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Cooper University Hospital in Camden
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Increase in COVID hospitalizations has Camden County officials concerned

Camden County officials are working to stop the spread of both COVID and the flu.

4 years ago

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Health

N.J.’s abortion bill would do more than codify Roe v. Wade

Gov. Phil Murphy recently expressed hope that he’d sign the bill before the end of the year.

4 years ago

Volunteers stand after lighting candles in the shape of a red ribbon during an awareness event ahead of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
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What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response

Today is World AIDS Day, an annual opportunity to show support for people living with HIV and honor those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.

4 years ago

Keidy Ventura receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
NPR
Health

Pfizer wants the FDA to let 16- and 17- year-olds get a COVID-19 booster shot

Pfizer's CEO says the vaccine maker has asked federal regulators to authorize boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds.

4 years ago

Molnupiravir pills
Health

U.S. panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision before the end of the year.

4 years ago

The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for the holiday season during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers

Holiday decorations unveiled Monday for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor frontline workers who persevered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

A person prepares to administer a Pfizer COVID vaccine at a clinic in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2021. Merriam-Webster has chosen
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Community

Merriam-Webster’s 2021 word of the year is, of course, ‘vaccine’

The publishing company noted that the word holds particular significance both as a medical term and a vehicle for ideological conflict.

4 years ago

Finn Washburn shows his vaccination site as mom Kate Elsley takes a photo
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Demand is strong for kids’ COVID-19 vaccines, pediatricians say

Doctors in the Delaware Valley are pleasantly surprised. An October survey had shown many parents against or hesitant about vaccination.

4 years ago

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A petrol attendant stands next to a newspaper headline in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new variant of COVID-19, scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its spread across the country. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Health

How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant

4 years ago

A sign reading ’Stay safe’ in Regent Street, in London, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant
Health

COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert

The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has popped up in more European countries, just days after being identified in South Africa.

4 years ago

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province
Health

Omicron: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?

In a statement on Friday, the World Health Organization designated it as a “variant of concern."

4 years ago

File photo: the Merck logo on a stained glass panel at a Merck company building in Kenilworth, N.J. Dec.18, 2014
Health

FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety

U.S. health officials say Merck's experimental COVID-19 pill is effective but they raised questions about its safety during pregnancy.

4 years ago

Brian Catania works aide Taylor Putnam through the Row Dog, one of the six core activation exercises he and Travis Ross developed.
Health

NFL puts core strengthening program of Delaware therapists in its playbook

One devotee of the training and stretching technique is Delaware native Troy Reeder, who starts at linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams.

4 years ago

New Jersey resident, Kimyatta Frazier (middle), with her family celebrating Mother's Day last May
Health

Early genetic testing can lead to better health outcomes. So why are patients of color not tested at the same rates?

Population-level and familial risks exist for inherited cancer disorders. Diversifying the genetic counseling field is one solution.

4 years ago

Temple Health plans to open a new, state-of-the-art maternity hospital at the former Cancer Treatment Centers for America campus in Northeast Philadelphia
Health

’People are going to die’: Doctors sound alarm on Temple’s plan to relocate labor and delivery unit

The health system plans to open a state-of-the-art women’s center in Juniata Park. OB-GYNs say the move jeopardizes patient safety.

4 years ago

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