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Coronavirus update: Pa. Gov. rejects GOP efforts to adjust stay-at-home orders

Governor Tom Wolf is planning to veto two proposed bills that would allow more Pennsylvanians to return to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

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Employees at Pa.’s ‘life-sustaining’ businesses question if their work is worth the risk

Over the course of the last month, dozens of people from all corners of Pennsylvania have contacted Spotlight PA to question a business’ decision to remain open

6 years ago

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Did you fall for a coronavirus hoax? Facebook will let you know

The social network is expanding efforts to curb the spread of harmful misinformation about COVID-19 after pressure from an activist group.

6 years ago

Peck's Food owner Theodore Peck touches hands with a customer through window glass while closing his storefront due to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Productivity and physical touch during coronavirus

We dive into why you're not feeling very productive right now and why we miss human touch so much.

Air Date: April 16, 2020

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Staff in protective equipment prepare to test people at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J.
Health Care
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How do quick coronavirus tests work, and will the U.S. have enough?

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb estimated at least 750,000 rapid point-of-care tests are needed weekly to guide the country out of the pandemic.

6 years ago

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Eyes on the Street

How a pandemic inspired your bathroom

Before COVID-19, the 1918 pandemic changed our world and with it, home design. This is how a century-old pandemic inspired the modern bathroom.

6 years ago

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Health Care
Technology

How to get the most out of your virtual medical appointment

What if you don't have COVID-19 symptoms, but you do have an earache or a child with a rash? These days, many more people are getting diagnosed via calls or video chats.

6 years ago

Ranvir Singh, a registered nurse in the  intensive care unit at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, tends to a patient March 19. 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center.)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: COVID-19 in nearly all N.J. long-term care facilities

The state reported a total of 6,815 coronavirus cases associated with long-term care facilities.

6 years ago

Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Aging
Delaware

Coronavirus update: Fewer hospitalized in Delaware as number of new cases is lowest in 10 days

Through Wednesday, more than half of the Delawareans who died lived in nursing homes. WHYY found that residents comprise 5% of the state’s cases.

6 years ago

Kris Jaeger with Broad Street Ministry distributes food as part of a new initiative called Step Up to the Plate, during a rainstorm outside of City Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Free baby supplies, food for elderly in Philadelphia

Ten sites around Philadelphia are now providing free food, diapers and other supplies for babies.

6 years ago

An ambulance pulls out of the emergency entrance at Temple University Hospital.
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Health Care
Pennsylvania

Frontline health care workers seek immunity from malpractice during COVID-19

The Pennsylvania Medical Society is asking Governor Tom Wolf to grant temporary immunity from malpractice claims to healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Powerback Rehabilitation in Center City Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Aging
Philadelphia

Despite risk, Philly facility housing seniors will take COVID patients from hospitals

The elderly are among the most susceptible to coronavirus. So why are long-term care centers admitting COVID-19-positive patients?

6 years ago

Charlie Secrest, pictured about six years ago, died at a Delaware nursing home on April 6 after contracting coronavirus. (Courtesy of Terri Hansen)
Aging
Delaware

‘Like a wildfire you can’t stop’: COVID-19 ravages Delaware nursing homes

Many nursing home residents have conditions that make them especially vulnerable to coronavirus. They account for 24 of 43 deaths in the state so far.

6 years ago

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Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia on North Broad St. (Google maps)
Health Care
Public Health

Einstein Healthcare Network to furlough workers

The health system, which employs 8,000 workers, instructed leadership to choose which positions to temporarily cut.

6 years ago

Police have closed Walnut Street in Philadelphia where a Holiday Inn Express will be a city quarantine site. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly opens second quarantine site for first responders with coronavirus

The city still won’t release the total numbers of frontline workers’ with the virus.

6 years ago

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