
Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million
The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal.
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Teaching young learners in the pandemic has been challenging for many educators, but those instructing English language learners virtually face even steeper obstacles.
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Philadelphia expands vaccine eligibility to all adults
All city residents over the age of 16 are now eligible for vaccine, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley announced Friday.
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Delaware lawmakers want pandemic-related telehealth access to continue permanently
State Rep. David Bentz has introduced a bill that would eliminate pre-COVID barriers to telehealth access.
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Putting shots in arms, nurse volunteers are backbone of Delaware mass vaccination events
The Delaware Medical Reserve Corps has answered the call — without pay— to ensure that the state can inoculate thousands of people at mass events.
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Listen 2:03Pennsylvania extends J&J vaccine ‘pause’ by 4 days
Pennsylvania took action after a CDC advisory board said Wednesday it needed more time to decide whether a handful of unusual blood clots were linked to the shot.
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Pa. coronavirus update: DOH launches program to vaccinate more nursing home residents
The Department of Health will help nursing home pharmacies to secure vaccine doses to be administered at the facilities.
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More COVID state shutdowns unlikely, despite CDC suggestion
Even Democratic governors and lawmakers who supported tough stay-at-home orders and business closures to stem previous COVID-19 outbreaks say they're done with that approach.
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J&J vaccine to remain in limbo while officials seek evidence
The reports are exceedingly rare — six cases out of more than 7 million U.S. inoculations with the one-dose vaccine.
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Esperanza FEMA vaccine site is back on its feet after J&J setback
Philadelphia’s second largest mass clinic, in the middle of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP code, had to reschedule hundreds of Tuesday appointments.
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Gov. Phil Murphy said the statewide pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would not impact the state’s goal of reaching herd immunity by the end of June.
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Pa. coronavirus update: FEMA’s Convention Center vaccine site will stay open 4 more weeks
FEMA has agreed to keep its COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City open through May 26.
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J&J ‘pause’ is also halting efforts to vaccinate homebound New Jerseyans
The federal recommendation to pause use of the J&J vaccine came as efforts were ramping up to inoculate N.J.’s more than 11,000 homebound people.
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Listen 4:12Autopsy report pending for Pa. prisoner who died 2 days after receiving J&J vaccine
SCI Phoenix in Montco stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Friday — the same day a 45-year-old incarcerated man died.
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70 fully vaccinated Delawareans have contracted COVID-19, and one death
Delaware’s public health director stressed a small percentage of post-shot infections should be expected because the vaccine isn’t 100% effective.
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