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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Vaccinations among the elementary school set surged after the shots were introduced in the fall, but the numbers have crept up slowly since then.

As Omicron infections spike, some experts say it's time to accept that Covid is here to stay, but we need a new strategy for living with it.

Hospital parent Crozer Health says patients looking for care will be directed to other emergency departments and urgent care centers.

The governor acknowledged that hospital leaders had been urging restrictions, but said the business community is already pushing back.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are still high in Philly overall, straining hospitals, city health officials said, but new positive cases are down slightly from last week.

In an on overview published ahead of its full report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2021 ranked the third costliest on record for such events.

“The vaccine is our strategy and people need to get the vaccine," Wolf said.