Health
Don’t treat COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine, American College of Physicians says
The American College of Physicians says there are risks to using the anti-malarial drug on patients, and no benefit. Monitored clinical trials are advised.
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Listen 1:44N.J. partners with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics for drive-thru COVID-19 testing
Gov. Phil Murphy announced a partnership with Quest Diagnostics and Walmart to provide seven self-administered testing sites across the state.
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WHO: Trump cut to US funds would hit world’s most vulnerable
The comments came on a day when a total of 106,000 COVID-19 cases were reported to the WHO over the last 24 hours, the most in a single day since the pandemic began.
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Leading Philly’s coronavirus response: Meet 15 key people in the city health department
The team has been working nearly 24/7 since the pandemic landed.
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The Republicans who signed the letter to Gov. John Carney want him to start the first phase of reopening this weekend, not his June 1 target date.
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Coronavirus update: N.J. launches ‘Mask Up!’ campaign
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced a new initiative to encourage wearing masks in public areas.
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in US, Canada
The product faces nearly 20,000 lawsuits claiming it caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
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16 weeks of crisis: Inside the Philadelphia health department’s war on the coronavirus
“You can study a pandemic till you’re blue in the face, but you never know what it’s going to be like until it happens.”
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Jefferson finds a commercial partner for its potential COVID-19 vaccine
The novel COVID-19 vaccine was developed in the lab of Jefferson professor Matthias Schnell, an infectious disease expert.
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Renewed calls for N.J. limit on toxic chemical as EPA reportedly rejects national regulation
Feds reversed an earlier plan to set a national standard for the toxic chemical, citing tough measures in two states.
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Pa. caves to pressure, reveals data showing COVID-19 battered smaller nursing homes
Among facilities in the 5-county region with 5 or more deaths, the average infection rate was 44%; nearly half of residents tested positive, new data show.
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More migrant workers test positive for COVID-19, this time in Gloucester County
With thousands of more seasonal workers due to arrive in South Jersey, farmers still await Department of Health safety guidelines.
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Why nursing homes are taking COVID-19 patients
At least half the COVID-19 deaths in Pa., N.J. and Del. have been among nursing home residents. So why are some facilities knowingly letting in patients with the virus?
Air Date: May 19, 2020
Listen 18:03Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
The nation’s mental health care system is struggling to continue treating patients in spite of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus update: Masks and distancing still necessary outdoors, says Philly mayor
Kenney blamed the White House in part for spreading “ridicule and dangerous” ideas that social distancing isn’t necessary.
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