Health
Coronavirus update: First Philadelphia city employee dies from coronavirus
A lieutenant with the Philadelphia Police Department died over the weekend from the coronavirus. According to the city, he is the first city employee to die from COVID-19.
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Meet the key officials leading Philly’s pandemic response
Who’s running the show on health, schools, operations and transit.
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COVID-19 brings ‘cataclysmic changes’ for people giving birth in Philadelphia area
With the pandemic, more are interested in home births, some ask for induced labor, and some are coming from New York to see about having babies here.
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"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."
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Coronavirus update: Trump declares ‘major disaster’ in Del.; Feds give N.J. 500 more ventilators
New Jersey has now been granted half of the 2,500 ventilators Gov. Phil Murphy has asked of the federal government.
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Can air pollution make coronavirus worse? Scientists say yes — possibly in both cases and severity
A few years ago, Karen Clay and two other scientists studied the death rates for the 1918 flu pandemic in the U.S.
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Counting toilet paper squares, composting: This how we deal with pandemic-era trash
Stay-at-home rules raise lots of new questions: How to manage all those delivery bags? Dispose of sanitizing spray and paper goods, or reuse them?
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Listen 1:20Another 4,331 New Jersey residents tested positive for coronavirus since Friday, and an additional 200 residents have died, the governor said.
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Coronavirus will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.’s small towns and rural areas, experts say
When an EMT fell ill with the coronavirus in Upper Merion Township, the department saw its ranks suddenly dwindle. In all, 22 emergency personnel, including the fire chief.
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Pa. officials: Play alone so parks can stay open
City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Food shortages? Nope, too much food in the wrong places
Some Americans, fearing food shortages from COVID-19, have cleaned out supermarket shelves. Yet there's too much food in some places.
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Scientists probe how coronavirus might travel through the air
Simply talking could produce tiny particles of mucus and saliva that might carry the coronavirus, experts say.
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Possible treatment for COVID-19 enters clinical trial at Penn
Three separate sub-studies will launch next with the drug, widely used by people with autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Face masks recommended, though Trump says he won’t wear one
The new guidance is raising concern that it could lead to a sudden run on masks.
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Protesters: Free Hahnemann! Gov’t leaders: We have better options.
Councilmember Helen Gym thinks it’s still worth exploring eminent domain.
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