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Air Date: April 16, 2021
Listen 50:09U.S. cases of severe maternal morbidity are on the rise, and deep racial disparities persist. A new study shows where you live might be a factor.
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Listen 1:26Putting shots in arms, nurse volunteers are backbone of Delaware mass vaccination events
The Delaware Medical Reserve Corps has answered the call — without pay— to ensure that the state can inoculate thousands of people at mass events.
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Listen 2:03Pennsylvania extends J&J vaccine ‘pause’ by 4 days
Pennsylvania took action after a CDC advisory board said Wednesday it needed more time to decide whether a handful of unusual blood clots were linked to the shot.
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Pa. coronavirus update: DOH launches program to vaccinate more nursing home residents
The Department of Health will help nursing home pharmacies to secure vaccine doses to be administered at the facilities.
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J&J vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence
The reports are exceedingly rare — six cases out of more than 7 million U.S. inoculations with the one-dose vaccine.
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Esperanza FEMA vaccine site is back on its feet after J&J setback
Philadelphia’s second largest mass clinic, in the middle of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP code, had to reschedule hundreds of Tuesday appointments.
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Gov. Phil Murphy said the statewide pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would not impact the state’s goal of reaching herd immunity by the end of June.
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Pa. coronavirus update: FEMA’s Convention Center vaccine site will stay open 4 more weeks
FEMA has agreed to keep its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City open through May 26.
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N.J. offshore wind to connect at 2 former power plants onshore
The northern connection would be at the former Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Twp; the southern connection would be at the former B.L. England plant in Upper Twp.
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Autopsy report pending for Pa. prisoner who died 2 days after receiving J&J vaccine
SCI Phoenix in Montco stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Friday — the same day a 45-year-old incarcerated man died.
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U.S. agency says women can get abortion pill via telemedicine
U.S. health officials say women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Studies confirm racial, ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations and visits
Days after declaring racism a serious public health threat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a pair of studies.
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N.J. coronavirus update: ‘Don’t get choosy’ Murphy warns as vaccine shipment drops
State officials urge residents to get any vaccine available as Johnson & Johnson doses could be scarce. Meanwhile, Camden County has 2,000 unclaimed doses on hand.
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Tweaked COVID vaccines in testing aim to fend off variants
New studies of experimental updates to the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines mark a critical first step toward an alternative if the virus eventually outsmarts today’s shots.
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