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Temple University campus
Higher Education
Philadelphia
NBC10

Temple delays start of semester, cancels spring break due to COVID-19 concerns

Temple University won't welcome back graduate and undergraduate students until Jan. 19, 2021 as the university deals with educating students amid the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: State and Philly Health Depts. urge caution amid surge in cases

Consider canceling family holiday gatherings, says Philly Health Commissioner Farley. Be mindful of flu season, state Health Secretary Levine says.

5 years ago

Public health nurses look on during coronavirus testing
National
Public Health

Coronavirus deaths are rising again in the US, as feared

Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country.

5 years ago

President Trump speaks to supporters
NPR
Law
Public Health

If the ACA falls, protecting preexisting conditions could be harder than it sounds

A Kaiser Family Foundation estimate suggests around 54 million people have conditions that — without legal protections — could prompt health insurers to deny them policies.

5 years ago

On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests. Rigorous infection control measures can curb spread of the coronavirus, but many workers say they still don't have sufficient masks and other PPE. (SDI Productions/Getty Images)
NPR
Aging
National
Public Health

They work in several nursing homes to eke out a living, and that spreads the virus

On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests.

5 years ago

Single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Vaccination plan filed with CDC

Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the state submitted the first draft of its COVID-19 vaccination plan on Oct. 16.

5 years ago

Researchers collect samples in Fort Collins
NPR
Higher Education
National
Public Health

Colleges turn to wastewater testing in an effort to flush out the coronavirus

People who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, shed virus particles through their poop when they go to the bathroom.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: State sees highest new daily case count since pandemic began

With case counts exceeding 1,000 every day for the last 21 days, state health officials say the current fall surge is starting to outpace the initial wave of infections.

5 years ago

Midshipmen wearing face masks stand and salute.
NPR
National
Public Health

Universal mask wearing could save some 130,000 lives in the US, study suggests

The study suggests that if 95% of Americans wore masks in public it could drastically reduce the amount of COVID-19 deaths by February.

5 years ago

Cartoon graphic of old car driving with masked people inside, turkey, mashed potatoes, pie strapped to top of car.
NPR
Home & Family
Travel

Thanksgiving in the time of COVID-19: To grandmother’s house or no?

COVID-19 cases are surging across the country and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, is it safe to travel to spend the holiday with friends and family?

5 years ago

In this Oct. 21, 2020, file photo, taken from video provided by the New Jersey Governor's Office, New Jerrsey Gov. Phil Murphy tells attendees at an event in Blackwood, N.J., that he must leave the event to quarantine after just finding out that he'd been in contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19.  (New Jersey Office of the Governor via AP)
New Jersey
Politics

Murphy again renews New Jersey’s public health emergency

Gov. Phil Murphy has once again signed an executive order to extend New Jersey’s public health emergency, citing a steep increase in coronavirus cases in recent days.

5 years ago

A University of Washington research coordinator holds up a swab after testing a someone for coronavirus on Oct. 23 in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
NPR
National
Public Health

U.S. records highest number of coronavirus cases in 1 day since pandemic began

Cases of the virus have been rising in the U.S. since mid-September.

5 years ago

COVID Survivors for Change set up 866 chairs on Independence Mall in Philadelphia to represent the lives of over 8,660 Pennsylvanians lost to COVID-19. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

866 chairs at Independence Hall symbolize Pa.’s 8,660 COVID victims

The memorial opened as Pennsylvania experiences another surge of the deadly coronavirus.

5 years ago

Medical workers at a COVID-19 testing site in McKeesport, Pa. (Katie Blackley/WESA)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania reports largest one-day total of coronavirus cases

“Daily increases are now comparable with what we saw in April 2020,” said a press release from the state’s Department of Health.

5 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Employee at Berks County immigration detention center tests positive for COVID-19

The employee was a member of the medical staff and that the center was responding by cleaning the building and contact tracing.

5 years ago

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