
Accidental overdose death at Philly’s COVID prevention site, which is closing in two weeks
Anthony Thomas, who previously lived at the Parkway protest camp, was discovered in his room over Thanksgiving weekend.
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‘It’s hurting us’: Students at one Philadelphia school demand less screen time
Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School students have started a petition demanding an alternate schedule, arguing that long hours in front of screens is unhealthy.
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US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
Some panel members and other experts had also grown concerned by comments from Trump administration officials that suggested differing vaccine priorities.
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Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging, making mitigation efforts like wearing masks and not gathering in small spaces more important than ever.
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The daily case count reported Tuesday was the highest of the pandemic and hospitalizations have risen more than 150 percent in the last month.
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Pummeled by pandemic, NJ businesses foresee difficult 2021
Taxes and over-regulation, issues that have come up often in previous polls conducted by the association, also remain concerns for the survey’s respondents.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Officials to expand testing throughout the commonwealth
Since Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties have their own health departments, they are excluded from the testing expansion.
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European regulator could OK 1st COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29
European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU’s drug agency said Tuesday.
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Delaware governor cancels events after cabinet secretary catches COVID
A.J. Schall has been a key player in Delaware’s fight against COVID-19 alongside Gov. John Carney. Now Schall’s been infected with the virus.
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Pa. coronavirus update: More people hospitalized now than during spring peak
State officials have made its COVID tracking app available to children as young as 13 in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus.
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How the pandemic has exacerbated the drug crisis
Long before COVID-19 jumped from an animal to a human to start the global pandemic, western Pa. was already grappling with another health crisis — the drug epidemic.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy to reduce outdoor gathering limit, ban indoor sports
New Jersey will drop its capacity limit on outdoor gatherings and ban youth and high school indoor sports in an attempt to stop a rising trend in new coronavirus cases.
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Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Multiple vaccine candidates must succeed for the world to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic.
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Source: Pa. lawmaker gets positive COVID test at Trump meeting
Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the commonwealth.
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Why contact tracing isn’t the COVID solution we thought it would be
Too many cases and hollowed-out public health budgets leave officials to ask even more of the people who get sick.
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