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Health & Science

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Health

1,400 nurses and health care professionals score new contracts with Crozer

The agreements bring pay increases and staffing adjustments for PASNAP members at four facilities in Delaware County.

5 years ago

A new EPA rule will make it more difficult for the regulators to use some scientific studies about the connection between pollution and health.
(DKAR Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Trump EPA erects new barriers to crucial science

The rule goes into effect on Wednesday and applies to all future EPA regulations.

5 years ago

James Kerr, an EMT with Emergency Medical Staffing Solutions, enters the Chester County Public Health Department’s health clinic to receive the Moderna vaccine. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: More doses of vaccine, faster distribution and more federal funding needed

The new COVID-19 relief package has funding for vaccine distribution but the money hasn’t arrived yet.

5 years ago

Listen 1:46
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Exelon Generation)
Science

New nuclear plant could rise at former Oyster Creek site in N.J.

The company that's in the process of mothballing one of the nation's oldest nuclear power plants says it is interested in building a new next-generation nuclear reactor

5 years ago

Pharmacists prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health

COVID-19 vaccine may not get to long-term care facilities quickly enough

Coronavirus vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

5 years ago

Nurse Reynaldo Pella, left, was one of five staff members to simultaneously receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. looks to retired medical professionals to speed pace of COVID-19 vaccinations

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and others who go back on active duty can help protect frontline workers against COVID-19 and give vaccination efforts a shot in the arm.

5 years ago

Gov. Murphy looks on as frontline health care workers at University Hospital in Newark received their second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Health

Confidence delivered with second shot of COVID vaccine

Frontline health workers in N.J. receive their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.

5 years ago

A health care worker holds up a syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccine at Roosevelt Care Center
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Fraction of vaccines distributed, two mega sites to open Friday

Gov. Murphy praised the state for administering 101,417 vaccinations by Monday, but that is just a fraction of the roughly 400,000 doses sent to New Jersey.

5 years ago

Dr. Dan Gottlieb
Health

How to spot the ‘bright stars’ in our lives and find peace after a difficult year

WHYY’s Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with psychologist Dan Gottlieb about how to find peace and well-being in the wake of a stressful 2020.

5 years ago

Listen 5:19
A Penn Medicine worker receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: With holidays over, vaccination effort expected to ramp up

“What we need to do now is to continue all the mitigation efforts … stay at home, do not participate in large or small gatherings,” Levine said.

5 years ago

Paraprofessional Jessica Wein helps Josh Nazzaro, who lives with autism, with his classwork while attending class virtually from his home
Health
WITF

Thousands of Pa. children with autism are set to lose access to treatment in mid-January

A change at the state level is blocking funding for a type of one-on-one therapy when conducted at clinics rather than in the home.

5 years ago

Norman Einspruch, 88, a cardiology patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health

COVID-19 cases surge in US as vaccinations fall below government predictions

Saturday's total of 299,087 new cases marks a new single-day high for the U.S. Meanwhile, vaccination campaigns are off to a disorganized start.

5 years ago

James Kerr, an EMT with Emergency Medical Staffing Solutions, enters the Chester County Public Health Department’s health clinic to receive the Moderna vaccine. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Everyone wants to know: When can I get the COVID vaccine?

Weeks after the rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine, questions continue to pour in from readers and listeners on when it'll be more readily available.

5 years ago

Listen 3:38
A health care worker wears personal protective equipment as she speaks with a patient at a mobile testing location
Health

‘It’s not going to be anything magical,’ but there is hope: Here’s what to expect for the pandemic in 2021

Another post-holiday spike is likely as the new calendar year begins. But health experts also look forward to the vaccine rollout picking up steam.

5 years ago

Ambulances are parked outside the NHS Nightingale hospital at the Excel centre in east London on January 1, 2021
NPR
Health

New COVID-19 variant spreads to dozens of countries

The new strain, which likely originated in the U.K., has spread to more than 30 countries across continents. Meanwhile, the U.S. saw record COVID deaths in December.

5 years ago

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