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Health & Science

A researcher with Franceville International Medical Research Centre collects bats in a net on November 25, 2020 inside a cave in Gabon. Scientists are looking for potential sources for a possible next coronavirus pandemic.
(Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Next pandemic: scientists fear another coronavirus could jump from animals to humans

Now, scientists are worried that another coronavirus will strike again, from either a bat or some other animal. So they've gone hunting for potential sources.

4 years ago

Philadelphia's oldest living resident, Ruth Hopson, 108, received her Pfizer two dose COVID-19 vaccine at her home in the River Park House, Conshohocken Avenue, Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, March 19, 2021. Her daughters Merle Hopson and Carla Hopson-Tyson were vaccinated also.  ( ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / POOL, The Philadelphia Inquirer )
Health

The oldest Philadelphian, 108, gets her COVID vaccine

Ruth Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and is preparing to outlive COVID-19.

4 years ago

Randy Loux, 48, is getting prepped for his COVID vaccine at the new Willow Grove site. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

Montco opens mass vaccine clinic in Willow Grove, to serve ‘eastern end of the county’

The new location opened Friday near the Willow Grove Park Mall. It has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 per day.

4 years ago

A resident of Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood receives the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Philadelphia expands vaccine eligibility as supply of doses levels off

The city is broadening eligibility as places of worship opens up and more research on COVID-19 mortality comes out.

4 years ago

Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg walks among thousands of white flags planted in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19
Radio Times
Health

Grief and mourning in a pandemic

This past year has been defined by incalculable loss at the hands of coronavirus, police brutality, and political violence. But have we really faced our collective grief?

Air Date: March 19, 2021

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President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Health

Biden says US to hit 100 million vaccinations goal on Friday

The Biden administration on Thursday revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico.

4 years ago

Telecommunication equipment for a 5G radio network with radio modules and smart antennas installed on a metal structure against an abstract background
The Pulse
Science

Sending Signals

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Air Date: March 19, 2021

Listen 48:21
A series of brain scan images against a black background. Brain scans showing MRI mapping for 3 tasks across 2 different days. Warm colors show how the results hold up in groups. Cool colors show how results are less reliable person to person. Photo credit: Annchen Knodt/Duke University.
The Pulse
Science

Scientists have used fMRI to study brain activity for years. Now, some question the results’ reliability

Scientists have found that results can change, brain scans from the same person doing the same thing can be different a week or a month later.

4 years ago

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Nurse Debbie Petro and the author celebrate after the shot
Health

First vaccine shot a breeze at Dover speedway, but does ‘hangover without the fun’ loom?

I’ve been anticipating getting a COVID-19 vaccine since the pandemic began. Last weekend, I was one of about 8,000 educators who got the first shot during a mass event in Del.

4 years ago

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A proposed FEMA vaccination site would take up a 400,000-square-foot space on Esperanza's Hunting Park social services campus. (Google Maps)
Health

New FEMA vaccine clinic could open in North Philly’s Latino hub

The clinic, likely to be located in Hunting Park, would be set up to deliver 3,000 shots per day in one of the most undervaccinated areas of the city.

4 years ago

Nurse Monique Bourgeois, left, administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to educator Diane Kay at a vaccination site set up setup for teachers and school staff at the Berks County Intermediate Unit in Reading, Pa., Monday, March 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Suburban counties jointly decry plan for single PEMA vaccine site

In a statement, elected officials from Montco, Delco, Bucks, and Chesco say a single regional site will “compromise equitable distribution.”

4 years ago

Chairs are seen inside the FEMA-run vaccination site at Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health
Billy Penn

Philly vaccine interest registry has built-in disparities, widening the racial divide

Advocates say more outreach and walk-up access could help bridge the gap.

4 years ago

The exterior of CHOP in Philadelphia
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: CHOP is approved site for COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids

Moderna will test its vaccine in children under 12, including babies as young as six months old.

4 years ago

File photo: Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom at Camden Prep, a charter school in Camden, New Jersey. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy expects full-time, in-person learning next school year

Citing the need for in-person instruction, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy expects students and teachers to be “safely” back in the classroom for the 2021-2022 school year.

4 years ago

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West Philadelphia Skills Initiative aids in COVID testing and processing efforts on Feb. 10 2021. (West Philadelphia Skills Initiative)
Health

New Pa. initiative seeks to identify and reduce causes of health disparities

“Many of these areas with profound disparities have a history of redlining, showing a direct link between historical racism and the health effects of today."

4 years ago

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