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Health news
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Gene J. Puskar
Pitt researchers develop scale to measure harmful beliefs about masculinity
“It’s measuring a very specific subset of what is masculinity or a specific subset of kind of these gender norms.”By Sarah Boden/WESA -
Keith Srakocic
Processing racial trauma through therapy
“Especially within the Black community, I think for several years there’s been a stigma about mental health and the role of mental health professionals.”By Sarah Boden/WESA -
Kate Landis
What it’s like when COVID-19 lasts for months
Support groups on Facebook include thousands of people, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three.By Catherine Whelan/NPR -
Wilfredo Lee
U.S. hits 5 million coronavirus cases as debate lingers over the path forward
Lawmakers and states continue to grapple with how to chart a path back to normal as the pandemic continues to rage on.
By Jason Slotkin/NPR -
Jemal Countess
Children can get severe COVID-19, CDC says — especially Black and Hispanic children
Researchers don’t fully understand why some racial groups are hospitalized at higher rates than others.
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Courtesy of Maria Hernandez
Extended families living together raise risks for COVID-19 transmission
Public health experts are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus within multigenerational households. Families of color tend to live in such households more than white families.
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Gene J. Puskar
300,000 deaths by December? 9 takeaways of the newest COVID-19 projections
To put the projected death toll in context, it is more than four times the number of people who typically die from drug overdoses in the U.S. each year.By Nurith Aizenman/NPR -
These COVID-19 patients survived. But they never recovered
“Now that we’re hitting the six-month mark, I’m scared that we’re going to see a subset of people that are going to have chronic symptoms.”By Nina Feldman/WHYY -
David J. Phillip
Coronavirus cases in the U.S are surging. The contact tracing workforce is not
A new survey finds that as of the end of July, 45 states and Washington D.C. reported a workforce of 41,960.By Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR -
Gene J. Puskar
Pa.’s COVID-19 testing capacity increasing, but processing delays undercut progress
The big-name labs processing tests, like Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp, are facing backlogs.
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Paul Hennessy
Prices for COVID-19 vaccines are starting to come into focus
How much will vaccines against the coronavirus cost? Even though none have finished clinical testing, some clues about pricing are starting to emerge.
By Sydney Lupkin/NPR
