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Health & Science

Registered Nurse Shyun Lin, left, gives Alda Maxis, 70, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site
Health

N.J. health care system mandates COVID-19 vaccine for all staff

RWJBarnabas Health said Monday that it is extending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to all staff including all employees, new employees and medical staff.

5 years ago

Stephanie Reid places a doorhanger about the census on a resident's house
Health

Census workers combat COVID vaccine misinformation in low-vaccination Philly neighborhoods

Philly Counts has been working with 18 priority neighborhoods since January, when it pivoted from its 2020 census effort to help communities fight COVID-19.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

As COVID-19 cases rise, Gov. Murphy urges residents to get vaccinated: ‘I beg you’

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in New Jersey, and Gov. Phil Murphy is telling people to please get vaccinated if they haven’t already.

5 years ago

Medical staff members check on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit
NPR
Health

Doctors worry that memory problems after COVID-19 may set the stage for Alzheimer’s

Some patients who've had COVID develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to determine whether they're are more likely to develop the disease itself

5 years ago

Jasmine Santana fills syringes with COVID-19 vaccine
Health
Billy Penn

Vaccination rate in Philly varies widely by demographic, with Latinos seeing a surge and Gen-X overtaking Post War seniors

These charts will update weekly.

5 years ago

Volunteers prepare to douse a forest fire in the republic of Sakha
NPR
Science

Climate scientists meet as floods, fires, droughts, and heat waves batter countries

Scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act.

5 years ago

Registered nurse Chrissie Burkhiser puts on personal protective equipment as she prepares to treat a COVID-19 patient in the in the emergency room
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

How are doctors treating COVID-19 patients now?

The way doctors treat COVID-19 patients has evolved as scientists come to better understand the virus and more studies are published. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

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Dr. Anthony Fauci gestures while speaking before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Health

Fauci says U.S. headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus

He said recommending that the vaccinated wear masks is "under active consideration’’ by the government’s leading public health officials

5 years ago

Paige Vickers for NPR
NPR
Health

Teens asked, we answered: The truth about COVID-19 vaccines

A lot of teens are still deciding about the vaccine. People ages 12 and up have been able to get one since mid-May, but two out of three teens have not gotten their shots.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Zoo gorillas
Health

Philadelphia Zoo in line to vaccinate at-risk animals

The Philadelphia Zoo is awaiting approval from the state to vaccinate some of its animals with a COVID-19 vaccine.

5 years ago

A person holds a mask while walking outside in Philadelphia, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

City officials recommend wearing masks indoors, again

As the delta variant causes an increase in new COVID-19 cases, city health officials are urging residents to mask up in indoor public spaces.

5 years ago

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

AP-NORC poll: Most unvaccinated Americans don’t want shots

That means “that there will be more preventable cases, more preventable hospitalizations and more preventable deaths,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja.

5 years ago

FILE - In this March 17, 2020 file photo, a commuter sits in an otherwise empty car as he waits for the 7:58 p.m. train to Hudson to leave Grand Central Terminal, in New York.  The eruption of COVID-19  across the United States last year caused the proportion of people working from home to nearly double, with the shift most pronounced among college graduates and workers in such fields as finance and professional services. The share of employed people working from home rose shot up from just 22% in 2019 to 42% in 2020.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Health

Virus’s impact: More relaxing and thinking, less socializing

The share of employed people working from home shot up from just 22% in 2019 to 42% in 2020, the Labor Department said Thursday.

5 years ago

A nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Radio Times
Health

Why aren’t people getting vaccinated?

Covid infections and hospitalization are increasing, towns and cities are reinstating mask mandates, so why is half of the country still choosing not to get the vaccinated?

Air Date: July 23, 2021 10:00 am

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Slaughter Beach is a sleepy little southern Delaware town situated along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County. (Charlie O'Neill/WHYY)
Science

Often overlooked Delaware Bayshore worth millions to local community, study finds

Just north of Delaware’s popular beach resorts, the Delaware Bayshore’s value economically and environmentally shouldn’t be underestimated, a new report shows.

5 years ago

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