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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

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
National
Public Health

FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir

It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19.

5 years ago

People walk along the Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

COVID wrecking your mental health? New initiative will award $100k to pilot solutions for Philly millennials

Applications to the Well City Challenge will be accepted Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.

5 years ago

In Nashville, Tenn., a sign reminds visitors to wear masks at Belmont University, which is preparing to host Thursday's presidential debate.
NPR
National
Public Health

CDC reduces consecutive minutes of COVID-19 exposure needed to be a ‘close contact’

In a study published Wednesday, the CDC and Vermont health officials found that multiple short exposures to people confirmed to have COVID-19 led to transmission of the virus.

5 years ago

Protesters took to the streets Saturday, demanding justice for Black people killed by police. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Economy
Philadelphia
Eyes on the Street

3 big ideas to fuel an equitable COVID recovery

A social worker and a disaster expert describe the things Philly can do to recover from coronavirus and heal the injustices revealed by the pandemic.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
New Jersey
Politics
Public Health

N.J. Gov. Murphy tests negative after learning of COVID exposure

On learning the news, the governor left a Camden County press conference about jobs, saying he needed to get away to be tested.

5 years ago

Karla Monterroso sits in the foreground of a room of people
NPR
Health Care
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

‘All you want is to be believed’: Sick with COVID-19 and facing racial bias in the ER

When a Latina woman went to the hospital, a doctor dismissed her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the virus?

5 years ago

Clinicians care for a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit
NPR
National
Public Health

Studies point to big drop in COVID-19 death rates

More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments help, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling.

5 years ago

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a news conference at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
Medicine
Politics
Public Health

Covid task force in disarray and winter social distancing

We discuss how the U.S. pandemic response get derailed and ways to stay safe and sane this winter as Covid rates rise.

Air Date: October 21, 2020 10:00 am

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A plane full of masked people
NPR
Transportation
Travel

Do masks on plane flights really cut your risk of catching COVID-19?

On an 8-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 COVID-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?

5 years ago

A gloved finger prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to administer to a volunteer.
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. Health Department warns against two state lawmakers’ false claims about potential COVID-19 vaccine

Both Metcalfe and Mastriano have been vocal critics of the Wolf administration’s handling of the pandemic.

5 years ago

Spc. Kim Whitbeck
Delaware
Public Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Southern case numbers grow as northern region improves

Sussex County is averaging about 40 new cases per day, that’s more than double the rate at the start of October when the county averaged just 15 new cases.

5 years ago

Students wearing masks on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania

One in 10 Penn State students who returned to State College has now had COVID-19

3,538 University Park students have tested positive, according to Penn State's dashboard update Tuesday.

5 years ago

kitten in a tree
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Pa. coronavirus recovery: State’s first COVID positive cat; Philly cases on the rise

The Cumberland County cat is one of just a handful of pets across the country known to have died or been euthanized following COVID-19 infection.

5 years ago

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