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Camden County COVID-19 vaccines

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

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

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

Merck halts development of COVID-19 vaccine candidates

President Biden begins revamping America's COVID-19 response

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Sleep Flies Jefferson

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

PA hospitals COVID-19

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

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

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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

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

New earwax sampling device by Trears

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

COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories

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

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

Ellen Kidney Philly

Safety concerns temporarily halt Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody therapy trial

Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials after participant falls ill

J&J COVID-19 vaccine trials

Wasp venom may help solve the problem of drug-resistant infections

Wasp Venom Penn

Jefferson University cutting 500 jobs as COVID-19 pandemic sacks revenue

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Stigma against D.O.s had been declining until Trump’s doctor took the spotlight

Penn researchers get $3.2 million grant to use artificial intelligence for improving heart transplants

Penn Heart Transplants

The FDA's new COVID-19 vaccine criteria tries to 'balance' safety and speed

FDA guidance COVID-19 vaccine

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