Health Care
Over-the-counter COVID tests will soon be free for Medicare recipients
The Biden administration said that Medicare recipients will be able to get up to eight tests a month, free of charge.
2 years ago
Chester County Hospital looks to further expand ER capacity, citing 9-hour wait times
The urgent request, granted by the West Goshen Supervisors, comes as the closures of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals have a domino effect.
2 years ago
New Jersey officials double down on promoting boosters against COVID
Citing recent data from the CDC, officials in the Garden State will use all of their outreach strategies to promote boosters.
2 years ago
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March.
2 years ago
Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID crunch
The temporary sites, one of which will be located in Philadelphia, will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.
2 years ago
‘Save lives, go home, and do it again the next day’: Working in Wilmington Hospital’s COVID-19 unit
Coronavirus cases are dropping, but Delaware hospitals are still operating under crisis standards of care. “COVID is still deadly,” one nurse manager stressed.
2 years ago
Listen 2:05Down two hospitals in one month, new efforts to restore services in Chesco
Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals are now both closed. A new task force aims to keep services going, while another group wants the courts to intervene.
2 years ago
Closing Brandywine Hospital, creating a Chester County ‘health care desert’
The county will lose yet another emergency room, the second in a month, and its only inpatient behavioral health facility on Monday.
2 years ago
Why omicron is crushing hospitals — even though cases are often milder than delta
People who get infected with omicron are less likely to go to the hospital, go on a ventilator or die. But hospitals are still struggling to treat the huge volume of patients.
2 years ago
A Dec. 28 letter says Tower failed to provide Chester County Emergency Medical Services with “accurate, ongoing communication.”
2 years ago
A 2nd version of omicron is spreading. Here’s why scientists are on alert
It's a sibling of the first omicron variant that swept the world. Is it more contagious? Does it cause severe disease? Will it keep current omicron surges going? Researchers a
2 years ago
Report: Former buyer asks judge to stop Jennersville and Brandywine hospital closures
Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC is asking a Chester County judge to put a pause on Tower Health’s closure of Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals.
2 years ago
COVID-19 vaccine mandate kicks in for health care workers in Pa., N.J., Del.
The mandate is first taking effect first in jurisdictions that didn’t challenge the requirement in court.
2 years ago
Wolf signs fast-tracked $225M for health care workers
The funding is aimed to help keep burned-out health care workers on board during a staffing crisis.
2 years ago