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Coronavirus FAQs: How worrisome is the new variant? How long do boosters last?
Readers are curious about the new variant, currently known a BA.2.86. Also: Lots of questions about boosters. Can you get it at the same time as a flu shot?
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A Cool History of Ice, Memory Lab, The Perfect Cocktail
We'll talk about the invention and evolution of ice, the frozen stuff we take for granted. Then, cube that ice and add it to a glass for a cocktail on the rocks!
Air Date: August 22, 2023 12:00 pm
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Pfizer’s RSV vaccine to protect babies gets greenlight from FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first vaccine for expectant mothers to shield their babies from RSV.
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Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone — but nothing changes yet
The pills will remain on the market in states where abortion is legal and available by telemedicine and mail for the time being.
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Coronavirus FAQ: Is it wiser to get a booster now or wait for the new fall booster?
In the last week of June, some 6,000 people in the United States were hospitalized for COVID. In the last week of July, that number had climbed to 9,000.
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Philly gene therapy companies tap into city’s workforce training program for lab techs
The city's Commerce Department enables CCP students to earn $15 an hour during a cell and gene therapy industry lab technician certificate program.
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Supreme Court blocks OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal that would shield Sackler family members
The justices on Thursday agreed to a Biden administration request to put the brakes on an agreement reached last year with state and local governments.
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COVID-19 took a toll on heart health and doctors are still grappling with how to help
Heart attack deaths spiked early in the pandemic, erasing years of progress in battling cardiovascular disease.
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What we know — and don’t know — about the FDA-approved postpartum depression pill
Postpartum depression affects as many as 1 in 7 women in the U.S., though there are just two treatments approved for it.
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A new clue to the reason some people come down with long COVID
The finding could lead to a better understanding of a condition that affects millions.
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Many new first-year Penn Medicine students had never administered or carried Narcan nasal spray before attending the school’s third consecutive naloxone “boot camp.”
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Some people are getting cut from the program for missing paperwork. Pennsylvanians have up to 90 days to file appeals with the county and state.
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Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds
Experts say stigma about addiction and lack of training among physicians and other medical workers often limits use of these drugs.
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Billy Penn
A movement to allow these drugs to be used for treatment — of depression, PTSD, even addiction — is sweeping the nation.
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The FDA approves the first pill specifically intended to treat postpartum depression
The Food and Drug Administration granted approval of the drug, Zurzuvae, for adults experiencing severe depression related to childbirth or pregnancy.
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