Health & Science
Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as omicron rages across the nation.
2 years ago
NASA’s James Webb telescope completes its final unfolding in space
Considered the most powerful telescope in space, It will still be five months before NASA can start receiving its images.
2 years ago
N.J. National Guard to deploy to Atlantic County long-term care facility due to omicron surge
The strike team will be available for seven days or longer as Meadowview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center deals with omicron.
2 years ago
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia: Importance of in-school learning outweighs risks of COVID
"We have to rethink like, 'What are we doing here?' We're chasing milder disease," said Dr. David Rubin.
2 years ago
Montco temporarily closes West Norriton restaurant after hepatitis A outbreak
Gino’s Ristorante & Pizzeria is shut until further notice, the county says. Eleven cases of the viral liver infection are being investigated.
2 years ago
Hospitalizations skyrocket in kids too young for COVID shots
Since mid-December, the hospitalization rate in these youngest kids has surged to more than 4 in 100,000 children, up from 2.5 per 100,000.
2 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.
2 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.
2 years ago
FDA shortens timing of Moderna booster to 5 months
The two-dose Moderna vaccine is open to Americans 18 and older.
2 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.
2 years ago
Air Date: January 7, 2022
Listen 51:54How can therapy apps reach lower-income communities?
A Reno effort succeeded with people who’d done in-person therapy. But did it reach those who traditionally couldn’t afford in-person therapy?
2 years ago
Listen 7:16Delaware County Memorial Hospital to close maternity unit. Just two will remain in the county
The inpatient obstetrics unit, which includes labor and delivery, NICU, and maternal fetal medicine, will move to Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
2 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.
2 years ago
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