
Health & Science
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
The new year often feels like a good time to make a fresh start, to tackle some issue that’s giving you grief — eating habits, work-l ...
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?
3 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.
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
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Montgomery County restaurant, death under investigation
There have been eight laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A virus infections associated with an Italian restaurant in Montgomery County.
3 years ago
U.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
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