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A voter checks in with an election worker before casting her ballot
Elections
Pennsylvania
Public Health

How to vote in person safely when Pa. isn’t requiring masks at the polls

Pa. won’t require masks at the polls like it does in other public places, but counties and voters can take steps to ensure safe in-person voting during the pandemic.

5 years ago

Registered Nurse Kath Olmstead prepares a blinded study experimental vaccine for COVID-19
National
Public Health

FDA publishes vaccine guidelines opposed by White House

The FDA said vaccine makers should follow trial participants for at least two months to rule out any major side effects before seeking emergency approval.

5 years ago

Hundreds of empty chairs who represent a fraction of the more than 200,000 lives lost due the COVID-19 are seen during the National COVID-19 Remembrance, at The Ellipse outside of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
NPR
Health Care
Income Inequality
National
Public Health

Domestic workers react with anger after Trump says ‘Don’t be afraid of COVID’

"He's mocking us, the working poor," said Norma, a 46-year-old domestic worker and undocumented mother of three from Lakewood, N.J.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Delaware
Public Health

Gov. Carney calls rising coronavirus cases a ‘general malaise’ across Delaware

Hospitalizations have tripled since mid-August in Delaware and the average number of daily cases has doubled.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman asks for a show of hands with all in favor of adult recreational use marijuana at the conclusion of a listening session on recreational marijuana with community members Mar. 2, 2019, at Penn State Scranton in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WHYY)
Radio Times
Economy
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Should Pennsylvania legalize cannabis?

Could legalizing adult-use cannabis be a step towards salvaging Pennsylvania's COVID-ravaged economy?

Air Date: October 6, 2020

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Microscopic images of the coronavirus
NPR
National
Public Health

CDC acknowledges coronavirus can spread via airborne transmission

People with COVID can infect others even if over 6 feet apart. In new guidance, the CDC acknowledges airborne transmission can occur, especially in poorly ventilated areas.

5 years ago

DOC Commissioner Claire DeMatteis talks about the state's effort to fight both COVID-19 and the flu in the Delaware's prisons over the next few months. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Delaware prisons prep for battle on two fronts, against COVID-19 and the flu

Social distancing can be difficult in prison, but Dept. of Correction leaders in Delaware hope their plans will keep both COVID-19 and the flu at bay in the coming months.

5 years ago

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Christopher Black/AP)
NPR
International
Public Health

10% of global population may have contracted the coronavirus, WHO says

It's an estimate that's far higher than the total of global confirmed cases reported by governments.

5 years ago

American adults over 30 say they're drinking 14% more often during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report in the journal JAMA Network Open. (Luca Bruno/AP)
NPR
Food & Drink
Public Health

Americans are drinking 14% more often during pandemic, study finds

Perhaps it's no surprise, but people are drinking more during the pandemic. In some cases, by a lot.

5 years ago

Dr. Chris Pernell (right) is shown in a family photo with her father, a scientist who died of COVID-19, and her sister-in-law. (Provided by Chris Pernell)
The Why
Medicine
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Enrolling in COVID-19 vaccine trial as a Black doctor

"My dad would frequently say to me, follow the data, follow the science." N.J. doctor Chris Pernell on why she enrolled in a COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Air Date: October 5, 2020

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Christy DeGallerie poses for a portrait Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Dallas. DeGallerie noticed a startling trend in her online group for coronavirus survivors: White patients got medications she’d never heard of, were offered X-rays and said their doctors listened to their concerns. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Medicine
National
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Cities declare racism a health crisis, but some doubt impact

“We know our pain is questioned and our pain is not real to them,” said Christy DeGallerie, who later started a group for Black COVID-19 survivors.

5 years ago

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
NPR
Politics
Public Health

Some doctors surprised by decision to treat Trump with dexamethasone

The president's doctor has offered a fairly upbeat assessment of Trump's condition. But typically, only hospitalized COVID-19 patients in need of oxygen are given the drug.

5 years ago

Having a cold
NPR
National
Public Health

Allergies, colds, flu and COVID-19: How to best prep for fall’s ‘sick season’

Coughs, sore throats and runny noses are common in fall and winter, and they rarely signal dire disease. But with COVID-19 a threat this year, here's what you need to know.

5 years ago

Students line up to have their temperature checked before entering PS 179 elementary school
National
Politics
Public Health

Trump’s diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus

Eight months after the coronavirus reached the U.S., worrying signals mounted of what's ahead this fall.

5 years ago

Dr. Sean Dooley briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. on Saturday. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Biology
Public Health

Trump is taking remdesivir. Here’s how it works to control the coronavirus

Trump is on day two of a planned 5-day course of remdesivir. The medication works by making it harder for the coronavirus to replicate within the body.

5 years ago

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