Healthcare
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February 18 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 105 New Cases, Three More Deaths
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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Brandywine Hospital to Begin Offering Recently Approved COVID-19 Treatment from Eli Lilly
Brandywine Hospital will start offering the recently approved COVID-19 drug called bamlanivimab after first receiving it this week, according to a report from the Daily Local News. Developed by Eli Lilly, bamlanivimab is a monoclonal antibody that is used to treat individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. It was approved by the FDA under “emergency use authorization”…
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After Eight Months on Ventilator, Local Woman, 66, Returns Home
After she spent eight months on a ventilator battling COVID-19, Bonnie Reilly left AristaCare in Plymouth Meeting at the end of last week and headed home with her husband, Bill, according to a report from CBS Philly. Before arriving at AristaCare at Meadow Springs, a skilled nursing facility, Reilly was transferred to three different hospitals…
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February 17 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 3,413 New Cases, 193 More Deaths
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 17 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records Four-Day Total of 355 New Cases
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 16 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports Three-Day Total of 6,893 New Cases
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 16 Morning Update on COVID-19
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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Local Doctor’s Invention Helps Cover Unpleasant Mask Odors
Even before the pandemic made masks a necessity, Dr. Mark Pizzini, a Fox Chase Cancer Center anesthesiologist and University of Pennsylvania professor, was working on a way to remove some of the unpleasant odors that can arise from using face covering, writes Lynne Adkins for KYW Newsradio. “There can be lots of challenging scents in…
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February 15 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Nears Its 900,000th Case
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 15 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County’s Percent PCR Positivity Drops to 6.15
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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UPDATE: As Cases Decrease, So Does the Gap Between Where COVID-19 Is Spreading the Most, Least in Chester County
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Chester County continues to plummet, although some areas remain more infected than others, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest numbers compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlight the rates of COVID-19 infection in each ZIP Code for the seven days ending…
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February 12 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 3,987 New Cases
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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Here’s Why Pennsylvania Ranks Among the Least-Safe States During COVID-19
With only two percent of the population vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Feb. 3, Pennsylvania is one of the least-safe states in the nation during COVID-19, according to a new report published by WalletHub. To determine which states are the safest during the pandemic, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia…
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February 12 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Reports 98 New Cases
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 11 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 3,978 New Cases, 115 More Deaths
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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February 11 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Reports 79 New Cases
Editor’s Note: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s daily report for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Chester County and Delaware County have not accurately reflected the actual number of cases in both counties. This is usually because of Delaware County cases that are incorrectly assigned to Chester County, which the Chester County Health Department corrects prior…
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Tower Health to Temporarily Cut Management Pay at Brandywine, Phoenixville, Jennersville Hospitals
Tower Health will implement temporary salary cuts of 10 percent or 15 percent for its executives and managers, including those at Brandywine, Phoenixville, and Jennersville hospitals, as COVID-19 losses continue to mount, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The move will save the nonprofit system around $11.6 million through June. The move comes after…
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Local Pharmacist Springs into Action After Sudden COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery
Pharmacist Mayank Amin had to put his event-planning skills to the ultimate test last week after suddenly learning that 1,200 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were arriving at Skippack Pharmacy during the snowstorm, writes Jeff Gammage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. So, he quickly came up with the plan to organize a massive vaccination event at…
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