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Lankenau Hospital Healthgrades

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

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

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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

COVID-19 community spread linked to lower survival rates at local hospitals, Penn researchers find

Hospital Mortality COVID-19

Emergency room nurse receives first COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey

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New Jersey to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday

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FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

FDA Pfizer vaccine

FDA authorizes first over-the-counter COVID-19 test for at-home use

Pixel COVID-19 test

Jefferson, Einstein health network merger to move forward after federal judge dismisses lawsuit

Einstein Jefferson Judge

FDA scientists find Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to be safe, highly effective

Pfizer FDA COVID-19 vaccine

New Jersey residents who get COVID-19 shots will be enrolled in state's vaccine registry

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Jefferson Health opening COVID-19 testing center at Philadelphia International Airport

PHL COVID-19 testing

Drexel University to launch Center on Racism and Health

Drexel Racism Health

Pennsylvania hospitals may postpone elective surgeries to meet surging COVID-19 admissions

PA hospitals COVID-19

Jefferson sleep study on flies suggests vibration could be an aid for humans

Sleep Flies Jefferson

Why employers find it so hard to test for COVID-19

Amazon COVID-19 Testing

Philly nurses at Einstein Medical win contract deal ahead of planned strike with other regional healthcare workers

einstein nurses deal contract

Fear of flying is a coronavirus-era conundrum

COVID-19 Airplane Flights

What is positivity rate? An explainer on a frequently-cited coronavirus statistic

COVID-19 positivity rate

Philly officials say additional COVID-19 restrictions will be announced Monday

Philly return COVID-19 restrictions

Penn's Ezekiel Emanuel tapped to help guide Biden's COVID-19 response

Zeke Emanuel Biden's COVID-19 panel

How COVID-19 death counts become the stuff of conspiracy theories

COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories

New device may offer a more effective way to measure stress hormones

New earwax sampling device by Trears

Pennsylvania hits record for highest number of new COVID-19 cases recorded in one day

coronavirus testing pennsylvania record

Philly area women appear on 'Ellen' after inspiring bond through kidney donation

Ellen Kidney Philly

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