Healthcare
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Merck, GlaxoSmithKline Report Progress on COVID-19 Drug Candidates
Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, both with significant operations in Montgomery County, reported progress on COVID-19 experimental medicines they are working on with partner companies, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics started late-stage clinical testing for molnupiravir, an experimental oral antiviral therapeutic which is used to prevent COVID-19 infections. The global…
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Montgomery County Recommends Masking Outdoors Due to High Community Transmission of COVID-19
The Montgomery County Commissioners in consultation with the Office of Public Health (OPH) announced that as of today, Tuesday, September 7, 2021, masking is now recommended outdoors in certain situations for the general public regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. It marks two weeks that Montgomery County has been at the high level of COVID-19 community…
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Pottstown Hospital Owner Tower Health Interim President, CEO Leads Financial, Strategic Turnaround
Tower Health, the owner of Pottstown Hospital, is keeping its interim president and CEO Sue Perrotty at the helm until the completion of its financial and strategic turnaround, according to a staff report from WFMZ 69 News. Perrotty was first appointed to the interim role in February, following the retirement of Clint Matthews. Since then,…
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September 3rd COVID-19 Update: Over 200 New Cases Reported in Montgomery County
Montgomery County reported 272 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last two days (September 2-3, 2021) bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 63,360 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 136 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 15 people are on ventilators. There…
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September 1st COVID-19 Update: Over 575 New Cases Reported in Montgomery County Over the Last 4 Days
Montgomery County reported 586 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 4 days (August 27th-30th) bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 62,867 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 118 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 14 people are on ventilators. There were…
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Skippack Pharmacy Team Shows Montgomery County the Love During One of the Worst Times in Local History
When COVID-19 hit, and we heard the vaccine was coming soon, the residents of Montgomery County (and everywhere else) waited for it with bated breath. The County would announce if various ages or demographic groups were able to register for the vaccine, but that didn’t help those who couldn’t get out of the house or…
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Local Colleges Return to In-Person on Campus, Most With Vaccinations
Several local universities are starting to enact vaccination policies for students and staff, before they can be on campus in the fall, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Villanova, Widener, Neumann, Swarthmore, Haverford, St. Joseph’s, the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Cabrini and Temple are requiring staff and students to be vaccinated for the fall…
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Ambler-based Simplex Health Looking to Raise $3M in Series B Round
Ambler-based Simplex Health, which uses a “food as medicine” approach to help its patients, is looking to raise $3 million in a Series B round, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company was started by David Rambo after his own battle with an aggressive form of type 2 diabetes helped him realize…
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Pottstown Hospital’s Owner Tower Health Moving Liver, Kidney Transplant Program from Reading Hospital to Penn Medicine
Tower Health, the owner of Pottstown Hospital, is moving its liver and kidney transplant program from Reading Hospital to Penn Medicine, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Reading Hospital will continue to perform patient screening and pre-and post-transplant care, while surgeries will move to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in…
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August 26 COVID-19 Update: Over 300 New Cases Reported in Montgomery County in Two Days
Montgomery County reported 308 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 2 days (August 25-26th) bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 62,281 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 100 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 7 people are on ventilators. There are…
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Despite Rising COVID-19 Numbers in Pennsylvania, Our Pre-Pandemic Lives Show Signs of Returning
Pennsylvania continued to keep its place in the top half of states returning to their pre-pandemic lives, according to a new report by WalletHub. To gauge the pace of national recoveries, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: Those dimensions were then evaluated using 18 relevant metrics. Pennsylvania…
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WCU Students Face a Different Kind of Testing This Fall
West Chester University now plans to randomly test students who do not voluntarily submit COVID-19 vaccination proof. Susan Snyder covered the change in policy for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The university originally stated it would not seek vaccination verifications, thinking that it had no legal standing to do so. When evidence emerged to the contrary, administrators…
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Main Line Health Raising Nurses’ Salaries to Prevent Shortage
Main Line Health is one of the many local health systems that are raising nurses’ salaries and offering other incentives in an effort to stave off a shortage, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The health system that includes Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital, and Riddle Hospital in addition to Bryn…
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Norristown Mom Reunites with Six Children After Battling COVID-19 for Nearly Four Months at Rehab Hospital
Dana Vetter, a Norristown mother of six, has finally been able to reunite with her children at home after battling COVID-19 for nearly four months in Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, writes Rich Lacovara for 6abc. The 44-year-old Vetter was able to walk to her eagerly waiting family under her own power last Friday. It was…
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August 19th COVID-19 Update: Over 150 New Cases Reported in Montgomery County in the Last 48 Hours
Montgomery County reported 153 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 2 days (August 17-18th) bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to 61,370 countywide since March 7, 2020. There are currently 80 people hospitalized in Montgomery County hospitals due to severe COVID-19 symptoms. Of those COVID-19 patients, 7 people are on ventilators. There are…
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Montco Officials Try to Persuade Young People to Get Vaccinated with Shot Glasses, Dating-app Ads, and Cupid
Montgomery County and the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board are trying to persuade young people to get vaccinated with the help of shot glasses, dating-app ads, and temporary tattoos, writes Justine McDaniel for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Patrons of Flanigan’s Boathouse in Conshohocken were greeted last Thursday by a coronavirus-era Cupid hoping to set them…
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Wynnewood’s Patti LaBelle Reminds People to Get Screened for Common Cancers in Campaign
Wynnewood’s Patti LaBelle has joined forces with the Community Oncology Alliance and CancerCare to remind people to get screened for common cancers like breast, colorectal, cervical, prostate, lung, and skin, in new PSAs that are part of the Time to Screen campaign, writes Melissa Ruggieri for Yahoo News. For the legendary soul, gospel, R&B, and pop…
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Montgomery County Recommends to Mask Up Again Indoors
The Montgomery County Commissioners in consultation with the Office of Public Health (OPH) has just announced that starting Monday, August 16, 2021, masking is now recommended indoors for the general public due to COVID-19. Today marks two weeks that Montgomery County has been in the substantial level of COVID-19 community transmission according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA…
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