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Relaxed COVID measures may be causing an unseasonal surge in another virus

Another virus is leading to an unseasonably high number of illnesses in children: respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

By Alan Yu/WHYY

FDA adviser: Vaccine to be OK’d in days, but ‘normal’ may not return until next fall

On Thursday, the advisory panel voted 17-4, with one abstention, to recommend that the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech be authorized for emergency use.

By NPR

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Playbook for reopening schools: CHOP calls for face shields, staggered schedules, temp checks

If Pennsylvania schools reopen their doors this fall, local health experts expect they’ll look quite different than they did before the coronavirus pandemic.

By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads

Anxiety disorder and panic attacks

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