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Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Higher Education
National
Public Health

Anthony Fauci: ‘Now is the time … to care selflessly about one another’

Dr. Anthony Fauci offered surprise graduation addresses to Johns Hopkins University and his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross.

6 years ago

The Al-Aqsa Islamic Society
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Philly area Muslims mark the end of a socially distant Ramadan

Sunday marked the end of a Ramadan like no other. Philly area Muslims spent time with family, prepared to give out meals and held a car parade.

6 years ago

Memorial Day weekend amid coronavirus pandemic
National
Public Health
Travel

Holiday amid pandemic: Americans divided on how to respond

Rain dampened the start of the weekend in the northeastern U.S., where beaches were expected to attract throngs of people and test the effectiveness of social distancing.

6 years ago

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published planning scenarios to help public health officials address the coronavirus. Some experts consider these estimates optimistic. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Scientists say new, lower CDC estimates for severity of COVID-19 are optimistic

A new model released by the CDC forecasts millions fewer hospitalizations and roughly 100,000 fewer deaths than it predicted a month ago.

6 years ago

(Meredith Miotke for NPR)
NPR
Environment
Outdoors

From camping to dining out: Here’s how experts rate the risks of 14 summer activities

The weather's warming up and public spaces are starting to reopen. How do you decide what's safe to do? We have guidance to help you compare and evaluate the risks.

6 years ago

Town worker Steve Crowley washes and disinfects the public restroom at Mayflower Beach, in Dennis, Mass., last week. As stay-at-home restrictions are lifting, many people are concerned about using public restrooms. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Public Health

Fear of public restrooms prompts creative solutions as some businesses reopen

Some people are afraid to use potentially germ-filled public restrooms as stay-at-home restrictions begin lifting. That's boosting sales of products that offer creative altern

6 years ago

Virus Outbreak Inside A New York ER
Health Care
Public Health

Were hospitals unprepared for the pandemic? How are they planning for a 2nd wave?

The current pandemic exposed some deep-seated issues with disaster planning, and hospitals are working on those before a second wave of COVID cases arrives.

6 years ago

Lynn Tanner, center, and her husband Ryan, bottom right, are served lunch at Busy Bee Cafe Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Ventura, Calif.  Much of the country remains unlikely to venture out to bars, restaurants, theaters or gyms anytime soon, despite state and local officials increasingly allowing businesses to reopen. That's according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Economy
Food & Drink
Public Health

AP-NORC poll: Many in U.S. won’t return to gym or dining out

That hesitancy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak could muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest economic downturn in U.S. history

6 years ago

Camden County Freeholder Jon Young (center) and other volunteers and county employees carry boxes of fresh fruit and milk to a waiting car at Antioch Baptist Church.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Public Health

Camden Co. freeholders start weekly food drive to assist overburdened pantries

County Freeholder Jonathan Young said Friday’s food drive fed a little over 200 families this morning, with 1,200 boxes of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products.

6 years ago

A boy adjusts his mask as he walks down the boardwalk, Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. allows larger outdoor groups, takes hatchet to budget

Without billions in federal aid, the state says it will cut spending on tax relief, aid to colleges and a slew of other programs.

6 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Saying they’ve been ignored, nursing homes lay claim to latest federal COVID-19 funding

DHS, nursing homes have very different ideas about what to do with $200 million in additional federal Medicaid funding

6 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark.
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus Update: 1,100 part time workers laid off at Univ. of Delaware

The layoff announcement affects nearly all part time workers at the university, but does not include adjunct faculty, graduate students, or work-study students.

6 years ago

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: First Pa. counties go green; all counties to partially reopen by June 5

Under the state government’s three-tiered color-coded reopening system, all businesses in ‘green’ counties will be allowed to reopen without limits on social gathering

6 years ago

(Illustration courtesy of Kris Mellor Soffa)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia is still waiting in line for critical PPE ordered months ago

The city is looking at “improved ponchos” as a substitute for missing hospital gowns.

6 years ago

Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services/Natalie Kolb)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa.’s coronavirus data collection raises eyebrows

Pa.'s Department of Health confirmed reporting by The Atlantic magazine, that the state includes results of both viral and antibody tests in its total coronavirus case count.

6 years ago

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