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April 4, 2020, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA: Customer is ready for shopping wearing a top of the line protective mask at Home Depot during this covid-19 pandemic in Watchung, New Jersey. Duncan Williams/CSM.(Credit Image: © Duncan Williams/CSM via ZUMA Wire) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. requires face coverings at all retail stores

Gov. Phil Murphy also emphasized that families should not gather for the upcoming Passover, Easter and Ramadan holidays.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department’s headquarters building at 7th and Race Streets. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Less than 1% of Philly cops have tested positive for coronavirus

The city is not releasing how many have tested positive, but Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is not among them.

7 years ago

Main Street on the campus of the University of Delaware is completely deserted Monday. March 23, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Second incarcerated person tests positive in Delaware

A second incarcerated person at Delaware’s largest prison has tested positive for coronavirus, the state Department of Correction announced Wednesday afternoon.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a rally to save Hahnemann Hospital last year. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee

The Vermont senator’s announcement makes Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Sandy Hook is now closed to all visitors

The federal government has ordered the immediate closure of Sandy Hook a day after New Jersey closed all county and state parks. 

7 years ago

A worker directs travelers wearing face masks and suits to protect against the spread of coronavirus at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by train and plane alone, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Health

Wuhan ends lockdown as health workers buckle under strain

After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday, and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave.

7 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. plans for regional nursing homes to accept sick residents, staff

With COVID-19 patients at half of the state’s eldercare facilities, and shortages of staff, PPE endemic, regional cohorts could help slow spread of infection.

7 years ago

House of Representatives security officer Seamus Smith walks the hall after the morning session on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP)
Politics & Policy

After early show of bipartisanship, Pa. lawmakers splinter over next COVID-19 steps

Pennsylvania’s divided Legislature is struggling to agree on how to help the commonwealth recover from coronavirus — and who should get the most aid.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a traditional Passover seder plate is seen at Congregation Beth El in Tyler, Texas, on the first night of Passover. (Dr. Scott M. Lieberman/AP Photo)
Community

This year is not like other years: Philly families learn new rules for Passover

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, families are adapting the traditional Seder meal for virtual gatherings.

7 years ago

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On Tuesday, a usually busy Market Frankfort line was nearly deserted. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA to close stations, dramatically reduce service as coronavirus death toll rises

The new “Lifeline Service Schedule,” intended to increase safety for riders and operators while discouraging nonessential trips, will take effect April 9.

7 years ago

A couple in protective masks walk past the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia Museum of Art halts construction over coronavirus dangers

PMA stopped construction in light of worker safety concerns. Work also stopped Monday at the new Philadelphia Police headquarters at 400 N. Broad.

7 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Limited tech forces thousands of state workers to still report for work, despite their offices being closed

At least four caseworkers have tested positive for the coronavirus and one is hospitalized, said Steve Catanese, president of the union representing the workers.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (from left) Megan Boyle, Marina Spitkovskaya, Jamie Huot, and Stephen Bonett, all of whom are nurses, walk to the swabbing tent as the city's coronavirus testing site prepared to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Loss of FEMA funds is behind Friday closure of 2 local drive-through test sites

Citizens Bank Park and Temple Ambler test locations will close. FEMA says they were intended as “immediate high-impact intervention” for initial testing.

7 years ago

Listen 1:14
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff of Ardmore lives with cystic fibrosis. She is co-founder of Emily's Entourage, a nonprofit that pushes for research and drug development to treat and eliminate the disease. (Cheyenne Gil)
Health

COVID-19 makes life more difficult for those with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis advocate Emily Kramer-Golinkoff tells Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn how the coronavirus pandemic has made her life more difficult.

7 years ago

Listen 5:10
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen.(Alex Brandon, AP Photo, File)
Health

Watch live: Trump, White House coronavirus task force hold news briefing

The briefing comes after a day of staffing shakeups on the White House communications team

7 years ago

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