Public Health

This week, more than 100 district schools were virtual because of staffing shortages during the omicron surge. Next week, just eight are on the list.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the site will be staffed by federal contractors and able to test about 1,000 people a day.

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

Omicron may cause milder disease but the sheer number of patients make this wave far worse for the health care system. With packed ERs, patients can wait days to get a bed.

Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

Abortion rights activists say the state still needs to create equitable paths to abortion access, especially in predominately immigrant communities.

At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.

The problem is that production is not yet at full strength and that the pill considered to be far superior, Pfizer's, takes six to eight months to manufacture.

The teams will support Henry Ford Hospital, University Hospital in Newark, the University of New Mexico hospital, Coney Island Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital.

Most COVID regulations apply to students, faculty, and staff, but specifics vary by school.

The county’s EMS Council has released a ‘white paper’ that raises new pressing issues affecting the state of emergency medical care.

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are faring amid the COVID testing crisis.

Amid a surge in omicron cases and hospitalizations, public health is grappling with how to get a tuned-out public to pay attention.