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Health Care

Free rapid, at-home test kits were available at a city-run vaccine clinic in the Harrowgate neighborhood Saturday.
Health

Philly launches COVID test giveaways at Saturday vaccine clinic. 9 more are scheduled next week

Participants were limited to two free kits, each of which contains two tests. The goal is to increase testing amid the current COVID surge.

4 years ago

(Courtesy of Spark Therapeutics)
Health

Philly company Spark Therapeutics investing $575M toward gene therapy center on Drexel’s campus

Construction is set for late 2022. The center aims to bring gene therapy experts together to treat conditions like blindness, neurodegenerative disease.

4 years ago

 (New Castle County Facebook photo)
Health
6abc

The COVID-19 variant omicron now reported in New Castle and Montgomery Counties

The variant has infected four people in New Castle County, Delaware and one person in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

4 years ago

In this 2020 photo, COVID-19 test kits are laid out on a table at the testing site at 2600 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Free at-home COVID tests kits available in New Jersey

You do not need an email address and no credit card is required. Officials say the new program is to increase access and availability of tests.

4 years ago

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories rests on a table in the room where student-athletes at Pacific Lutheran are tested three times a week, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash.
Health

Philly Health Department offering free at-home COVID tests at vaccine clinic Saturday

Residents can collect two free rapid COVID-19 test kits per person at Saturday morning’s vaccine clinic at Community Academy of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Alayna Thach (Thach family/Gofundme)
PlanPhilly
Health

After a Philly student dies of complications from COVID-19, teachers ask for a temporary return to virtual

While it’s not clear how the student contracted COVID, and minors tend to have much milder coronavirus symptoms on the whole, the current wave of new cases has many on edge.

4 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health

Pfizer study tests extra COVID vaccine dose for kids under 5

It's not clear how much the study change will delay the quest for vaccinating the youngest children.

4 years ago

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of abortion pills at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 loosened some restrictions on the pill mifepristone, allowing it to be dispensed by more pharmacies. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Health

U.S. regulators lift in-person restrictions on abortion pill

Officials said Thursday that a scientific review supported broadening access and allowing more pharmacies — including mail-order services— to distribute the medication.

4 years ago

File photo: Delaware Attorney General, Kathy Jennings. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware AG calls Seaford fetal remains ordinance ‘flagrant violation’ of state law

Delaware AG Kathy Jennings plans to sue Seaford after it approved a law forcing women to bury or cremate “fetal remains” following an abortion.

4 years ago

Signage for the University of Pennsylvania
Health

Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID

Colleges across the U.S. are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, and in some cases revert to online classes as they brace for the new omicron variant.

4 years ago

A patient shows her COVID-19 vaccine card at a hospital
Health

Pennsylvania asks FEMA for help with COVID surge

The Wolf administration requested that FEMA send strike teams to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and ambulance companies in the hardest-hit areas of the state.

4 years ago

A person wearing a face covering walks past a white flag memorial installation outside Griffith Observatory honoring the nearly 27,000 Los Angeles County residents who have died from COVID-19 on November 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike

The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen.

4 years ago

A healthcare worker stands by at a COVID-19 temporary testing site at Abington Hospital in Abington, Pa., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
WITF

Hospitals across Pa. are overflowing with mostly unvaccinated patients

“We're making every effort to make sure the current surge doesn't affect our ability to take care of non-COVID patients.”

4 years ago

Cheryl Gibson gestures while standing inside her home
Health
Spotlight PA

Lack of telehealth law in Pennsylvania a major headache for patients who need it most

The state is one of only seven that do not require reimbursement for virtual visits, meaning patients must deal with uneven insurance coverage.

4 years ago

Dr. Hajar Mokhlis, a pharmacist with the Jefferson COVID-19 mobile unit, prepares vaccine doses in the art room at Universal Institute Charter School in South Philadelphia
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Why is it so hard to get a COVID booster these days?

Demand is high, and appointments in and around Philadelphia are at a premium right now. But super vaccination clinics probably won’t be back.

4 years ago

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