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Two months after the omicron variant of the coronavirus slammed hospitals with unvaccinated patients, Pennsylvania’s Legislature is sending fast-tracked legislation to Gov. Tom Wolf to help keep burned-out health care workers on board during a staffing crisis.
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Pennsylvania has deployed its first pandemic “strike team” of out-of-state health care workers to a suburban Philadelphia hospital under severe strain from COVID-19.
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Pennsylvania’s state prisons are stopping in-person visits for the coming month because their staff has been thinned by coronavirus infection.
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A nationwide survey sheds light on how self-reporting can predict infection rates.
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In some instances, cloth masks are enough to protect against COVID-19.
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The hospital says it’s responding to a nationwide rise in violence against health care workers.
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Omicron surge continues in Allegheny County with more than 23,000 residents testing positive for COVID-19
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Word about “flurona” is spreading these days, much like the two things that inspired the nickname — the coronavirus and the influenza virus.
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Pennsylvania has begun working to boost the number of hospital beds and organize “strike teams” of extra workers for hospitals and nursing homes struggling with surging COVID-19-related caseloads and staffing shortages.
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The university made the announcement that it'd return via "synchronous remote instruction" on Jan. 18, with an expected in-person return on Jan. 31.