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NPR
Mental Health
National
Public Health

Act now to get ahead of a mental health crisis, specialists advise US

Suicide prevention advocates are doubling down to bolster the resilience of Americans who are suffering from feelings of despair during the pandemic.

6 years ago

COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly investigating 1,742 percent more respiratory deaths, and many at-home deaths

Total fatalities investigated and ultimately linked to respiratory disorders rose from just seven between February and April of last year to 129 this year.

6 years ago

(NBC New York)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
NBC10

City will give out cribs to mothers to prevent infant deaths

Babies are safer in a crib than on an adult bed or a sofa.

6 years ago

Medical workers prepare to use a swab to administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through center on March 21 in Jericho, N.Y. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Despite early warnings, U.S. took months to expand swab production for COVID-19 test

The COVID-19 testing process has been plagued by missing components, including swabs, reagents and the chemical solution that keeps samples fresh.

6 years ago

Spanish Flu
Philadelphia
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

A brief history of pandemics in Philly and the myth of race-based immunity

The misbelief that Blacks are immune to pandemics isn’t novel. Its history goes as far back as 1793.

6 years ago

The 25th annual Kids Count Fact Book shows more than 12% of Delaware children live in poverty, about the same as 25 years ago. (Courtesy Kids Count in Delaware)
Delaware
Kids

Delaware kids living in poverty will be hurt further by the coronavirus, researchers say

The 25th annual Kids Count report was assembled before the coronavirus started spreading in Delaware, but the impact the virus will have on kids is obvious to researchers.

6 years ago

Molecular technologists work next to QuantStudio 12K Flex Real Time PCR machines that test for COVID-19 at MHS Labs, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Monroeville, Pa. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. distributes antiviral drug remdesivir to 51 hospitals

The federal government sent its first shipment of 1,200 doses of investigational antiviral drug remdesivir to the Pennsylvania Health Department on Tuesday.

6 years ago

Coronavirus rapid test
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Rapid testing is coming to Philly and could trim wait from days to minutes

Officials say more tests and speedy results are key to reopening the economy.

6 years ago

Scott Hoffman sits on his porch in Sunbury, Northumberland County, on April 29, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health
PA Post

A Pa. company switched from sewing football jerseys to face masks. Workers walked off, saying the plan was unsafe

“It wasn’t about getting masks out to the public. It was about saving his company and making as much money as possible."

6 years ago

New Jersey coronavirus response
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. opens registration for up to 5,000 contact tracers

The state also committed to testing all residents and staff at some 670 nursing homes over the next two weeks.

6 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware embarks on expansive contact tracing program

Gov. John Carney says contract tracing in conjunction with expanded testing initiative will pave the way to reopening the state’s economy.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci
National
Public Health

Fauci warns of ‘suffering and death’ if US reopens too soon

Fauci’s testimony comes as President Trump is praising states that are reopening after the prolonged lock-down aimed at controlling the virus' spread.

6 years ago

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File)
Public Health

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections

6 years ago

A patient room at CHOP
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

CHOP offers families urgent care video visits during COVID-19 pandemic

The video visits are geared for non-emergency and non-life-threatening conditions such as rashes, fever, seasonal allergies and sore throats.

6 years ago

The marquee of the Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg, P.a, on Friday, May 8, 2020, tells moviegoers it hopes to reopen soon. Some of the retail shops in the town’s Market Street shopping strip reopened after about two months on Friday, with a  trickle of customers, as Union County was considered to be safe enough to begin to loosen social distancing restrictions. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Economy
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf threatens to withhold funds from counties that go rogue

At least six Pa. counties have said they would no longer enforce the governor’s business shutdown orders, meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

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