Healthcare
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January 26 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 421 New Cases from the Weekend
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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January 25 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Records Two-Day Total of 7,910 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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January 25 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County’s Percent PCR Positivity Returns to Single Digits
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 Where COVID-19 Has Spread the MOST and LEAST in Chester County in the Last Seven Days
The number of new COVID-19 cases seems to be on a downward trajectory in Pennsylvania, particularly in Chester County, where some ZIP Codes did not record a single new case in the last seven days, write Sean Adams and Megan Lavey-Heaton for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. The latest numbers from the Pennsylvania Department of Health highlight…
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Exton-Based Medical Equipment Startup Ready to Mass-Produce New Shield That Renders COVID-19 Inactive
Exton-based Ramshield has introduced a revolutionary new shield that renders the coronavirus inactive by using an electrical charge from its incorporated electroceutical microcell technology, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. This unique shield can be reused for an entire year. “We heard the governor’s call to action for businesses to expand and pivot…
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January 22 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 5,338 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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January 22 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 149 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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Local Company Helped Track Progress on Joe Biden’s Broken Foot with Specialty Medical Device
In December, Hatfield-based CurveBeam helped track the progress of Joe Biden’s broken foot with its unusual medical device that allows the taking of CT scans while standing upright, writes Terri Akman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. When Biden fractured his foot in November while playing with one of his dogs, he had to wear a walking…
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Delaware County Set to Break Ground on New Health Department
Next week, Delaware County is expected to break ground on a wellness center in Yeadon that will be a site for coronavirus vaccines and the home of its new health department in January 2022, writes Vinny Vella for The Philadelphia Inquirer. As an economic impact study on the new health department continues, a Public Health…
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January 21 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Tops 20,000 Deaths Since Start of Pandemic
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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January 21 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County Records 177 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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January 20 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 5,984 New Cases, 401 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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Joe Biden Nominates Dr. Rachel Levine for Assistant Health Secretary Post
Pennsylvania’s health secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, has been nominated by Joe Biden to be his next assistant health secretary, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. She would be the first openly transgender official to be confirmed by the Senate, if approved. Levine has taken on praise and criticism in her response to contain…
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Chester County Hospital Celebrates Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with Acts of Service
In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” This question, and Dr. King’s legacy of activism and philanthropy, continues to inspire Chester County Hospital to coordinate an annual servant-leadership project to assist those in need each January. “As the fifth-largest employer in…
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January 20 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chesco Records 699 New Cases, 10 Deaths from Three-Day Weekend
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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January 19 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports 5,341 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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January 19 Morning Update on COVID-19: Chester County’s Cases Represent 3.0 Percent of State’s Total
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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January 18 Afternoon Update on COVID-19: State Reports Two-Day Total of 10,068 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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