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Dr. Bradly Dreifuss has been living in an Airbnb for months to ensure he doesn't bring the virus home to his wife and daughter. (Courtesy of Kathleen Dreier)
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

As pandemic persists, health care heroes beginning to crack under the strain

Many doctors are suffering burnout five months into the pandemic. But the toll is compounded for Latino doctors serving heavily affected communities.

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Review of COVID-19’s effect on communities of color largely ignores those incarcerated in Pa.

A state task force is calling on the legislature to give corrections and parole officials greater flexibility to release incarcerated people during declared disasters.

6 years ago

(Public domain image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health

Numerous high school students tested positive for COVID-19 after Shore party

Numerous high school students from South Jersey have tested positive for COVID-19 after a Sea Isle City party, officials said. 

6 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Delaware
Public Health

New Castle County offers $10 million to reduce coronavirus health care inequity

People of color in Delaware's most populous county have a higher rate of infection than white residents. The county will offer $10 million to community groups to reduce that.

6 years ago

A medical worker collects a sample after a patient self-administered a COVID-19 nasal swab test at a Walgreens pharmacy, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Contact tracers get little cooperation, shutoff moratorium extended

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says that the Garden State’s efforts to perform COVID-19 contract tracing had been hampered by non-responders.

6 years ago

A virtual town hall about a prospective public health department in Delaware County drew 200 people. (Screenshot)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

A town hall update on Delco’s move toward a health department all its own

Highlighted at the virtual session, attended by 200-plus, was a Johns Hopkins report assessing the public health profile and availability of resources.

6 years ago

Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
The Pulse
K-12
Public Health

Safety or socialization?: School leaders ‘agonize’ over COVID-era back-to-school plans

It takes years for science to migrate into real-life practice. Today, educators are trying to make real-time sense of a disease scientists are learning about on the fly.

6 years ago

Listen 11:14
How are kids being impacted by the pandemic? Our high school reporters, Trinity Hunt (left), Kaitlyn Rodriguez (center) and Sammy Sacksith (right) produced short personal essays on ways that the pandemic has impacted each of their lives.  (Image courtesy of Trinity Hunt, Kaitlyn Rodriguez and Sammy Sacksith)
The Pulse
K-12
Public Health

Student showcase: What teenagers are thinking about this upcoming school year

How are kids being impacted by the pandemic? Our high school reporters produced short personal essays on ways that the pandemic has impacted each of their lives.

6 years ago

Jacqueline Canter in June at Haddon Lake Park with her dogs Frankie and Ernie, six weeks after being discharged from the rehabilitation center. (Courtesy of Jacqueline Canter)
Mental Health
Public Health

Haunted by sickness: The enduring trauma of COVID-19

For some who have recovered, emotional or psychological effects linger, compounded because their symptoms mirror those of the coronavirus itself.

6 years ago

Listen 2:49
Outdoor dining in Philly amid the coronavirus pandemic
PlanPhilly
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

What the return of indoor dining means in Philadelphia

Indoor dining is back. As many celebrate the return of restaurant life, workers face new conflicts and questions.

6 years ago

Volunteer is injected with the vaccine as part of an Imperial College vaccine trial, at a clinic in London, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Imperial College is working on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Radio Times
Medicine
Public Health

Can we count on a Covid vaccine?

We'll talk about where the vaccine trials stand and the challenges of immunizing large populations. We'll also learn the latest on virus transmission and immunity.

Air Date: August 20, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
City Reach Philly Church in Northeast Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Philadelphia
Religion

City officials investigate COVID-19 outbreak at Northeast Philly church

Nine members of City Reach Philly Church in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia have tested positive for COVID-19.

6 years ago

Drexel University
Higher Education
Philadelphia
NBC10

Drexel University undergraduate students to stay home this fall

Drexel will also cancel the tuition increase and implement a tuition freeze for all undergraduate students in the fall 2020 term to help them deal with financial difficulties.

6 years ago

Advocates and workers protest outside of Ashley Furniture facility in Leesport, Pa. (Courtesy of Make the Road)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health

‘Pandemic changed nothing’: Manufacturing workers voice concerns over COVID safety

Employee concerns highlight the struggle taking place in workplaces across America, where companies are debating how much to invest in retrofitting their workspaces.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

A decades-old law is shielding the Wolf administration from scrutiny of its coronavirus response

Pa. is denying journalists' requests for COVID-19 data and records using a law authored in the heyday of syphilis.

6 years ago

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