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Entering the second month of a stay-at-home order, Erin Seitz, a teacher and mother, aims to stay optimistic. It isn’t always easy.

Officials say there’s no need to rush, and that students or their parents can pick up a Chromebook later this week or next.

Farley said some of those cases are previous ones that are only just now being classified as belonging to Philadelphia, but added that most are new cases.

Starting this week, the School District of Philadelphia’s 49 meal sites will only be distributing student meals once a week on Thursday mornings.

Gov. Carney stressed that he won’t take first steps to reopen the economy until new cases, hospitalizations drop for 14 straight days and rigorous testing in place.

Gov. Murphy’s approval ratings rise much higher than President Trump’s do in N.J. Virtua Hospital says plasma therapy shows promise treating COVID-19.

Rumors that the virus originated in China has placed undue stigma on Chinese Americans and other Americans of Asian descent, writes Rob Buscher.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.

Fifty years ago this week, Philadelphia hosted the first Earth Week at Fairmount Park’s Belmont Plateau. The need for collective action continues.

Many of Earth’s most severe extinction crises have coincided with some of its largest volcanic events.

Homeless families report being turned away at shelters while city quarantine facilities go unused.

Organizations that feed those in need have been forced to change the way they operate during the pandemic.

Nurse practitioner Nanzhou Guo anxiously left her family to report to work at Temple’s COVID-19 unit on April 1. What she found surprised her.

Suzanne Roberts spent a lifetime in public and community service and was also an award-winning actress, director, producer and television host.

The Department of Environmental Protection released its recent Climate Change Impact Assessment report, which focuses on livestock and watersheds.