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Philadelphia skyline on a misty, foggy evening
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly’s winter coronavirus restrictions will last through the New Year

No indoor dining, no gyms, no theaters — and ideally, no gathering with people outside your household at all.

6 years ago

A child wears a protective mask while playing in April in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
NPR
Kids
Public Health

Over 1 million children tested positive for coronavirus in the United States

Children now make up at least 1 in 11 of all reported U.S. coronavirus cases.

6 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford, a pediatric surgeon, holds COVID-19 testing materials outside the mobile testing site of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
Public Health

Coronavirus outbreak hits nearly a dozen Philly election staffers

There’s no evidence so far of a large outbreak at the Pa. Convention Center vote-counting site.

6 years ago

Drive-through test sites like this one in Delaware are popping up around the Philly region. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Data breach affects 10,000 tested for COVID-19 in Delaware

The information of 10,000 Delawareans who got tested for COVID-19 over the summer was accidentally sent to an unauthorized person.

6 years ago

Listen 1:38
A restaurant on 16th Street in Center City uses the street for outdoor dining. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Public Health

Inside Philly’s new COVID-19 restrictions

Coronavirus is surging in Philly, and asking people to distance isn't stopping the spread — so the city is entering a new phase of life in lockdown

Air Date: November 16, 2020

Listen 18:25
A woman walks out of a drugstore in Times Square
NPR
National
Public Health

US hits 11 million coronavirus cases, adding 1 million in a week

More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according to Johns Hopkins. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day.

6 years ago

Moderna in Cambridge, Mass.
NPR
Medicine
National
Public Health

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective, analysis finds

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

6 years ago

West Side Grows held a Halloween event for the children of Wilmington's West Side neighborhood. Masks were given distributed to attendants. (Courtesy of Jason McCall)
Delaware
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Looking across time: A yearlong study will focus on Delaware communities hit hardest by COVID-19

Nine communities will be researched for a year to determine behavioral factors contributing to the virus. The aim: to empower them to protect themselves.

6 years ago

Staff in protective equipment prepare to test people at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J.
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

Trenton to implement stricter COVID-19 restrictions Monday

New Jersey’s capital city will take advantage of a new order from Gov. Phil Murphy allowing it to implement stricter rules to mitigate COVID-19 spread as cases rise.

6 years ago

Travelers wear face masks at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Friday. The U.S. is leading the world in confirmed coronavirus infections. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
NPR
National
Public Health

U.S. adds 184,000 coronavirus cases in one day, with no end in sight

The country set another record for daily infections. America is the world leader in COVID-19 fatalities. Biden expressed alarm and urged the White House to take action.

6 years ago

Coronavirus test
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly to announce new COVID-19 restrictions Monday, likely a ban on indoor dining

The Public Health Dept. says details are being finalized. According to a draft obtained by WHYY, the restrictions likely will include a ban on indoor dining.

6 years ago

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Google Maps)
Broke in Philly

Nurses and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital reach deal, averting a strike

The agreement comes just days before the 260 nurses at the Delco facility planned to walk out over what they said were unsafe staffing arrangements.

6 years ago

The White House is seen in the background as sign of the National COVID-19 Remembrance, event at The Ellipse outside of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Radio Times
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

A COVID-19 update as cases surge

Over the past week, the United States has blown past previous record highs for COVID-19. And the surge of new case numbers is continuing throughout the country.

Air Date: November 13, 2020

Listen 49:32
A woman sits in a theater in Irvine, Calif., waiting for a movie to start, on Sept. 8. A COVID-19 vaccine could unleash pent-up spending from households that have mostly avoided activities like going to the gym during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)
NPR
Economy
Public Health

Vaccine could unlock trillions in spending, leading to ‘Biden boom’

Pent-up demand from households that have been cooped up over the last eight months could drive a spending boom in the spring, providing a big boost to the economy.

6 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Health Care
Public Health

‘We really want to avoid a lockdown’: Delco officials warn of COVID-19 surge overwhelming hospitals

In the past week alone, the county reported more than 200 new cases in three days. On Thursday, there were 223 new cases, not far from the spring peak.

6 years ago

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