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Some of the key players on Philly's pandemic response team COURTESY PHILADELPHIA DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

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.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Delaware
Economy
Public Health

Coronavirus update: GOP lawmakers demand earlier, wider Del. reopening, call Carney moves ‘unconstitutional’

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.

6 years ago

A poster for New Jersey’s “Mask Up!” campaign (Image courtesy of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)
New Jersey
Public Health

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.

6 years ago

Johnson & Johnson baby powder
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

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.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley speaks to reporters
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

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.”

6 years ago

Dr. Matthias Schnell in his lab at Jefferson.
Medicine
Philadelphia
Public Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

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.

6 years ago

A sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

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.

6 years ago

Narberth Ambulance Paramedic Andrew Schifferli, left, and EMT Eric McKeever, right, wear full PPE during a call at a nursing home in Wynnewood, PA, on April 17, 2020, in Ardmore, Pa. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Health

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.

6 years ago

Farmworkers harvest beans
New Jersey
Public Health
Public Safety
NJ Spotlight

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.

6 years ago

Residents from St. Joseph's Senior Home are helped on to buses in Woodbridge, N.J., Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The Why
Aging
Public Health

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

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Aubrey drescribes loneliness brought on by social distancing
Health Care
Mental Health
National

Pandemic 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.

6 years ago

Circles drawn on the lawn of Domino Park in Brooklyn help enforce social distancing guidelines. (Two Trees Management)
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Health

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.

6 years ago

Medical examiners and coroners are the last stop for investigating unexpected deaths, including those who may have died of COVID-19. In April, the Cook County Medical Examiner opened a surge center to handle overflow from Chicago-area hospital morgues. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
NPR
Public Health

With postmortem testing, ‘last responders’ shed light on pandemic’s spread

As efforts to test for the coronavirus and trace cases continues, medical examiners and coroners play a vital — if often unsung ― role.

6 years ago

(Jessica Griffin / The Philsadelphia Inquirer)
Aging
Government Accountability
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. sold nursing home testing plan as ‘universal’ and ‘radical’, but advocates say it’s optional and insufficient

The admin. falls short of official claims, has fueled some confusion on the ground, and would allow any nursing home to opt out of the robust testing suggested by the state.

6 years ago

A Rite Aid Pharmacy sign
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. pharmacies to offer COVID-19 tests without prescription

Health care was long assumed to be immune from economic downturns, one expert said. This pandemic is different.

6 years ago

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