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Medicine
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A risky but possibly lucrative mix: Nursing homes and COVID-19 patients

Canceled elective procedures mean many facilities are no longer getting short-term residents paid for by Medicare. Medicaid pays less for long-term care.

6 years ago

Temple University’s Liacouras Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Liacouras ‘COVID surge facility’ opens with no patients

The 10,000-seat sports arena was remade into a medical facility to meet the demands of coronavirus surge. It ended its first day open to patients with no beds in use.

6 years ago

A jogger runs past a wall painted with the word
Public Health

See the curve: Pa. coronavirus daily death count hits new high as spread slows

As the state's daily death rate hits a high, experts are cautiously optimistic that social distancing measures are helping to contain the contagion.

6 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware man dies in prison, was held in coronavirus cellblock

A man in a Delaware prison unit that had a coronavirus outbreak has died. Two coronavirus tests before his death were negative.

6 years ago

An infant grasps volunteer Kathleen Jones' hand in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Free diapers in Philly: 10 places mothers can get formula and supplies

A new program to help babies during the pandemic.

6 years ago

A sign is displayed on locked tennis courts in Branch Brook Park in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. unemployment climbs, schools will stay shut

New Jersey paid out $336 million in benefits in the last month. And some workers are now getting $600 supplemental payments.

6 years ago

(Provided to Billy Penn)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

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

(Robert Inglis / The Daily Item)
Business
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

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

Facebook says it has removed
NPR
Media
Technology

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)
Radio Times
Mental Health
National
Sex & Relationships

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
Public Health

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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PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
History
Public Health
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

Telemedicine
NPR
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

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