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NPR
National
Public Health

COVID-19 daily cases on the rise in nearly half of US states

The U.S. reported more than 55,000 infections Friday, pushing the total case number to over 7 million. Some two dozen states saw new cases continue to rise this past week.

5 years ago

Julian Siegel, owner of The Riverside Market, poses for a photo, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Siegel figures business dropped about 20% earlier this spring at his, restaurant after someone posted a picture on the Nextdoor app of people waiting in his parking lot for food. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
National
Public Health

Social media and COVID shaming: Fighting a toxic combination

Shaming people who get sick or don’t follow the rules in a public health crisis has been a thing since well before coronavirus, researchers say.

5 years ago

President Trump holds up an executive order after delivering remarks on health care in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
NPR
Health Care
Medicine

What to know about those $200 drug cards President Trump promised

Health policy researchers say Trump may not be able to pay for the cards, which fall short of lasting policy changes to curb high drug prices.

5 years ago

Mercy Philadelphia Hospital in West Philadelphia. (NBC10)
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health

Penn Med, PHMC lead coalition to save Mercy Philadelphia Hospital

The 153-bed West Philly safety-net facility, and its ER, will operate as a satellite of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

The beach in Mantoloking, N.J., Ocean County. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus: Cases rise in Ocean County; state budget inches closer to law

COVID-19 numbers are also spiking in Monmouth, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Bergen counties.

5 years ago

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Satta Sheriff, Young Leader for the SDGs and Founder and Executive Director of Action for Justice and Human Rights, Liberia, participates in the high-level virtual panel entitled
International
Public Health

COVID-19 can’t crush human rights, UN gathering declares

In a diminished spotlight because of COVID-19, leading human rights defenders on Friday urged people in these fractured times to connect through politics — and vote, too.

5 years ago

In this Feb. 11, 2015, photo, veteran LAPD officers Don Wynne, left, and Ann Bozzi instruct dozens of unidentified Los Angeles Police Department officers learn to recognize unconscious prejudices and how they can impact behaviors on the street at a class at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The department, which expects to send more than 5,000 officers to the museum’s course in the next several years, is working to weave implicit bias lessons into existing training. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Pulse
Behavioral Health

Can you train people to be less biased?

Seminars and workshops on implicit bias promise to change cultures at police departments, organizations and universities. But how effective are these trainings?

5 years ago

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EastSide Charter principal Aaron Bass talks to a driver waiting in line at Walgreens. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Wilmington families crowd drugstore test site, to support ‘community pop-ups’

A school leader had parents go to a pharmacy drive-thru, leading to a bottleneck, to show the ease of COVID-19 testing at his facility’s parking lot.

5 years ago

Listen 1:56
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gov. Phil Murphy
Medicine
New Jersey
Public Health

Fauci urges Americans to trust the vaccine process while talking with N.J. governor

Fauci acknowledges there’s been confusion over the timeline and approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, but he says Americans should trust the process.

5 years ago

Community Health and Literacy Center at Broad and Tasker streets
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

When a coronavirus vaccine arrives, Philadelphia is primed for battle

Implemented in 1994, the immunization registry known as PhilaVax gives the city a head start.

5 years ago

Mohamed checks the COVIDWISE app on her phone
Innovation
Public Health
Technology

How the COVID-19 alert apps work

Pennsylvania and Delaware have released apps to help with contact tracing. Will the strategy work?

5 years ago

A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine. U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hackers are attempting to break into U.S. health care organizations working on a vaccine.
Government Accountability
Medicine
Public Health

Philly’s role as national COVID vaccine pilot site already over

The CDC invited Philly and 4 states to help develop U.S. strategy for distributing a vaccine. After a brief consult, a playbook was released nationwide.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA: Dire finances prevent agency from paying out COVID death benefits

The union that represents SEPTA workers fought for a $500,000 death benefit — a payout that New York’s MTA provided over the summer.

5 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa.’s failure to mandate quicker death reporting before the coronavirus fueled wild data fluctuations, mistrust

Pa. health officials abandoned their urgency in implementing a faster process, leaving them ill-prepared to accurately report death data when the pandemic arrived.

5 years ago

Apples at a farmers market
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly relaxes rules at farmers markets to make outdoor shopping easier

You can now pick your own produce when you visit the stands.

5 years ago

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