COVID-19
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Abington Scientist Named A Time Magazine’s 2021 Heroes of the Year
Abington’s Katalin Kariko is one of the Heroes of the Year, a group of scientists who introduced an innovative and highly effective mRNA-based vaccine platform…
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Spring City Man Among First U.S. Patients Receiving Lung Transplant as COVID-19 Treatment
Spring City resident John Silknitter, 68, is one of the first patients in the country to receive a lung transplant as a treatment for COVID-19,…
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Warminster Inventor Creates Safe and Comfortable Face Masks
Current medical mask designs have not changed, in a beneficial way, for decades. But the pandemic-related need for more habitual covering of the face highlighted…
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Bucks County Leadership: U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon — who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th congressional district, a district that includes much of Delaware Couty, a small section of both…
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Villanova Men’s & Women’s Basketball Teams Win, Even as They Weather COVID-19 Challenges
Villanova University’s basketball teams have been weathering the rise in COVID cases pretty well, thanks in large part to team physician Michael P. Duncan, writes…
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Wiser Wealth: Inflation Even Has Wealthy Investors Worried About the Market
Regardless of what income bracket someone is, nobody likes dealing with inflation. In fact, recent surveys reveal that even millionaires are concerned about the rising…
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Doylestown Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Scott Levy Offers Good-News/Bad-News on Omicron Variant Spread
The weekly video update of Dr. Scott Levy, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Doylestown Hospital, describes the current good-news bad-news developments in the…
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Lighter Crowds at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Leave Elverson Man Crowing About the Experience
Lower attendance at this year’s Pennsylvania Farm Show — which was virtual last year — might have disappointed many retailers and exhibitors. But one attendee,…
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Wolf Administration Omicron Strategy Boils Down to This: Vaccines v. Shutdowns
Gov. Tom Wolf once again reiterated that his administration’s strategy to fight the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 is the vaccine and not…
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NRx in Radnor Asks Again for Approval to Use Its COVID-19 Drug, Zyesami
NRx Pharmaceuticals out of Radnor has once again filed an application with the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of its experimental COVID-19 drug…
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Bucks County Pharmacies Struggle to Meet Demand for COVID-19 Tests
Pharmacies across Bucks County are facing waves of customers eager to purchase COVID-19 tests. Matt Petrillo unboxed story of the scarcity for CBS3 Philly. The…
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Oxford Woman Dies After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine in ‘Extremely Rare Case’
The family of Diane Spears, an Oxford woman who may represent an extremely rare case of a COVID-19 vaccine fatality, still awaits a response from…
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With Omicron Variant Now in the U.S., Could Exton-Based Immunome’s ‘Antibody Cocktail’ Be the Neutralizer?
Exton-based Immunome has submitted an application with the FDA to start human testing its “antibody cocktail” as a potential COVID-19 treatment, writes John George for…
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Wall Street Journal: With a Few Tricks, Skippack Pharmacy Owner Takes the Sting Out of Kids’ Vaccinations
Mayank Amin, the owner of the Skippack Pharmacy, is pulling out every trick in the book to make the COVID-19 vaccination process as easy as…
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Delaware Tree Grower Advises Early Purchase of Your 2021 Christmas Tree
It might be a little early to purchase a Christmas tree, but farmers in nearby Delaware warn that supplies are short. Worse, scarcity is seen…
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Big Story on Action News: Jim Gardner to Retire After 44 Years in the Anchor Chair
Jim Gardner, longtime 6abc anchor and familiar face in Philadelphia local news for 44 years, will retire at the end of the next year, writes…
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Students Who Serve Their Country Thrive Under DeSales University Veterans Support
At DeSales University, students who are Veterans and served their country are in good hands with Joann Haws, Director, Veterans and Military Services. “I’ve been…








































