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FDA authorizes convalescent plasma as emergency treatment for COVID-19

Reports last week suggested that some health officials said that data from the Mayo Clinic's program wasn't strong enough to warrant approval for emergency use authorization.

5 years ago

Rita Woidislawsky, Avram Woidislawsky, Gal Jurick and Tal Erez
Health

COVID-19 almost killed this Philly man 3 times. Somehow, it didn’t

His vocal cords were damaged. He has a painful sore and must use a walker. But 80-year-old Avram Woidislawsky is working hard at enjoying life again.

5 years ago

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People gather for a picnic on a hillside overlooking Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles during a game Saturday. Spectators are currently not allowed to attend Major League Baseball games in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Health

1,000 more coronavirus deaths in the past day, CDC says

The daily case count is roughly twice as high than daily cases during the first few months of the pandemic.

5 years ago

A flight attendant adjusts protective glasses. There has been little documentation about COVID-19 transmission on planes.
NPR
Health

Coronavirus FAQ: So do lots of people get COVID-19 from flying?

Air travel has seldom looked the way it does now. International aviation is operating 2% to 4% of its normal number of flights. So how risky is air travel amid a pandemic?

5 years ago

A man checks to cast his ballot in Kenosha, Wis., on April 7. A new study suggests that in-person voting in that Wisconsin primary did not produce a surge of new coronavirus cases. (Kamil Krzaczynski /AFP via Getty Images)
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Health

New research suggests in-person voting may be less risky than previously thought

The report concludes Wisconsin voters who went to the polls in April did not see a surge in COVID-19 infections, although another study reaches the opposite conclusion.

5 years ago

Dr. Bradly Dreifuss has been living in an Airbnb for months to ensure he doesn't bring the virus home to his wife and daughter. (Courtesy of Kathleen Dreier)
NPR
Health

As pandemic persists, health care heroes beginning to crack under the strain

Many doctors are suffering burnout five months into the pandemic. But the toll is compounded for Latino doctors serving heavily affected communities.

5 years ago

Scientists fishing in the Brandywine Creek, at the site of the former West Street dam in Delaware. (Jim Shanahan/Brandywine Shad 2020)
Science

When the dam’s away, the fish will play: Demolition on Brandywine Creek is restoring shad

In late July, researchers caught juvenile and adult fish just upstream of where the West Street Dam was removed by the City of Wilmington in 2019.

5 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Review of COVID-19’s effect on communities of color largely ignores those incarcerated in Pa.

A state task force is calling on the legislature to give corrections and parole officials greater flexibility to release incarcerated people during declared disasters.

5 years ago

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Down the Shore
Health

Numerous high school students tested positive for COVID-19 after Shore party

Numerous high school students from South Jersey have tested positive for COVID-19 after a Sea Isle City party, officials said. 

5 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Health

New Castle County offers $10 million to reduce coronavirus health care inequity

People of color in Delaware's most populous county have a higher rate of infection than white residents. The county will offer $10 million to community groups to reduce that.

5 years ago

A medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administered a COVID-19 nasal swab test at a Walgreens pharmacy, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Contact tracers get little cooperation, shutoff moratorium extended

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says that the Garden State’s efforts to perform COVID-19 contract tracing had been hampered by non-responders.

5 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

DEP fines Sunoco again for drilling mud spills, but Mariner East pipeline opponents say penalties aren’t fixing the problem

Fines for 2018-2019 violations come less than two weeks after spill in Chester County.

5 years ago

A forest burns as the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire advances on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Bonny Doon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Science

California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes

Three major collections of fires are threatening tens of thousands of homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and central California.

5 years ago

A virtual town hall about a prospective public health department in Delaware County drew 200 people. (Screenshot)
Health

A town hall update on Delco’s move toward a health department all its own

Highlighted at the virtual session, attended by 200-plus, was a Johns Hopkins report assessing the public health profile and availability of resources.

5 years ago

Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
The Pulse
Health

Safety or socialization?: School leaders ‘agonize’ over COVID-era back-to-school plans

It takes years for science to migrate into real-life practice. Today, educators are trying to make real-time sense of a disease scientists are learning about on the fly.

5 years ago

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