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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)
Health

CDC alerts doctors to COVID-19 linked condition in children

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a serious rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Scenes from Chambersburg and Franklin County, December 2019. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Community

Pa. counties push to reopen with little power to protect businesses ‘caught in the middle’

Despite their frustrations with COVID-19 restrictions, counties in Pennsylvania don’t have much authority to declare themselves open or closed.

6 years ago

A Black doctor performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. (Christopher Norris for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Racial disparity grows as the coronavirus disproportionately claims Black lives in Pa., Jersey and Delaware

Doctors say that information about the virus’ community-specific impacts will only become more critical as the economy reopens.

6 years ago

Waiting rooms in hospitals and doctors' offices will look different because of social distancing requirements. (Bigstock/galitskaya)
Health

Philly area health networks are slowly bringing back elective surgeries, in-person visits

Health networks say they are now better prepared with COVID-19 tests and precautions, so can slowly bring patients for in-person visits and procedures.

6 years ago

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Chambersburg, Pa. which has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, is in a county where state lawmakers are pushing for a faster reopening of the economy. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Clash over reopening economy simmers below the surface in rural Pa. COVID hotspot

In parts of rural Pa. there has been growing angst about Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown plan.

6 years ago

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Posters help people learn how to vote by mail
Arts & Entertainment

Grassroots art campaign: stay home and vote by mail

Philadelphia artists design a poster campaign to encourage people to stay home on election day and vote by mail.

6 years ago

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A person walks along a beach in Neshaminy State Park in Bucks County.
PlanPhilly
Community

Dreaming of a night under the stars? Some Pa. parks open for camping Friday

If camping is the kind of treat you’ve craved, go ahead and get those plans rolling. Parks statewide will open as stay-at-home orders lift.

6 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education

Just over half of Philly students participating in school online, early data says

Philly distributed over 80,000 laptops in order to move classes online. Today’s data provides an early glimpse at how many students are showing up.

6 years ago

Documents that U.S. health officials have released as part of some long-delayed specific guidance that schools, businesses, and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns are photographed Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Politics & Policy

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.

6 years ago

Governor John Carney tours State Health Operations Center with Director of Division of Public Health Dr. Karyl Thomas Rattay on Monday, March 16, 2020, at State Health Operations Center in Smyrna, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

To extend states of emergency, Delaware lawmaker wants General Assembly’s approval

A Delaware lawmaker is proposing a bill that would give the General Assembly the authority to approve the renewal of a governor’s state of emergency.

6 years ago

Members of the White House Military Office clean the stair for Air Force One ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump for a tour of Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’ll restock stockpile for future pandemics

Trump says the pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow the spread.

6 years ago

Aerial view of beachgoers on the shoreline of Atlantic City, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Jersey Shore will be ‘open’ for Memorial Day Weekend

Visitors don’t have to skip their Shore vacations this year, even if some quintessential businesses will remain closed.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania government doesn’t consider barbershop essential businesses. But some people who work in them, and who visit, disagree. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
Community

Barbers go underground: Getting a haircut on the sly

Barbershops have been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean barbers aren’t working.

6 years ago

MOVE family
Community

35 years after MOVE bombing, the path to reconciliation is still unclear

For those affected by the bombing, including MOVE members, neighbors, political leaders and city residents, there is still no clear path to healing.

6 years ago

Prisoners make clothing for the New Jersey Department of Corrections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Despite some releases, N.J. has highest COVID-19 prison death rate in the nation

More than 40 people in state custody have died of COVID-19, which is the highest in the nation as a share of prison population.

6 years ago

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