Illness

Sex bias in disease

Addressing sex bias in some diseases may improve treatment, doctors hope

Philly-area COVID-19 hospitalizations down about 20% from April peak

Hospitals COVID-19 Philly

'COVID toes' an unusual sign of the coronavirus – and an itchy one

COVID toes

New Jersey to receive shipment of remdesivir to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients

New Jersey remdesivir

FDA approves first at-home COVID-19 saliva test developed by Rutgers University

Rutgers COVID-19 test

New Jersey opening two COVID-19 testing sites to asymptomatic people

Asymptomatic COVID-19 tests

Chester County clears hurdles to begin antibody testing of frontline workers

Chester County Antibody

Temple researchers investigating gimsilumab as possible COVID-19 treatment

Gimsilumab clinical trial

As Philly coronavirus cases start to decline, city readies plan for contact tracing

Contact Tracing COVID-19

Children's Health

Kawasaki disease may be a COVID-19 complication for some young children

Kawasaki disease and COVID-19

COVID-19 hospitalizations in South Jersey beginning to level off

South Jersey COVID-19 hospitalizations

Philly expands criteria for COVID-19 testing as supplies become more available

wearing masks philadelphia

'Happy hypoxia' mystifies experts in some COVID-19 patients

Happy hypoxia COVID-19

Do-it-yourself cheek swab tested as next best thing to detect coronavirus

COVID-19 cheek swab.jpg

New Jersey inmates, prison staff to receive COVID-19 testing

Rutgers COVID-19 test

Philly shutting down Liacouras Center surge hospital for COVID-19 patients

Liacouras COVID-19 Closing

Penn Vet studying whether dogs can detect COVID-19 by scent

Penn Vet COVID-19

In South Jersey, COVID-19 hospitalizations have yet to peak

South Jersey hospitalizations

Six new COVID-19 symptoms confirmed by CDC

New COVID-19 symptoms

Philadelphia appears to be 'past the peak' of coronavirus crisis, health commissioner says

Philly COVID-19 Peak

Remdesivir fails to meet expectations as COVID-19 treatment in first clinical trial

Remdesivir early results

Blood clots appear to be another dangerous complication of COVID-19

Blood clot complications with COVID-19

CHOP model projects COVID-19 course in Philly, other densely-populated counties

CHOP COVID-19 Model

Rutgers launches nation's largest study of health care workers exposed to COVID-19

Rutgers COVID-19 Healthcare

New Jersey expanding COVID-19 testing using Rutgers' saliva-based system

Rutgers saliva test

Philly's Liacouras Center field hospital admits first COVID-19 patients

Liacouras Patients COVID-19

New Jersey's number of new COVID-19 patients stabilizes as curve continues to flatten

new jersey coronavirus

Two antiviral drugs fail to meet hopes as COVID-19 treatments

Lopinavir not effective against COVID-19

COVID-19 crisis leaves lupus patients facing shortage of critical drug

HCG shortage for lupus patients

New COVID-19 testing site to open in Burlington County on Monday

COVID-19 testing sites

Coronavirus cases may wane this summer, but don't count on warm weather to end the pandemic

Coronavirus Cases Summer

The coronavirus sometimes may attack the brain and the lungs

COVID-19 and the brain

Penn State Health begins using convalescent plasma to treat some COVID-19 patients

PSU COVID-19 Plasma

Temperature screenings mandated for some Pennsylvania workers

Essential workers masks

Two South Jersey counties seeing COVID-19 cases rise faster than anywhere else in state

NJ COVID-19 cases

Uneven lab reports complicate Philly's COVID-19 progress, health commissioner says

Lab Delays Philly

Black people are dying of COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate in New Jersey, reflecting national patterns

african americans coronavirus

Some Philly-area hospitals 'near capacity' for COVID-19 patients in ICUs

ICUs COVID-19 Philly

With FDA approval, Rutgers saliva test for COVID-19 poised to scale up in United States

COVID-19 Saliva Test

Two new COVID-19 testing sites for first responders open in South Jersey

COVID-19 testing site

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