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Nurses with ChristianaCare test people for the coronavirus in downtown Wilmington on March 13, 2020. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
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Delaware indoor mask mandate returns as worst COVID spike stretches health care system

Gov. Carney had lifted his earlier mask requirement in May. But with the hospital system pivoting to ‘crisis’ care, he implores residents to join ‘the fight.’

4 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
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Delaware hospitals declare COVID ‘crisis,’ saying they can’t provide ‘normal standards’ of care

The state’s current daily case count is three times last January’s peak. A total of 714 infected people are now in the hospital — 250 more than a year ago.

4 years ago

How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
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How do I know if I have a cold, the flu or COVID-19?

Symptoms of common colds, the flu and COVID-19 can overlap, so experts say testing is the best way to determine what you have.

4 years ago

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories rests on a table in the room where student-athletes at Pacific Lutheran are tested three times a week, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash.
Health

How should we be using at-home rapid tests for omicron?

Recent research indicates these nasal swab tests may be less sensitive to the coronavirus’ omicron variant in the earliest days of infection.

4 years ago

At-home COVID-19 tests kits sit on a table before being handed out at a distribution site, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
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I tested positive for COVID on a home test. How do I report it?

The quality of the test depends on the person using it, experts say. Yet some counties find the information useful for seeing the bigger picture.

4 years ago

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91 Philadelphia schools will be remote this week amid COVID surge

The Philadelphia school district has struggled to keep schools open and staffed during a record-high surge of COVID cases.

4 years ago

Customers observe social distancing as they wait to be allowed to shop at a Trader Joe's supermarket in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Store workers across the country are suddenly being asked to enforce the rules that govern shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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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.

4 years ago

File photo: In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (Laura Betz/NASA via AP, File)
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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.

4 years ago

A health care worker holds up a syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccine at Roosevelt Care Center
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6abc

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.

4 years ago

The exterior of CHOP in Philadelphia
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6abc

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.

4 years ago

Gino’s Ristorante & Pizzeria is shut until further notice. (6abc)
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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.

4 years ago

Registered nurse Morgan Flynn works inside a patient's room
Health

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.

4 years ago

Nurse Sheena Davis administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
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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.

4 years ago

File - In this June 11, 2021 file photo customers wear face masks in an outdoor mall with closed business amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles. Coronavirus cases have jumped 500% in Los Angeles County over the past month and health officials warned Tuesday, July 13, 2021, that the especially contagious delta variant of the disease continues to spread rapidly among California's unvaccinated population. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)
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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.

4 years ago

Pharmacist Kenni Clark prepares a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence's
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FDA shortens timing of Moderna booster to 5 months

The two-dose Moderna vaccine is open to Americans 18 and older.

4 years ago

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