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Health & Science

Customers wearing face masks shop at the Reading Terminal Market
Radio Times
Health

‘Long haulers’: Months later, the devastating impact of Covid-19

With Long Covid, millions of people suffer from clusters of symptoms ranging in severity. And, Philadelphia's Covid-19 level is "All Clear": most mandates lifted.

Air Date: March 3, 2022 10:00 am

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Health

Pa. grants Delaware County’s first health department final approval

The state Department of Health issued the certificate this week, allowing Delco to start official notifications to all 49 municipalities.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden
Health

New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation

The White House outlined a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions.

4 years ago

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Science
NJ Spotlight

Switch to electric buildings or miss climate goals, N.J. advocates say

The analysis calls on the state to step up efforts to transition buildings to electric power and to end heating homes with natural gas and other fossil fuels.

4 years ago

New data shows that the majority of drinking water at schools across Atlantic County has lead contamination. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Health

Lead contamination ‘pervasive’ in drinking water in Atlantic County schools

A joint study from two organizations say 92% of the drinking water at Atlantic County schools is contaminated with lead.

4 years ago

Customers wear face masks while shopping at the Reading Terminal Market
Health

‘All clear’: Philly drops indoor mask mandate effective immediately

In the “All Clear” phase, all mitigation efforts are lifted with the exception of masking in schools, health care institutions, congregate settings, and on public transit.

4 years ago

The marijuana dispensary in Yeadon, Pa., open on Church Street, in March, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Medical marijuana dispensary Restore meets hurdles expanding into Delco

In mid-February, the company opened in Yeadon, its sixth area location. Borough zoning officials reversed their decision just three days later.

4 years ago

Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse Maggie Bass holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron

Pediatricians say the back-and-forth results may seem confusing but that parents need to understand the shots are still the best way to prevent serious illness.

4 years ago

A general view of the Abbott Healthcare Nutrition plant in Cootehill Co Monaghan.   (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

FDA warns against using another powdered baby formula after a 2nd death

The FDA now cautions against using a specific lot of Abbott Nutrition's Similac PM 60/40 after a second infant dies. Abbott voluntarily recalled the specialty product on Monda

4 years ago

A medical staff member prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health

Pfizer vaccine’s protection against COVID wanes quickly in kids ages 5-11, study says

New research out of New York found the protection of the vaccine against infection in kids ages 5 to 11 dropped from 68% to 12%.

4 years ago

The exterior of Brandywine Hospital's ER
Health

Former Jennersville, Brandywine buyer fails to post court-ordered bond required for revived deal

The former Jennersville, Brandywine buyer did not post the $1 million bond in time. Tower Health is now asking a Chester County judge to toss the case.

4 years ago

A nurse walks down a hallway with her arms in the air, clasping the back of her head
Health

N.J. nurses union offers free mental health courses

The federally funded online classes are available to help health care workers or anyone to help improve mental health and cope with trauma.

4 years ago

Elementary school students are pictured on a school bus
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Montco updating school, public masking guidance to align with CDC

Under the CDC’s updated guidance, masks are no longer required in indoor public settings for people who are healthy and who aren't caring for someone who is at higher risk.

4 years ago

Bruce McDougal watches embers fly over his property as the Bond Fire burns through the Silverado communit
Science

Landmark UN climate change report: ‘Parts of the planet will become uninhabitable’

The U.N. report warns climate change will likely make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer and more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks.

4 years ago

Marcus Morales demonstrated part of his exercise routine outside his home in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

The unusual relationship between COVID-19 and blood pressure

While the relationship between hypertension and the virus is complicated, some evidence shows long COVID can lead to “devastating” effects on blood pressure.

4 years ago

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