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COVID-19 information and advice
What’s going on with all these coronavirus variants? An illustrated guide
Health news
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Matt Slocum
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is seeing an upswing in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, likely due to several factors
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Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home abortions in a book in the 1700s
Titled The Instructor and written by George Fisher, which Farrell said was a pseudonym, the textbook was a catch-all manual that included plenty of useful information for the average person.
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Steve Ruark
With Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance of pregnancy
Privacy experts fear that pregnancies could be surveilled and the data shared with police or sold to vigilantes.By Maryclaire Dale/ The Associated Press -
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
Health care worker shortage, behavioral health resources top concerns for hospital execs in Pa.
Shortages of nurses, doctors and other qualified workers was a challenge before the coronavirus strained hospitals, however, the virus accelerated the need for action, as burned-out nurses fled intensive care units flooded with COVID-19 patients.
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David Goldman
Creeping COVID-19 cases result in few schools mask mandates, including in Pennsylvania
The return of masking in schools is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic, particularly as the public’s worries over the virus have ebbed.
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Science Photo Library/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra
What would overturning Roe mean for birth control?
Overturning Roe v. Wade could have implications for more than access to abortion; it could open the door to restrictions on other types of reproductive health care.
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Brett Sholtis
As 988 hotline goes live in Pennsylvania, crisis centers need workers
Pennsylvania crisis intervention centers are facing a staffing shortage at a time when demand is expected to increase.
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Spencer Platt
What COVID might look like in the U.S. once we reach the endemic phase
In many parts of the U.S., case numbers are going up, and much of that increase is being driven by subvariants of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Rick Bowmer
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania urge approval of rape kit tracking system legislation
Thirty states and Washington, D.C. have either implemented or are in the process of implementing sexual assault kit tracking systems.
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Kate Landis
Bucks County, prison guards sued for pepper spraying, restraining woman with mental illness
A Yardley couple is suing Bucks County and 10 county jail employees over what they allege were civil rights violations against their daughter, 29-year-old Kim Stringer.
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Matt Rouke
Unvaccinated Philadelphia police officers to be placed on leave, possibly fired
The long dispute between the city of Philadelphia and police officers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 is over.
By Alan Yu/WHYY
