Coronavirus Vaccine: Beyond Bombast, Cautious Optimism
On May 15, President Donald Trump announced, “Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back.
The words came mere minutes after Trump announced the public-private venture called...
Local Med Student Helps Reduce Testing Disparities in African American Neighborhoods
By Josefin Dolstein / JTA
At the beginning of her day, Tal Lee will see as many as hundreds of cars snake around the church...
Virtual Fitness: It’s Working Out
In a time before the pandemic, the home had much more freedom — it wasn’t burdened with being everything to everybody all the time....
Jewish-Owned Independent Pharmacies Team Up in Philly
From every angle, the edifice of Richard Ost’s Philadelphia Pharmacy at the corner of North Front Street and East Lehigh in West Kensington is...
PA COVID-19 Nurse Shares Observations from NYC
By Adam Reinherz
When Sarah Levine, a senior staff nurse at New York University’s Langone Hospital, arrived on March 23 to the Kimmel Pavilion’s 16th...
Cherry Hill Doctor Helps Develop Online Eye Test
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide.
But what worries...
First-Person: Taking the Test for COVID-19
Waiting in a line of cars to get tested for the disease currently ravaging the world has a way of giving a strange weight...
Medical Providers Navigate Pandemic Pregnancy Care
COVID-19 has changed nearly every aspect of our lives, including the process of bringing new ones into the world.
Cheryl Yondorf, a physician in...
Medical Pros Describe Work Changes From COVID-19
Across the country, medical professionals are doing their best as they prepare for the worst that the COVID-19 pandemic may bring.
Working long, grueling hours...
Jewish Family Seeks Plasma Treatment for COVID-19
It’s been nearly three weeks since Amy Breslow dropped her husband, Brett, at Cooper University Hospital’s emergency room.
He’d had an intermittent fever, cough and...