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Health & Science

In this July 22, 2020 file photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Health

Booker re-introduces ‘Momnibus’ legislation to improve Black maternal health care

The “Momnibus” was originally introduced in March 2020 but got little traction because it was just days before the country was thrown full bore into the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

People wait in line at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Why can’t I get a COVID vaccine appointment?

How long is the wait to hear back? Is it first-come, first-served? What about line-jumping? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk wondered too.

4 years ago

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A volunteer administers a COVID-19 test in Mifflin Square Park
Health

How the Philly Fighting COVID scandal has hurt a health center group’s reputation

30-year-old Philadelphia FIGHT provides health care and coronavirus testing. It wants people to know it is not involved with the similarly named start-up.

4 years ago

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Audrey Janga works with COVID-19 test samples as medical director Dr. Harris Curtis observes. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Delaware State Univ.’s new COVID-19 testing lab gets ‘results within two hours’

New Castle County used $5.5 million of its federal coronavirus relief money to fund the laboratory at the university’s northern campus.

4 years ago

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Forensic photographer Nikki Johnson spent years in the storage rooms at the Mütter Museum. The resulting work is displayed in 'Unseen,' an exhibit that will run through Sept. 30, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

What you see can’t be ‘Unseen’: NYC photographer takes us backstage in the Mütter Museum

Photographer Nikki Johnson got a backstage pass to roam the diseased body parts not seen by the public at the Mütter Museum.

4 years ago

Maria Fabrizio for NPR
NPR
Health

Is it ever OK to jump ahead in the vaccine line?

With vaccine still scarce, and eligibility differing from place to place, some people have easier access to "extra" doses than others. Careful, ethicists warn.

4 years ago

Jazmyn Finney is administered a coronavirus 15-minute rapid test at the student health center on campus at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Health

Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic

Some experts see an opportunity to refocus U.S. testing less on medical precision than on mass screening that they believe could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

4 years ago

People wait in line for an exhibit at the NFL Experience Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The city is hosting Sunday’s Super Bowl football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Health

Officials plead: Don’t let Super Bowl become superspreader

“I’m worried about Super Bowl Sunday, quite honestly. People gather, they watch games together. We’ve seen outbreaks already from football parties."

4 years ago

Billy Penn visualization
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Billy Penn

Why 2 of 3 people who’ve gotten the COVID vaccine so far in Philly are women

Because of the priority schedule for early eligibility, the gender imbalance is likely to continue for a while.

4 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney and Health Commissioner Tom Farley tour the city's Convention Center clinic handling second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for patients given the first through Philly Fighting COVID. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly vaccines: How to know if your appointment at the Convention Center is legit

Bogus reminder emails are going out because Philly Fighting COVID never shut down its scheduling system.

4 years ago

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Health

Pa. coronavirus update: More vaccines on the way, says state health official

Some counties received less vaccine, but Mauldin says state officials have to distribute equitably.

4 years ago

Pedestrians walk in Maxwell Place Park in view of midtown Mahattan Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Govs. Murphy, Cuomo call for coronavirus aid based on state’s needs

New Jersey and New York were among the first states to report coronavirus cases in the spring when the pandemic surged in the Northeast.

4 years ago

(Fred Adams for Spotlight PA)
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Spotlight PA

In race for COVID-19 vaccinations, older residents in rural Pa. face tough obstacles

Despite being among the most at risk, some lack transportation, access to chain pharmacies, and internet connections to get vaccine appointments.

4 years ago

A couple makes a heart shape with their hands
The Pulse
Science

The Science of Love

What is love? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling, that crazed obsession, that deep sentiment of trust and good will? It’s all of those t ...

Air Date: February 5, 2021

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Icylee Basketbill and her 15-year-old daughter Kyaira. (Courtesy of Icylee Basketbill)
Health

Autism advocacy groups urge vaccine priority as caregivers worry

Caregivers must take steps to make sure those with limited communication and social skills stay safe because other conditions put them at higher risk.

4 years ago

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