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Health & Science

A COVID-19 vaccination site is set up at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health

FEMA opening mass vaccination site at Pennsylvania Convention Center

The downtown Philadelphia convention center can handle vaccinating 6,000 people daily from the coronavirus, officials said.

5 years ago

File photo: A few pedestrians are seen walking in the heavy snow and wind in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

230K vaccine doses bound for N.J. delayed by winter weather

New Jersey did not receive about 230,000 first and second COVID vaccine shots this week because of weather-related delays in other parts of the country.

5 years ago

In this photo taken on Friday Dec. 25, 2020, Virologist Sunday Omilabu in a lab, during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)
Science

N.J. and Delaware working to sequence more coronavirus samples to track variants

The U.S. is still far behind other countries when it comes to doing enough of the lab work needed to keep track of the variants of SARS-CoV-2.

5 years ago

Black schoolgirl solving addition sum on white board during Covid-19 pandemic
The Pulse
Science

The Science of Schooling

School closures during the pandemic have pushed education for millions of kids into a virtual setting. The sudden changes have caused som ...

Air Date: February 19, 2021

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Dr. Ala Stanford reets people waiting in line for walk-up COVID-19 testing
Health

Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium hopes to ‘empower the have-nots’ at Philly’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic

The walk-in clinic will be open from noon Feb. 19 to noon Feb. 20, but only for those eligible in Phase 1B and from certain Philadelphia ZIP codes.

5 years ago

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Perseverance's $3 billion mission is the first leg in a U.S.-European effort to bring Mars samples to Earth in the next decade. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
Science

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in a quest to search for life on Mars.

5 years ago

Samuel Gulick spray-painted the Newark medical facility before throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window in January 2020. (U.S. Attorney's Office)
Health

Del. Planned Parenthood clinics still facing violent threats one year after Molotov cocktail incident

Samuel Gulick threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Newark medical facility in January 2020. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

5 years ago

Patrons have lunch indoors at Gibsons Italia restaurant
Health

Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen

States are beginning to ease coronavirus restrictions, but health experts say we don't know enough yet about variants to roll back measures that could help slow their spread.

5 years ago

Interior of Lincoln Financial Field
Health

City Council passes resolution calling on mayor to activate the Linc as mass vaccination site

City Council passed a near-unanimous resolution calling on Kenney to turn the Eagles stadium in South Philadelphia into a mass vaccination site run by the city.

5 years ago

People enter a COVID-19 testing site in the snow
NPR
Health

White House announces expanded COVID-19 testing, manufacturing, and virus sequencing

The administration says there will only be a few million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine available to distribute right away, assuming the company gets FDA authorization.

5 years ago

Patrice Howard writes on white flags before planting them to remember her recently deceased father and close friends
NPR
Health

American life expectancy dropped by a full year in the first half of 2020

The group that suffered the largest drop in life expectancy was Black men — a decline of 3 years. Hispanic men also saw a large decrease, with a decline of 2.4 years.

5 years ago

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners. (Zoom)
Health

Diverse vaccine outreach to Montco’s Latino population is vital, local health and community leaders say

At a virtual town hall, issues of access for Montgomery County’s Latino communities — vaccine supply, language, and technology issues — were the focus.

5 years ago

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Licensed practical nurse Starlette Sumpter administers COVID-19 vaccinations at a clinic
Health

Low supply, snow force Montco to reschedule mass vaccination clinics

The county also is addressing “line jumpers” after discovering individuals were sharing appointment links with friends and family.

5 years ago

A woman stands near signs at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: 70% of eligible residents could be vaccinated by summer

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy offered a “Memorial Day to 4th of July window” to vaccinate the state’s target of 4.7 million adults.

5 years ago

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker.
Health

Vaccine rollout mistake could affect first, second doses for more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians

Some providers administered first doses of Moderna vaccine that was meant to be dedicated to people receiving their second dose, the state said Wednesday.

5 years ago

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