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Casa de Salud clinicians, staff and health apprentices
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National
Public Health

Medicaid clinics and doctors have been last in line for COVID-19 relief funding

"If we wait, core components of the Medicaid delivery system could fail during, or soon after, this pandemic," wrote the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

6 years ago

Uber responds to the coronavirus
National
Public Health
Transportation

Uber to require drivers and riders to wear face masks starting Monday

The ride-hailing giant is preparing riders and drivers alike for a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A driver opens a self-testing kit at a CVS drive-through. (Provided by CVS Health)
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

CVS, Rite-Aid expand free drive-through COVID-19 testing in Pennsylvania

Testing more people is important, but a negative result does not necessarily mean someone is in the clear.

6 years ago

Listen 1:46
Unemployed people wait outside the state Labor Bureau in New York City in 1933.
NPR
National
Public Health

‘A lot to be hopeful for’: Crisis seen as historic, not another Great Depression

The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But experts say this downturn should be shorter.

6 years ago

Broad Street Line
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: SEPTA resumes some regular schedules; More unemployment help for Pennsylvanians

SEPTA riders can expect most bus and trolley lines to return to normal schedules, plus the Market-Frankford, Broad Street and Norristown High Speed Lines.

6 years ago

A runner exercises outside.
Outdoors
Public Health

Should runners wear a face mask outdoors?

Masks are designed to prevent the wearer from possibly spreading the virus to others or being exposed themselves.

6 years ago

College students return home to isolate with family
NPR
Home & Family
LGBTQ

Home but not safe, some LGBTQ young people face rejection from families in lockdown

Returning to the family home can be traumatizing for LGBTQ college students, psychologists say, especially if parents or siblings reject them or are even hostile.

6 years ago

Sheila Kelly stands behind makeshift barriers as she helps patrons at her restaurant
National
Public Health

How long before we know if reopenings cause virus spikes?

Experts say it could take several weeks to see enough testing data to know how lifting restrictions is affecting the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

This April 3, 2020 photo provided by Northwestern University shows discoloration on a teenage patient's toes at the onset of the condition informally called
National
Public Health

‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs

As COVID-19 continues to spread, less common symptoms are being reported including loss of smell, vomiting and diarrhea, and increasingly, a variety of skin problems.

6 years ago

Virus Outbreak New York
International
Public Health

US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

In separate stark warnings, two major world leaders bluntly told their citizens that they need to adapt to living with COVID-19 and cannot wait to be saved by a vaccine.

6 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet
National
Public Safety

Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

The report made it clear: Bryant and the passengers almost certainly were dead in an instant due to blunt trauma.

6 years ago

In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020 photo, Meghan Peck works on contact tracing at the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade County, during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
National
Public Health

Local health agencies struggle to ramp up virus tracking

They are often hundreds — even thousands — of people short of targets for their contact tracing programs.

6 years ago

Antiviral drug
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. hospitals get more remdesivir; fishing charters, boat rentals resume in N.J. Sunday

More than 9,000 doses of the experimental drug are slated for distribution to hospitals across the state to treat COVID-19 infections.

6 years ago

President Trump's administration
NPR
Health Care
Politics

Replace Trump and bolster the CDC, a leading medical journal urges

The unsigned editorial sharply criticizes the Trump administration, saying it has marginalized the CDC to a degree that is dangerous for both the U.S. and the world.

6 years ago

The process of getting a saliva-based test takes only a few minutes.  (Courtesy of Agatha Bacelar for Curative Inc.)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms draws 600 in Delaware

The state’s purchase of 200,000 tests gives officials the ability to test up to 80,000 people monthly for the virus that has already infected more than 7,000 residents.

6 years ago

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