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Philly health department launches new lab to sequence, track COVID variants
The new lab will help health officials learn more about variants that are circulating in the region.
2 years ago
Philadelphia achieves near complete compliance with city employee vaccine mandate
The city says nearly all 22,000 workers have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or have exemption status.
2 years ago
‘Tough couple of years’: Delaware students’ academic proficiency far below pre-pandemic levels
For public school students in grades 3 through 8, 42% are proficient in English and 30% in math. One education advocate says the scores reflect a system “in crisis.”
2 years ago
‘We’re just surviving’: Report details COVID’s long-term impacts on Philly students
A report published Monday by Children First shows COVID’s toll on young Philadelphians. Students and child advocates want more school-based services.
2 years ago
Delaware ratchets up masking recommendations as COVID cases rise
All three Delaware counties are seeing high levels of community spread for COVID-19. Last week, the number of COVID-related hospitalizations jumped 22%.
2 years ago
Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working
An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID.
2 years ago
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation
White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says in a letter that Biden “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well.”
2 years ago
A ‘lost opportunity’: Pa. and Del. are discontinuing their COVID-19 exposure apps
The Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey health departments launched their respective apps in 2020 as part of an effort to alert more people who are exposed to COVID-19.
2 years ago
Comcast awards $1 million to minority-owned businesses to offset pandemic impacts
Comcast announced the July 2022 recipients of their RISE fund pandemic relief grants. 100 Philly-area businesses were awarded $10,000.
2 years ago
Reformulated COVID vaccine boosters may be available earlier than expected
The Biden administration may scrap plans to expand eligibility for second boosters to younger adults. Instead, it's trying to speed up the next generation of boosters.
2 years ago
Before using that at-home COVID-19 test, be sure to check the kit’s expiration date
Health officials recommend not automatically following the expiration date listed on a rapid test kit, as some expiration dates have been extended by the FDA.
2 years ago
With less public testing, Delaware sewers provide a clearer view of COVID numbers
Massive public testing sites created at the onset of the pandemic have been largely dismantled. But analysis of wastewater for COVID-19 is still going strong.
2 years ago
Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms" and has begun taking Paxlovid.
2 years ago
U.S. debates a summer booster for people under 50
The Biden administration is considering expanding eligibility for a second COVID-19 booster to those under 50 to try to protect more people against the latest omicron surge.
2 years ago
New report details pandemic impact on Philly housing and homelessness
CARES Act funds kept more people off the street, but also led to some renters struggling through lapses in housing inspections.
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