Health Care
Anti-abortion protesters optimistic at March for Life in DC
Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.
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There’s now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests
The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.
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N.J. requires COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers, ending test option
The order means health care workers who are unvaccinated will have until Jan. 27 to get their first shot and until Feb. 28 for the second.
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Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in U.S.
Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their pregnancies at clinics.
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Main Line Health says cloth masks are no longer allowed to be worn by employees, visitors
"The protections offered by surgical and/or isolation masks outweigh those provided by cloth masking," said Main Line Health.
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Glitch in new USPS COVID test website won’t let some apartment dwellers order kits
The website appears not to recognize some residences within multi-unit buildings as individual households.
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$1.4M to bolster ER services at Chester County Hospital amid closures of other facilities
An additional $775,000 will restore 42 inpatient beds, purchase new equipment, and hire additional staff at the hospital in West Chester.
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U.S. faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
“A lot of people are still going to die because of how transmissible omicron has been,” said one epidemiologist, adding it "is going to get worse before it gets better."
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Philly’s queer doula collective is helping LGBTQ parents navigate the health system
There are support groups, family meet-ups, and a growing resource list.
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Want to get omicron and just get it over with? Here’s why that’s a bad idea
Most of us will eventually get COVID, but that's not an invitation to party with omicron. Here's why you might want to hang onto your mask and keep cautious a little longer.
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Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’
The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.
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Listen 4:12Why a suburban teen went to Philly to get his COVID-19 vaccine
Now, he’s on a mission to help young people like him get access to the shot.
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Listen 5:49Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?
The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.
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Hero pilot released from hospital following helicopter crash in Drexel Hill
The pilot credited for a miraculous crash landing in Drexel Hill was released from the hospital Sunday to a hero's welcome of first responders and family members.
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