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State Sen. Anthony Williams. (Tyger Williams/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. Democratic state senator tests positive for the coronavirus

Democratic state Sen. Anthony Williams has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second Pennsylvania legislator to contract the virus.

5 years ago

Manco & Manco Pizza
Down the Shore
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Public Health

Manco & Manco closes pizzerias for cleaning after 3 employees test positive for COVID-19

Two of the employees were asymptomatic, according to restaurant management.

5 years ago

Bags of fresh food wait to be given away in Chicago in May. The number of malnourished people is expected to climb globally, according to the United Nations.
NPR
Income Inequality
Public Health

U.N. report says pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger

The coronavirus pandemic could push up to 132 million people into hunger by the end of 2020, according to a new United Nations report.

5 years ago

Masks are required for entry to a shoe store in Glendale, Calif. Most people follow social distancing and guidelines to wear masks when they enter retail stores and restaurants, but some customers don't comply.
NPR
Business
Public Health

The customer is always right. Except when they won’t wear a mask

In the age of COVID-19, most people follow social-distancing and mask-wearing guidelines when they enter retail stores and restaurants. But then there are the nightmare custom

5 years ago

Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza pandemic, December 1918. (National Archives)
History
Public Health
Public Safety
The Conversation

Mask resistance during a pandemic isn’t new – in 1918 many Americans were ‘slackers’

While a majority of Americans support wearing masks, widespread and consistent compliance has proven difficult to maintain in communities across the country.

5 years ago

A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.
NPR
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

CDC employees call out agency’s ‘toxic culture of racial aggressions’

Pointing to the coronavirus’ disproportionate impact on people of color, more than 1000 workers at the CDC call on the agency to declare racism a public health crisis.

5 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Why are we so confused about what’s safe? How did the message get so muddled?

When Pa. ordered a coronavirus shutdown in March, things were clear: Stay home. Four months later, localized rules make safety seem open to interpretation.

5 years ago

Listen 3:52
Kimrenee Patterson works on a puzzle, with Peyton, 2, at Patterson’s daycare in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Kids
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. mask mandate for kids at child care has good intentions. Can it be followed?

Youngsters 2 and over must wear masks, but child care providers worry it will hinder language development, monitoring for allergic reactions, and more.

5 years ago

Listen 1:49
COVID FAQ: Airborne transmission
NPR
Public Health

Coronavirus FAQ: How do I protect myself if the coronavirus can linger in the air?

The WHO released a new scientific brief on July 9 saying that airborne transmission might be contributing to spreading in crowded, poorly-ventilated indoor spaces.

5 years ago

Cars line up for drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Fla. The state reported a record-breaking 15,299 new cases on Sunday.
NPR
National
Public Health

Florida smashes U.S. state record of daily new cases: More than 15,200

Gov. Ron DeSantis has not ordered a statewide mask mandate, even as the coronavirus sets new records in Florida. Some local officials have imposed their own restrictions.

5 years ago

Philly skyline
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Travel

4 more states added to Pennsylvania travel quarantine list

The state earlier issued the recommendation for self-quarantine for people coming to the commonwealth from 15 other states.

5 years ago

Spending quality time with kids and listening deeply to them is one way to help them tame anxiety. Here Mariano Noesi and Maryam Jernigan-Noesi play with their 4-year-old son Carter. Jernigan-Noesi is a child psychologist. (Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR)
NPR
Home & Family
Kids

Kids feel pandemic stress too. Here’s how to help them thrive

For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood.

5 years ago

In this Monday, July 6, 2020 file photo, a health care worker administers a COVID-19 test at a site sponsored by Community Heath of South Florida at the Martin Luther King Jr. Clinica Campesina Health Center in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
National
Public Health

Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worse

Experts predicted states that saw increases in cases and hospitalizations would, at some point, see deaths rise too. Now that's happening.

5 years ago

A pedestrian walks past anti-5G graffiti in the Flatiron District of New York in May. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

Anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Conspiracy theories need just the right ingredients to take off within a population, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been a breeding ground for them.

5 years ago

FDNY firefighters gather to applaud medical workers as attending physician Mollie Williams, left, wears personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns outside Brooklyn Hospital Center, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Insurance
Public Health

COVID-19 heroes must jump through hoops for workers’ comp

Essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no guarantee in most states they'll qualify for workers' compensation to cover lost wages and medical care.

5 years ago

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