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Billy Penn

Police, fire, and streets departments lag behind as Philly extends vaccine mandate for city employees

About 81% of the municipal workforce is fully vaccinated against COVID.

4 years ago

NIOSH-approved N95 masks
NPR
Health

Ready for an N95? Here’s how to find a high-quality one that fits you well

The CDC says high-filtration masks like N95s provide the best protection. Here's how to find a good one — and avoid the fakes.

4 years ago

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Particles of the virus (yellow) are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink). The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, meaning 'crown-like'.
NPR
Health

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NPR
Health

You’ll be able to order free at-home COVID test kits starting on Wednesday

4 years ago

A member of the Salt Lake County Health Department COVID-19 testing staff performs a test on Gary Mackelprang outside the Salt Lake County Health Department Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City
Health

High-volume COVID testing site opening in Delco next week

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the site will be staffed by federal contractors and able to test about 1,000 people a day.

4 years ago

A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Health

Philadelphia extends vaccine mandate deadline for city workers

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

4 years ago

A spotted lanternfly is seen in a bush in Dauphin County on Sept. 7, 2021. (Rachel McDevitt / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Penn State researchers aim to debunk myths surrounding spotted lanternfly

Some misconceptions about the spotted lanternfly came as a result of misunderstandings about the bug soon after it was discovered in Berks County in 2014.

4 years ago

People and cars line up outside of Boston Medical Center
NPR
Health

Flooded with omicron patients, ERs struggle to treat other urgent problems

Omicron may cause milder disease but the sheer number of patients make this wave far worse for the health care system. With packed ERs, patients can wait days to get a bed.

4 years ago

Coins in a glass jar with the word
The Pulse
Health

The Generosity Spectrum

When it comes to generosity, there’s a wide spectrum in terms of how far we’ll go for others. There’s buy-your-friends-dinner gener ...

Air Date: January 14, 2022

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Writer and memoirist, Nefertiti Austin, pictured with her two children. (Photo courtesy of Nefertiti  Austin)
The Pulse
Health

How informal adoptions became a mainstay of African American family life

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...

4 years ago

Listen 9:47
Frontline grocery store employees and their supporters demanding more protective measures against spreading the coronavirus and hazard pay for those working through the crisis. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly says stay home if you feel sick. But for many that comes at a cost

Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

4 years ago

Listen 2:08
Many coronaviruses in the form of a 3D illustration.
Health

COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages

The problem is that production is not yet at full strength and that the pill considered to be far superior, Pfizer's, takes six to eight months to manufacture.

4 years ago

Brandywine Hospital in Chester County.
Health

Facing 2nd hospital closure in as many months, Chester County EMS Council puts forth solutions

The county’s EMS Council has released a ‘white paper’ that raises new pressing issues affecting the state of emergency medical care.

4 years ago

A sign was posted at the front of this CVS pharmacy at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. It was widely reported that the at-home COVID-19 tests were in very short supply throughout the state
Health

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to the scarcity of rapid at-home COVID tests

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are faring amid the COVID testing crisis.

4 years ago

Listen 5:23
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Rochelle Walensky testify before the Senate
NPR
Health

Americans are tuning out as omicron rages. Experts call for health messaging to adapt

Amid a surge in omicron cases and hospitalizations, public health is grappling with how to get a tuned-out public to pay attention.

4 years ago

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