years ago
At a Wednesday briefing, Montgomery County Commissioners Chair Valerie Arkoosh said she’s ‘cautiously optimistic’ of a peak in two weeks.
3 years ago
COVID cases ‘skyrocketing’ in Philadelphia, says health commissioner
COVID-19 cases are rapidly rising and Philadelphia’s health commissioner is warning people to be boosted and either double mask or wear an n-95.
3 years ago
Central Bucks School District, in deep need of substitutes, urges community members to apply
Staff shortages forced the 17,000-student district to close Monday. It’s asking people with bachelor’s degrees to apply for teaching and support jobs.
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