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FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron

The FDA said it was revoking emergency authorization for the drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly because they don't work against the omicron variant.

4 years ago

Dr. Hajar Mokhlis, a pharmacist with the Jefferson COVID-19 mobile unit, prepares vaccine doses in the art room at Universal Institute Charter School in South Philadelphia
Health

Here’s who has been boosted so far in Philadelphia

City health officials announced earlier this year they had given out more than 260,000 booster doses since August. This is how the numbers break down.

4 years ago

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia
Health

How contact tracers keep up with the surge in COVID-19 cases

All those new positive cases means a shift in priorities, as CDC guidelines also have shifted.

4 years ago

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Health

FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work vs. omicron

Omicron’s resistance to the two leading monoclonal antibody medicines has upended the treatment playbook for COVID-19 in recent weeks.

4 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

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.

4 years ago

Keara Klinepeter speaks from a podium
Health

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.

4 years ago

People walk on a tour of the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa
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Pa. state prisons to halt in-person visitation through February

In-person visits will be stopped at all state correctional institutions starting on Thursday and lasting until Feb. 28.

4 years ago

Dhaval Bhatt plays Monopoly with his children, Rhidya (left) and Martand, at their home in St. Peters, Missouri. Martand's mother took him to a children's hospital in April after he burned his hand, and the bill for the emergency room visit was more than $1,000 — even though the child was never seen by a doctor. (Whitney Curtis for KHN)
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The doctor didn’t show up, but the hospital ER still billed $1,012

4 years ago

A rapid Covid-19 test kit is displayed after being given out for free to people receiving their Covid-19 vaccines or boosters at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2022. - Los Angeles County reported more than 37,000 new coronavirus cases on January 6, breaking records again as a regional surge of the Omicron variant continues. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Seniors are at high risk of COVID, but Medicare doesn’t pay for rapid tests

4 years ago

Temple University campus at North Broad Street in Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Temple University updates mask guidelines as students return to campus

Temple University students can no longer wear cloth masks when they return to classes on Monday. Students who do not have an upgraded mask can pick one up on campus.

4 years ago

Prescriptions are necessary for Paxlovid, which is free for customers, but expensive for the government to purchase: $529 per dose. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Antiviral COVID pills: Some things to know about supply, demand, and risk

The new oral meds are in short supply around Philly, but doctors aren’t prescribing what’s available. Timing and risks are part of the equation.

4 years ago

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Registered nurse Shelly Girardin, left, is illuminated by the glow of a computer monitor as Dr. Shane Wilson examines COVID-19 patient Neva Azinger inside Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Mo., on Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Health

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.

4 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Rochelle Walensky testify before the Senate
Health

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.

4 years ago

Rapid tests can help you figure out if you have been infected with the coronavirus. But how accurate are they? Scientists trying to find out whether they are less sensitive to omicron and why. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

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.

4 years ago

People walk by a tall building with glass windows.
Health

Phthalates in consumer products may affect important pregnancy hormone, study finds

Rutgers scientists say exposure to the chemicals, found in plastics, nail polish and fast food, may disrupt the hormone that signals when to give birth.

4 years ago

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