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A driver opens a self-testing kit at a CVS drive-through. (Provided by CVS Health)
Health Care
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CVS, Rite-Aid expand free drive-through COVID-19 testing in Pennsylvania

Testing more people is important, but a negative result does not necessarily mean someone is in the clear.

5 years ago

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Delaware
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Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: SEPTA resumes some regular schedules; More unemployment help for Pennsylvanians

SEPTA riders can expect most bus and trolley lines to return to normal schedules, plus the Market-Frankford, Broad Street and Norristown High Speed Lines.

5 years ago

A runner exercises outside.
Outdoors
Public Health

Should runners wear a face mask outdoors?

Masks are designed to prevent the wearer from possibly spreading the virus to others or being exposed themselves.

5 years ago

Sheila Kelly stands behind makeshift barriers as she helps patrons at her restaurant
National
Public Health

How long before we know if reopenings cause virus spikes?

Experts say it could take several weeks to see enough testing data to know how lifting restrictions is affecting the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

This April 3, 2020 photo provided by Northwestern University shows discoloration on a teenage patient's toes at the onset of the condition informally called
National
Public Health

‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs

As COVID-19 continues to spread, less common symptoms are being reported including loss of smell, vomiting and diarrhea, and increasingly, a variety of skin problems.

5 years ago

Virus Outbreak New York
International
Public Health

US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

In separate stark warnings, two major world leaders bluntly told their citizens that they need to adapt to living with COVID-19 and cannot wait to be saved by a vaccine.

5 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet
National
Public Safety

Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

The report made it clear: Bryant and the passengers almost certainly were dead in an instant due to blunt trauma.

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020 photo, Meghan Peck works on contact tracing at the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade County, during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
National
Public Health

Local health agencies struggle to ramp up virus tracking

They are often hundreds — even thousands — of people short of targets for their contact tracing programs.

5 years ago

Antiviral drug
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. hospitals get more remdesivir; fishing charters, boat rentals resume in N.J. Sunday

More than 9,000 doses of the experimental drug are slated for distribution to hospitals across the state to treat COVID-19 infections.

5 years ago

The process of getting a saliva-based test takes only a few minutes.  (Courtesy of Agatha Bacelar for Curative Inc.)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms draws 600 in Delaware

The state’s purchase of 200,000 tests gives officials the ability to test up to 80,000 people monthly for the virus that has already infected more than 7,000 residents.

5 years ago

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks about protecting seniors, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health Care
Military
Public Health

VA says it won’t stop use of unproven drug on vets for now

Facing growing criticism, the VA said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veterans with COVID-19 but that fewer of its patients are now taking it.

5 years ago

Maureen May, a registered nurse in the infant intensive care unit at Temple University Hospital. (Courtesy Maureen May)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s largest nurses’ union accuses hospitals of misinforming state officials about protective equipment

The state’s largest nurses’ union says health-care workers don’t have essential face masks, access to testing, and other safety measures.

5 years ago

A sign reminds people to social distance during the coronavirus pandemic in Secaucus, New Jersey, on Monday, May 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. tops 10,000 deaths, sets rules for July 7 primary

Gov. Phil Murphy also said hospitals could resume elective produce on May 26, while the state will hold grand jury proceedings over Zoom.

5 years ago

Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware issues Phase 1 reopening guidelines

Gov. John Carney unveiled a 25-page plan to launch Phase 1 of reopening the state including guidance for restaurants, retail stores and other locations.

5 years ago

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)
Kids
Public 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.

5 years ago

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