
N.J. accelerates coronavirus vaccinations with first ‘megasites’
The Morris County site, in a former Sears store, will begin by giving shots to about 1,000 people per day. A Gloucester County site also opened Friday.
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Pre-register for the vaccine with Philly Fighting COVID, opening a clinic in Center City
When you sign up, you’ll get an alert as soon as your “phase” is eligible for inoculation.
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Waiting several days for COVID-19 test results? Check with the lab
Part of the delay in delivering results may not be because of overwhelming test volume at labs, but slow communication to patients.
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US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
Skyrocketing deaths and infections there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.
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Pa. pushes schools to reopen; new COVID-19 variant detected in commonwealth
Someone in Dauphin County tested positive for the variant “after known international exposure,” the Department of Health said in a news release.
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Where is it safe to reopen schools? New research offers answers
A new study suggests reopening schools may be safer than previously thought, at least in communities where the virus is not already spreading out of control.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccination of first responders to begin
New Jersey officials have announced the start of the next phase of vaccinations against the coronavirus with police and fire professionals.
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‘Today we take the fight to the virus’: Montco opens first COVID vaccine clinic
Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The 250th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Philadelphia was canceled due to pandemic fears.
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‘Real hero’: Dr. Ala Stanford wins award named for late U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford
Stanford and her team have provided COVID-19 testing and education to over 21,000 people in the city since the pandemic’s outbreak in April.
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Pa. coronavirus update: DHS Secretary urges those in need to apply for benefits
Congress has expanded eligibility for SNAP, Secretary Miller urges Pennsylvanians to apply.
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Fighting vaccine skepticism, Philly fire department presses forward with shots
About 100 emergency medical workers have gotten a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But about half offered the vaccine have declined, officials said.
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What will it take to end the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health experts agree that, to end the pandemic, the world needs to immunize a large percentage of Earth's population. And that population needs to be distributed evenly.
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How COVID-19 attacks the brain and may cause lasting damage
Many patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 are discharged with symptoms such as those associated with a brain injury.
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Pa. lags nation in people tested per day, is nowhere near level needed to suppress the virus
Suppression testing would require the state to increase daily testing nearly four times over, but that’s the only way to use it as a tool to actually slow down the virus.
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