Health
Gov. Carney delays Delaware’s next phase of reopening the state
Delaware will not move into phase three just yet — which would allow bars to reopen and visits to senior living facilities and hospitals.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly suburbs prepare to go ‘green’
Coronavirus update: Counties prep to loosen restrictions - WHYY
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Pa. revises death toll during pandemic months upward by 2,000 fatalities
The mortality rate during the pandemic’s apex rose by 30% compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019.
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The imposing shell of the shuttered safety-net facility has become a symbol of inequity in health care amid a pandemic that has hit Philly's Black population especially hard.
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U.S. health officials believe 20M Americans have had coronavirus
The estimation comes as the Trump administration works to tamp down nationwide concern about the pandemic and about a dozen states are seeing worrisome case increases.
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Parties — not protests — are causing spikes in coronavirus
As coronavirus clusters have popped up, states are using contact tracing to learn more about how they're contributing to the spread of the virus.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: State asks for more flexibility for SNAP benefits
State officials want the USDA to extend waivers that allow them to provide SNAP benefits safely during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus recovery: Delaware Park reduces horse-racing crowd capacity
Less than one week into the delayed racing season, Delaware Park officials have lowered maximum attendance to better monitor COVID-19 compliance.
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EU could bar U.S. travelers due to ongoing rise in COVID-19 cases
The U.S. has the most cases of any country in the world, and many states are reporting sharp rises in new cases as they ease shutdown orders.
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Medical deportation averted in case of Guatemalan patient at Jefferson Torresdale
Immigration advocates say the hospital would have been violating its ethical obligations to care for the man, injured in a traffic accident and uninsured.
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Long Beach Township issues emergency order establishing curfew for juveniles
Violators are subject to a municipal disorderly conduct citation, according to the emergency order.
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U.S. coronavirus cases surge to highest level in 2 months
New cases in the U.S. have been surging for more than a week after trending down for more than six weeks.
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Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down coronavirus spikes
About 2.3 million Americans have been infected and some 120,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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Baseball’s back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24
A team is scheduled to make only one trip to each city it visits in MLB's shortest season since 1878.
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We still don’t fully understand the label ‘asymptomatic’
A new paper finds that many of the people studied developed signs of minor lung inflammation while exhibiting no other symptoms of coronavirus.
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