COVID-19

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine fully approved by FDA

The pandemic changed death rituals and left grieving families without a sense of closure

Pennsylvania provides funding to support health care workers, children impacted by substance abuse

Health Care Funding

COVID-19 cases falling in Philly, but omicron transmission remains high

COVID-19 Transmission Philly

Scientists may have found a way to predict who gets long COVID

Predictors of Long COVID

People can pick up free N95 masks at pharmacies; here's how to get one

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has dropped faster among Black people than white people, study finds

How the pandemic's unequal toll on people of color underlines U.S. health inequities – and why solving them is so critical

People who got COVID-19 boosters are less likely to get breakthrough infections, New Jersey data shows

NJ COVID Breakthrough Cases

New COVID-19 guidelines for Philly schools include shorter isolation periods, fewer in-person closures

COVID Schools Guidelines

Federal website to order free COVID tests is live; Here's how to get them

COVID at-home tests

Children's Health

Older kids, those with underlying chronic conditions most at risk for severe COVID-19, study finds

Children with COVID

Children's Health

School District of Philadelphia, Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium team up for vaccine clinics

Children's Health

As omicron surges, effort to vaccinate young children stalls

What patients can learn with confidence from one negative rapid test (Hint: very little)

Grocery store food shortages in Philly region could be compounded by impending winter storm

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New Jersey schools can shorten COVID-19 quarantine period to 5 days under new guidelines

Cannabis compounds can prevent COVID-19 virus from entering healthy human cells, study shows

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Omicron surge may have peaked in the Philly region, but hospitals remain stressed

New Jersey reinstates public health emergency amid omicron surge

ECRI ranks at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits, says using difficult ones can lead to errors

Health Insurance

At-home COVID-19 tests soon will be covered by health insurance

COVID-19 may raise the risk of diabetes in adolescents, CDC study says

The common cold may help scientists develop better COVID-19 vaccines

Common cold symptoms

CHOP updates COVID-19 guidance, says schools should 'prioritize' in-person learning during omicron surge

COVID in Schools

These are some tips for proving you're vaccinated when going out in Philly

Walmart temporarily closes another Philly store for sanitizing

New Jersey deploying National Guard to nursing homes with COVID-19 staffing shortages

Is a fourth COVID-19 shot necessary? Health experts have mixed opinions

Fourth COVID-19 shots

More Philly museums requiring visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19

Philadelphia museums COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Children's Health

Babies born during COVID-19 may be developing slower than pre-pandemic infants, study finds

Babies COVID-19 Development

CDC clarifies new COVID-19 isolation guidelines, but does not add testing requirement

FEMA COVID-19 testing site expected to open in Southwest Philly this week

FEMA COVID Testing SW

New Jersey offering schools 'Test to Stay' option in effort to keep students in classrooms

New Jersey schools Test to Stay

Philly health department warns residents against 'unaffiliated' pop-up COVID-19 testing sites

Trash pick-up delays expected in Philly over coming weeks due to COVID-19 absences

Philly trash delays

Omicron appears less likely to damage the lungs, research suggests

FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots for children ages 12-15

Wildwood's historic Shamrock building to be relocated and preserved

Shamrock Wildwood Preservation

COVID-19 hospitalizations reach record high in South Jersey as omicron surges

COVID Update Hospitalizations NJ PA

Philly schools will have students back in classrooms after winter break as omicron variant spreads

School districts Philly COVID-19

They were the pandemic's perfect victims

COVID-19 Dialysis Patients

Medical technologies have been central to U.S. pandemic response, but social behaviors matter just as much

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