Health

Widespread availability of testing is seen as critical to reopening the economy because it would allow public health officials to identify and contain a rebound of the virus.

With no guarantee they can collect unemployment if they refuse to go to work, immunocompromised workers fear a near-impossible choice: Risk losing their jobs, or their life.

The White House's concern about infection is another stark reminder that not even one of the nation’s most secure buildings is immune from the coronavirus.

Reopening too soon could exacerbate the already devastating death toll in long-term care facilities, they say.

Similar measures to those envisioned were later put in place, but only after widespread outbreaks were already underway.

The test will enable people to collect their own saliva at home and send it to a lab for results, while the drug has helped some COVID-19 patients improve.

Gilead has donated its existing supply, to be distributed by AmerisourceBergen. That company says the government decides which places can get the drug.

Preliminary vital statistics show the state recorded 49,384 total deaths from any cause through the end of April. In April 2019, there were 46,521 deaths.

In this bonus episode, Annette talks to Asbury Park Press reporter Mike Davis about his bout with COVID-19 — and the cautionary tale he took from it.

Delaware is on target to start the first phase of removing the coronavirus restrictions on June 1.

Chester County has contracted with Lehigh Valley Genomics, an approved lab in Bethlehem, to monitor the tests and will offer them at two locations.

As Pennsylvania, other places consider tech to track and thwart coronavirus spread, they must balance personal privacy with the need for public health data.

Vybe is offering the test to anyone who’s been symptom-free at least 10 days.

Naturally, she swats at them from time to time, but it’s her job to get to know the little biters better.

Pennsylvania has one of the least funded public health departments in the country, which is making it more difficult to contain the coronavirus.