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Health

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

The Department of Health reported Thursday night that two South Jersey farm laborers died from COVID-19, the first fatalities for state farm laborers. Workers harvested beans in Homestead, Fla. on May 12, 2020. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Immigration
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Two fatalities reported as South Jersey seasonal farm workers with COVID-19 grows to 400

About 275 farm laborers, tested at Cumberland County’s drive-through sites, have positive results for the virus.

6 years ago

Pastor Tobe Witmer of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Newark was one of 174 Delaware pastors who signed a letter to Carney on May 16 urging him to reopen churches in the state. (Courtesy of Lighthouse Baptist Church)
Delaware
Religion

Del. leaders face divided backlash over reopening houses of worship

Some religious leaders say they should have the freedom to worship without restrictions, while others say it’s too soon to open under any conditions.

6 years ago

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Old Navy, a subsidiary of Gap, began selling nonmedical face masks in early May. (MB Internal Studio/Old Navy)
NPR
Business
Economy

Face masks provide a new frontier for retailers during coronavirus crisis

Many popular brands including Nordstrom and Gap now sell nonmedical grade face masks to meet consumer demand, but experts say mask sales are a drop in the bucket.

6 years ago

The exterior of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen in St. Louis, Mo., on May 30, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Gender
Health Care

Trump administration to Planned Parenthood: Return coronavirus relief funds

The Small Business Administration is asking Planned local Parenthood affiliates to return funds received under a coronavirus relief program.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Aging
Government Accountability
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. health officials quietly alter erroneous nursing home case, death counts as providers cry foul

Provider associations said publishing erroneous data has sewn panic and anger among family members, distrust among nursing home staff, and frustration for providers.

6 years ago

Blood collection tubes
NPR
Health Care
National
Public Health

Getting an antibody test for the coronavirus? Here’s what it won’t tell you

As antibody testing increases, infectious disease specialists worry that those tested — and their employers — may not understand the limits of the results.

6 years ago

Customers walk past an open sign at Rubio's Coastal Grill
National
Politics
Public Health

As nation reopens, a historic referendum on risk begins

As government officials and individuals design their own “Is it worth it?” calculus, Americans are subjectively measuring the stakes, helping frame a referendum on risk.

6 years ago

(Shutterstock)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Philadelphians struggling to pay water bills get a reprieve

Philadelphians who are behind on their water bills don’t have to worry about the city shutting off service until at least July 10.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Government Accountability
Health Care
Military

AP fact check: Trump’s false ‘Choice’ on vets’ health care

President Trump is putting forth a false “Choice" when he boasts about a program aimed at improving veterans' health care by steering more patients to the private sector.

6 years ago

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