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CDC No Mask Vaccinated

Fully vaccinated people no longer need face masks indoors or outdoors, CDC says

Rapid COVID-19 test developed at Penn uses electrodes to identify positive cases

RAPID Penn COVID-19 Test

Rutgers researchers are developing a COVID-19 breathalyzer test

COVID-19 breathalyzer

U.S. birth rate reaches record lows, CDC report finds

U.S. birth rate 2020

CVS and Walgreens have wasted more vaccine doses than most states combined

CVS Walgreens COVID-19 Vaccine

Reading Terminal restaurant gets employees QR bracelets to show customers its staff has been vaccinated

ImmunaBand at Reading Terminal Market

Philly resumes distribution of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Vaccine demand decreases in Philly after appointments open to all eligible adults

COVID-19 vaccine demand down

Jefferson Health executive named first female CEO of American Cancer Society

Karen Knudsen

Philly pauses administration of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Some blood pressure medications linked to greater skin cancer risk, study finds

Sun safety to prevent skin cancer

Some hand sanitizer brands exceed FDA's limit on the carcinogen benzene, study finds

Benzene in hand sanitizers

Sports concussions eventually could be diagnosed via a sideline saliva test

Sports Concussion

New Jersey's racial minorities getting COVID shots at lower rates — despite desire to get vaccinated

NJ COVID Vaccines

AstraZeneca may have used outdated data in its COVID-19 vaccine findings

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Suburban Philly officials question whether Pennsylvania is distributing COVID-19 vaccines equitably

Moderna Vaccine Vials

Pennsylvania, New Jersey among least COVID-safe states, analysis finds

COVID-19 safety by state

Newsweek ranks Penn Presbyterian, HUP among best hospitals in world

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Merck to help produce rival Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

Merck J&J Vaccine

FTC backs off objection to Jefferson-Einstein merger in North Philly

Jefferson Einstein 2021

Delco company says its UVC device can kill the coronavirus within seconds

UVC Device The Hurricane

Healthgrades ranks two Philly-area hospitals among nation's 50 best in 2021

Lankenau Hospital Healthgrades

Former FDA head Stephen Hahn joins board of Philly therapeutics company

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn

Teachers more likely to drive COVID-19 transmission at schools, CDC finds

COVID transmission in schools

People who have had COVID-19 only may need one vaccine dose, studies suggest

U.S. vaccination efforts

Temple-backed biotech firm secures $60 million to research HIV cure

Temple HIV research

Pennsylvania admits major blunder with allocation of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Pennsylvania Vaccine Mistake

Independence Blue Cross seeking to recognize outstanding nurses

IBX Nurse Nomination

Camden County reschedules COVID-19 vaccination appointments due to impending nor'easter

Camden County COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine effort presses forward after 'disturbing' break from Philly Fighting COVID

Philly COVID Vaccine Partner

City boots Philly Fighting COVID from vaccine rollout, leaving some people's second shots in flux

Philly fighting covid

Merck halts development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates

Merck COVID-19 vaccine

President Biden begins revamping America's COVID-19 response

Biden COVID Executive Orders

The best way to reduce COVID-19 risk in a car? Roll down the windows

Car Airflow Study COVID-19

Penn physicists get $2 million grant to develop portable COVID-19 detector

COVID Device Penn

New federal guidelines to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all seniors

COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines

Gloucester County's COVID-19 vaccination mega-site to inoculate 2,400 people per day

covid-19 vaccination site rowan college.jpg

New Jersey police and firefighters eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations this week

fire police vaccine jersey

New Jersey's COVID-19 vaccine portal overwhelmed by people signing up for shots

new jersey vaccine website

FDA refutes talk of slashing Moderna doses in half to expedite COVID-19 vaccinations

Moderna vaccine doses

Joe Biden plans to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine production by invoking Defense Production Act

Biden COVID-19 vaccines

Many U.S. health experts underestimated the coronavirus … until it was too late

COVID-19 Pandemic History

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