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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Health

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases. (David J. Phillip/AP)
NPR
Public Health

Government model suggests U.S. COVID-19 cases could be approaching 100 million

The model attempts to account for the fact that most cases of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic and go unreported.

5 years ago

NPR
Aging
Mental Health
Public Health

There’s no stopping these seniors; even a pandemic can’t bring them down

Recent research reveals that older populations are less consumed by pandemic depression than those that are younger.

5 years ago

An illustration of syringes
NPR
National
Public Health

As COVID-19 vaccine nears, employers consider making it mandatory

With promising news out of COVID-19 vaccine trials, the question now is how many people will get the vaccine? And can or will employers require their workers get vaccinated?

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the press. in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Technology

Pa. coronavirus update: Residents to receive COVID-19 emergency alerts

Pa. residents with mobile devices will receive emergency alerts about COVID-19 through the WEA system, which notifies people of threats like severe weather and Amber Alerts.

5 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus spreads inside more Delaware prisons

A surge of COVID-19 cases behind bars has spread to multiple prisons in Delaware, mirroring the resurgence among the general public.

5 years ago

Pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters
Delaware
Medicine
Public Health

Delaware officials say most residents won’t get COVID-19 vaccine until spring

The first batch of up to 15,000 doses could come as early as Dec. 11, if FDA grants approval the previous day. Getting an adequate supply will take months.

5 years ago

Nurses picket at the entrance to St Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa. About 800 nurses went on strike on Nov. 17 citing long simmering grievances over wages and staffing levels. They returned to work after a two-day walkout. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Nurses reach new contracts at St. Christopher’s, Einstein, Mercy Fitzgerald hospitals; St. Mary still unresolved

Earlier this month, nurses at 4 hospitals authorized strikes over safe staffing ratios, other issues. St. Mary nurses and Trinity Health have yet to agree.

5 years ago

To truly turn the current surge in coronavirus cases around, epidemiologists say governments need to do more than just order people not to see friends and family. (mathisworks/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

Epidemiologist says restricting small gatherings isn’t enough to stop the surge

Epidemiologists say governments need to do more than just order people not to see friends and family.

5 years ago

Firefighters were able to bring the Nov. 19 fire at 1208 Walnut St. under control. (Twitter/@PhilaFireDept)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Fire forces evacuation of COVID-positive residents, new Philly quarantine hotel opens Monday

There’s now a “repair or demolish” order on the Rodeway Inn, which is in a historic Center City property.

5 years ago

Resident Nurse Lea communicates via iPad with another nurse
Health Care
Public Health

What the region’s hospitals are seeing as COVID-19 roars back

Health system officials in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey describe conditions on the ground now, and how they compare to the spring’s first wave.

5 years ago

People sit under a heater at a restaurant in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.
NPR
National
Public Health

Are more lockdowns inevitable, or can other measures stop the surge?

The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again.

5 years ago

Staff at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site talk to people waiting in line in their cars at the PNC Bank Arts Center
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Farley warns of growing infection, fatality rates in Philly; state sets contact-tracing priorities

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said, unchecked, the rising infection and fatality rates could strain hospital resources.

5 years ago

Masks Sanitized at MGH
NPR
National
Public Health

A revamped Strategic National Stockpile still can’t match the pandemic’s latest surge

The Strategic National Stockpile stores critical supplies. It fell short when the pandemic began. A new effort is underway, but it's still not providing what the U.S. needs.

5 years ago

First lady Melania Trump stands next to the 2020 Official White House Christmas tree
National
Public Health

White House still planning holiday parties, despite warnings

The decision to move forward with indoor gatherings and project a sense of normalcy comes as health experts have been pleading with Americans to cut back on Thanksgiving.

5 years ago

A woman wearing a face mask crosses Broad Street
National
Public Health

Thanksgiving could be make-or-break in US coronavirus response

Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings, which have been blamed for accelerating the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

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