
Medicine
Supreme Court says women must obtain abortion pill in person
The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium will administer vaccines in Philly neighborhoods
People can sign up through a contact form. The consortium will begin administering the vaccines when Philadelphia enters Phase 1B of its distribution plan.
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Pennsylvania announces new plan for vaccine rollout
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine and Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday issued an updated vaccination plan for the state.
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‘I’m very happy to be here’: Hundreds of home health workers get vaccinated at Convention Center
The 2-day mass-vaccination site is for health workers unassociated with hospitals. The hope is to even out the racial distribution of vaccine recipients.
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The latest on COVID and vaccines
We look at the vaccine rollout and why it's behind schedule as deaths, hospitalizations, and infections continue to surge.
Air Date: January 8, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Confidence delivered with second shot of COVID vaccine
Frontline health workers in N.J. receive their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.
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Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M vaccines doses
The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.
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Making the pitch: State leaders get their vaccine and urge Delawareans to follow suit
We got the vaccine and so should you. That’s basically the message Delaware leaders are sending in a series of videos distributed by the state Division of Public Health.
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Will you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Tell us why — or why not
Are you interested in getting the vaccine as soon as it's available, will you wait, or not get it at all? Let us know, and we’ll use your input to inform our reporting.
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With Moderna vaccine on the way, Delaware slated to receive almost 20,000 doses this week
Delaware is slated to receive almost 20,000 doses of the two-shot coronavirus vaccine this week. But it won’t be enough for everyone.
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U.S. clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal
Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency rollout of the vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. and the NIH.
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How my mom saved my life after doctors missed my brain bleed
As a budding school teacher was having a stroke at age 22, medical professionals kept explaining her symptoms away and sending her home. Until her mom stepped in.
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Listen 13:55Montco officials on COVID-19: Vaccine offers hope, but public must continue to ‘hunker down’
Vaccines are not expected to be widely available to the public for months, according to health officials.
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COVID and communities of color: health disparities and vaccine hesitancy
Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit the hardest by COVID. We'll look at the racial disparities, the effort to address them, and the high rates of vaccine hesitancy.
Air Date: December 17, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:30Pa. coronavirus update: Synthetic antibodies in development as new COVID-19 treatment
Also, statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates are now double what they were during the spring peak.
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