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Mental Health
Public Health

Staying strong during lockdown means reaching out — and working your mind, too

Keeping your brain busy but relaxed by volunteering, gardening, or learning a new language, for example, can help you cope with hard times now and in the future.

5 years ago

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a news conference last month in Geneva. He is urging countries to join a pact aimed at ensuring access to drugs to prevent COVID-19. (Fabrice  Coffrini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Health

WHO chief urges nations to join in preventing ‘vaccine nationalism’

"Sharing finite supplies strategically and globally is actually in each country's national interest," Tedros said.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Technology

Pa. coronavirus recovery: App to track COVID-19 exposure coming in September

The app uses tech developed by Apple and Google to track if users have come within six feet of someone who’s tested positive for COVID for 15 minutes.

5 years ago

Residents at the Southern Pines nursing home are separated and wear face coverings during their daily bingo game in Warner Robins, Ga., on Thursday, June 25, 2020. “We’re going to have to run different for a long while,” says administrator Donna Stefano. “Otherwise it’s going to come back and next time we may not be so lucky.” (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Aging
Public Health

Report: Nursing home cases up nearly 80% in COVID-19 rebound

Long-term care facilities account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths.

5 years ago

Coronavirus patient samples
Public Health

FDA flags accuracy problem with widely used coronavirus test

Potential accuracy issues with a widely used coronavirus test could lead to false results for patients, U.S. health officials warned.

5 years ago

In this May 14, 2020, photo, Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth performs a COVID-19 test outside the Salt Lake County health department, in Salt Lake City. People who test positive are logged into an online database and assigned as new case to contract tracers at the health department who call them to find out who they've been around and where they've been. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
NPR
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

CDC study finds Latinos hit disproportionately hard by workplace outbreaks

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published on Monday is the latest to confirm that the coronavirus disproportionately impacts communities of color in the US.

5 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Technology

Pennsylvania prepares to launch virus-tracing app next month

The app is designed to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Are antigen tests the silver bullet to Pa.‘s coronavirus testing delays? Not so fast.

Here's everything you need to know about the different coronavirus tests and what they can — and can't — tell you.

5 years ago

Air conditioners on a building
NPR
Home & Family
Public Health

Can air conditioners spread COVID-19?

The answer to this question rests on the way the virus is transmitted — a topic that is still being researched.

5 years ago

Dr. Mike Benninghoff confers with registered nurse Lea Robbins in Christiana Hospital's intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients. (Courtesy of ChristianaCare)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Delaware hospitals have fewer and fewer COVID-19 patients

Public health officials and hospitals had feared disaster in the spring. But the number of people needing inpatient treatment has steadily declined.

5 years ago

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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 8, 2020: Season ticket holder David Baltazar of Long Beach wears a Dodgers neck gaiter as he sits with other fans watching the Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants from a far overlook spot because of the coronavirus pandemic in Elysian Park on August 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. They are listening to the game on the radio since they are too far away to hear the sounds form the game. No fans are allowed in the stadium. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

How should I cover my face? A deeper look into neck gaiters and face shields

Between face shields, neck gaiters and goggles, the options for protection are getting more complex.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Lebanon County to get its $12.8M in CARES Act funds

In May and June, the Pennsylvania Health Department did inspections, mostly following up on complaints about COVID-19. The data has just been released.

5 years ago

One of many ballot drop boxes in New Jersey for Tuesday's primary election.  (Evelyn Tu for WHYY)
Elections
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: General election to be a mix of mail-in, in-person voting

Gov. Murphy confirms N.J. will use largely the same plan from the primary for the general election. This time all registered voters will get a mail-in ballot.

5 years ago

Source: NPR survey of state public health departments, NPR and member station reporting, local media reports and National Association of County and City Health Officials. (Ruth Talbot/NPR)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

13 states make contact tracing data public. Here’s what they’re learning

The vast majority of states are gathering data from their contact tracing programs, but only 13 respondents reported that the data was posted on a government website.

5 years ago

Since hospitals have restricted minister visits due to COVID-19, Pastor Paul Shirley of Grace Community Church has reached out to patients on the phone. (Courtesy of Rebecca Shirley)
Health Care
Public Health
Religion

Hospital visits to those who are ill but not dying are vital too, clergy argue

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

5 years ago

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