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Penn Medicine vaccinates Philadelphia residents at the Church of Christian Compassion in Cobbs Creek neighborhood. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)
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One year, 350,000 doses later: What Penn Medicine’s vaccine rollout taught it about equity

Pop-up clinics and low-tech sign-ups provided a road map for equitable mass vaccination. Now, the health system is planning for what’s next.

4 years ago

Hand of a therapist or doctor untangling a tangle in the silhouette head of a patient
The Pulse
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Talking Therapy

The new year often feels like a good time to make a fresh start, to tackle some issue that’s giving you grief — eating habits, work-l ...

Air Date: January 7, 2022

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Young woman using Mental Health Apps on cell phone.
The Pulse
Health

How can therapy apps reach lower-income communities?

A Reno effort succeeded with people who’d done in-person therapy. But did it reach those who traditionally couldn’t afford in-person therapy?

4 years ago

Listen 7:16
The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
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Delaware County Memorial Hospital to close maternity unit. Just two will remain in the county

The inpatient obstetrics unit, which includes labor and delivery, NICU, and maternal fetal medicine, will move to Crozer-Chester Medical Center.

4 years ago

Staff in protective equipment prepare to test people at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J.
Health

Delaware County adds drive-thru coronavirus testing sites

New locations at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital and the Delaware County 911 Training Center will offer free PCR testing.

4 years ago

People line up for free COVID-19 tests outside Cibotti Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia. The clinic, operated by a testing contractor hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be able to test more than 500 people per day. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

CDC opens free site in Southwest Philadelphia to ease the run on COVID tests

The site has the capacity to test up to 500 people a day. It will operate seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

4 years ago

In this Nov. 24, 2020, file photo, Dr. Shane Wilson performs rounds in a portion of Scotland County Hospital set up to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients in Memphis, Mo.
Health

What is ‘flurona’? Why are people talking about it now?

Co-infections sometimes happen. This time, they’ve sparked a clever nickname.

4 years ago

Closeup of Hepatitis A under a microscope
Health

Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Montgomery County restaurant, death under investigation

There have been eight laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A virus infections associated with an Italian restaurant in Montgomery County.

4 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health

U.S. urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed, recommending that younger teens — and those 16 and 17 — should get a Pfizer booster five months after their last sho

4 years ago

Koren Norwood, a Camden County health educator, assists Steve Shirk, of Audobon, with the COVID test packet, which includes a QR code to get to the website. Shirk was one of dozens to arrive to a new drive-in COVID testing site in Camden on Jan. 5, 2022. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Health

Camden County opens new drive-in COVID test site amid demand

Amid a surge in cases and hospitalizations, Camden County opens a new site to help address demand for COVID testing.

4 years ago

A group of people stand around a podium.
Health

Montco experiences ‘unprecedented’ surge in COVID-19 cases, yet hospitalizations aren’t rising as quickly

At a Wednesday briefing, Montgomery County Commissioners Chair Valerie Arkoosh said she’s ‘cautiously optimistic’ of a peak in two weeks.

4 years ago

People wearing face masks walk through Philadelphia
Health

COVID cases ‘skyrocketing’ in Philadelphia, says health commissioner

COVID-19 cases are rapidly rising and Philadelphia’s health commissioner is warning people to be boosted and either double mask or wear an n-95.

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

CDC posts rationale for shorter isolation, quarantine

U.S. health officials also clarified that the guidance applies to school kids as well as adults.

4 years ago

Long lines for testing are becoming the norm in Delaware, like this site that is open Tuesdays at Sixth and King streets in Wilmington
Health

In just the last seven days, 1 in 50 Delawareans tested positive for COVID-19

Gov. John Carney isn’t putting in any new restrictions, but is urging people to avoid indoor social gatherings during the historic surge.

4 years ago

People line up to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing site in Washington, DC
NPR
Health

More than 1 million Americans were diagnosed with COVID over the long holiday weekend

The U.S. hit a new record high for infections in a single day on Monday, with 1,082,549 new cases recorded. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, but not at the same rate.

4 years ago

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