Health & Science
Is your boss spying on you while you work remotely?
The pandemic has accelerated a disconcerting trend: Workplace-surveillance software.
4 years ago
Listen 6:57A voice-over artist asks: Will AI take her job?
If a text-to-speech clone can capture her in a moment, is there a role for her? And how will artificial intelligence affect creativity?
4 years ago
Listen 4:41Flu season looms and scientists wonder how flu and COVID-19 might mix
With the annual flu season about to start, it's still unclear exactly how influenza will interact with COVID-19 if a person has both viruses.
4 years ago
Pa. coronavirus recovery: State issues new testing guidelines for nursing homes
The Wolf administration announced new guidelines for when, and how often, staff and residents of such facilities should be tested.
4 years ago
Inexpensive steroids can save lives of seriously ill COVID-19 patients
Multiple studies now confirm earlier research: two drugs that reduce an immune system's overreaction can help reduce deaths of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
4 years ago
Eviction is bad for our health. Pa. must act to protect families.
When families are evicted, children suffer the consequences. As a pediatrician, I urge Pa. to protect families at a perilous time.
4 years ago
CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1
The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise" — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential election.
4 years ago
US won’t join WHO-led coronavirus vaccine effort, White House says
By refusing to take part, the U.S. is effectively cutting itself off from the more than 170 countries in discussions to join the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility.
4 years ago
Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine
As the nation awaits a vaccine to end the pandemic, local health departments say they lack the staff, money and tools to distribute, administer and track millions of vaccines.
4 years ago
CDC issues sweeping temporary halt on evictions nationwide amid pandemic
The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming. Landlords groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.
4 years ago
FEMA says it will stop paying for cloth face masks for schools
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says that beginning Sept. 15, it will no longer reimburse states for personal protective equipment for non-emergency settings.
4 years ago
Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts
Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested.
4 years ago
New Jersey is sweating again as gyms reopen after five-month shutdown
With motivation, masks, and energetic music — gyms, and fitness centers in the Garden State reopened for the first time in five months since the pandemic started.
4 years ago
Fecal bacteria closes N.J. beach for days; no swimming at two others
An unacceptable level of fecal bacteria continues to keep a New Jersey beach closed while swimming is restricted at two others.
4 years ago
Chadwick Boseman’s death was a surprise, but colon cancer deaths among Black men are all too common
A combination of things — access to primary care, chronic health conditions and environmental factors — may be to blame, but researchers still can’t say.
4 years ago
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