Health
Amazon wants to sell you prescription medications
The retail giant barging in — its biggest foray into health care yet — reverberated through the industry on Tuesday.
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Gov. Carney puts new restrictions on indoor dining, gatherings, youth sports in Delaware
Gov. Carney ordered sharp new restrictions, saying the skyrocketing number of coronavirus cases and increasing hospitalizations and deaths forced him to act.
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Billy Penn
A ‘mask tree’ grows in Harrowgate: Philly resident provides free face coverings for the neighborhood
The day after Darlene Burton put up the popular installation, her daughter was diagnosed with COVID.
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Billy Penn
Philly’s winter coronavirus restrictions will last through the New Year
No indoor dining, no gyms, no theaters — and ideally, no gathering with people outside your household at all.
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Over 1 million children tested positive for coronavirus in the United States
Children now make up at least 1 in 11 of all reported U.S. coronavirus cases.
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Coronavirus outbreak hits nearly a dozen Philly election staffers
There’s no evidence so far of a large outbreak at the Pa. Convention Center vote-counting site.
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Data breach affects 10,000 tested for COVID-19 in Delaware
The information of 10,000 Delawareans who got tested for COVID-19 over the summer was accidentally sent to an unauthorized person.
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Inside Philly’s new COVID-19 restrictions
Coronavirus is surging in Philly, and asking people to distance isn't stopping the spread — so the city is entering a new phase of life in lockdown
Air Date: November 16, 2020
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US hits 11 million coronavirus cases, adding 1 million in a week
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day.
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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective, analysis finds
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.
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Looking across time: A yearlong study will focus on Delaware communities hit hardest by COVID-19
Nine communities will be researched for a year to determine behavioral factors contributing to the virus. The aim: to empower them to protect themselves.
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Trenton to implement stricter COVID-19 restrictions Monday
New Jersey’s capital city will take advantage of a new order from Gov. Phil Murphy allowing it to implement stricter rules to mitigate COVID-19 spread as cases rise.
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U.S. adds 184,000 coronavirus cases in one day, with no end in sight
The country set another record for daily infections. America is the world leader in COVID-19 fatalities. Biden expressed alarm and urged the White House to take action.
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Philly to announce new COVID-19 restrictions Monday, likely a ban on indoor dining
The Public Health Dept. says details are being finalized. According to a draft obtained by WHYY, the restrictions likely will include a ban on indoor dining.
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Broke in Philly
Nurses and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital reach deal, averting a strike
The agreement comes just days before the 260 nurses at the Delco facility planned to walk out over what they said were unsafe staffing arrangements.
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