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Health & Science

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Health
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

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)
Health

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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Science

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
Health
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

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Health
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)
Health

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
Health

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

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Health

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
Health

FDA shortens timing of Moderna booster to 5 months

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

4 years ago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 05: A sign on the fence outside of Lowell elementary school welcomes students on January 05, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Classes at all of Chicago public schools have been canceled today by the school district after the teacher's union voted to return to virtual learning, citing unsafe conditions in the schools as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.   (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Health

What it really takes to keep schools open during the omicron surge

4 years ago

Penn Medicine vaccinates Philadelphia residents at the Church of Christian Compassion in Cobbs Creek neighborhood. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)
Health

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

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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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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

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Health

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

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