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Health & Science

People wait in line at an airport, with a
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Health

TSA extends mask mandate aboard flights through summer as travel increases

Even as COVID-19 cases decrease and more Americans get vaccinated, the TSA is keeping strict regulations on mask-wearing when traveling domestically.

5 years ago

Serious cases of COVID-19 have grown in recent weeks in Americans 50 and younger. (Tempura/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

COVID ‘doesn’t discriminate by age’: Serious cases on the rise in younger adults

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate.

5 years ago

Tia Tate is a computational biologist currently working in a postdoctoral position at a federal agency in North Carolina. (Cornell Watson for NPR)
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Why having diverse government scientists is key to dealing with climate change

Decades of underfunding, political interference and systemic race and gender bias have undercut trust among many government scientists.

5 years ago

Members of the National Guard administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in North Philadelphia on April 9, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Vaccination clinics for deaf and hard of hearing communities happening tomorrow in Philadelphia

FEMA will be providing American Sign Language interpreters, Certified Deaf Interpreters , and a Spanish-speaking deaf interpreter on site.

5 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

U.S. to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden's administration made the determination on the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 years ago

A patient at the Vaccination clinic in McKeesport at the Bethlehem Baptist Church receives the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Number of Americans fully vaccinated tops 100 million

Thirty-nine percent of the nation's adult population has been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 years ago

People protesting the stay home order in Ohio
The Pulse
Health

Public Health and Trust

Over the past year, public health officials went from being the people who nudge us not to smoke, not to drink and drive, and to eat our ...

Air Date: April 30, 2021

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Dr. Shubha Varma and her husband perform a surgery together on a medical mission in the Dominican Republic. (Courtesy of Dr. Shubha Varma)
Health

‘Their situation is very desperate’: Philly region’s Indian community uses ties back home to send COVID aid

As a powerful second COVID surge ravages their home country, those in the Philadelphia region with family in India cannot simply stand by and watch.

5 years ago

Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, by meeting them where they are. (Courtesy of Emily Smith)
The Pulse
Health

How a Christian epidemiologist works to sway white evangelicals on COVID and vaccines

Emily Smith, an epidemiologist married to a preacher, has been able to reach evangelicals in a way others can’t, by meeting them where they are.

5 years ago

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In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Levine says Philly FEMA clinics offering ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

Pa.’s former Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, who now serves in that role at the federal level, visited the FEMA vaccination clinic in Center City.

5 years ago

A person gives the thumbs up sign after receiving a dose of the Covid-19 vaccination at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. New Jersey will expand Covid-19 vaccinations to people 65 years old and over and those ages 16 to 64 who have
Health

Appointments no longer necessary at N.J. vaccine megasites

The N.J. Health Department announced that any residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine can get their shots at its six megasites without an appointment.

5 years ago

To understand vaccine-induced immunity more fully, researchers are comparing antibody levels in people who received the Moderna vaccine but still got COVID-19 with levels in people who got the vaccine but didn't fall ill. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

New blood tests should show how long a COVID-19 vaccine will protect you

Researchers are working on tests that can be performed using a blood sample that will determine not only whether a COVID-19 vaccine will work but also for how long.

5 years ago

Registered nurse Pat DeHorsey draws a dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Montco cases on the decline, vaccine clinic locations shuffle

With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back online, Montgomery County is changing some COVID-19 vaccination sites.

5 years ago

Boats For Summer Camp
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Day and sleepaway camps will be back this summer

This summer, New Jersey’s sleepaway camps will be allowed to reopen. State health officials said there were no COVID outbreaks at day camps last summer.

5 years ago

Steve Meserve and others row the Delaware River
Science

It’s the last of the Delaware River’s shad fisheries, and the fish are scarce

For the American shad, challenges extend far beyond the Delaware River.

5 years ago

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