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A shopper wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus crosses South 9th Street in the Italian Market neighborhood of Philadelphia, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: 200,000+ unemployment claims as joblessness surges in Southeastern Pa.

New statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry shows hundreds of thousands of unemployment claims have been filed in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

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 state of emergency extended

Gov. Carney issued a declaration formally extending the state of emergency order he first put in place on March 12.

6 years ago

(David Maialetti/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. coroners, health department at odds over how to handle suspected coronavirus cases, potentially affecting death count

A lack of tests is just one problem the state's coroners are facing as they take on the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (City of Philadelphia)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Open letter from Mayor Kenney to Philadelphia amid coronavirus crisis

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the impact of coronavirus in a letter to all Philadelphians.

6 years ago

Empty hospital bed. (arPhoenixphoto/BigStock)
Medicine
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

A disturbing medical consensus is growing. Here’s what it could mean for Black patients with coronavirus.

The “save-the-most-lives” approach will exacerbate the already-existing health care inequalities, argues Dr. Hannah McLane, an occupational medicine physician.

6 years ago

New Jersey coronavirus response
The Pulse
Medicine

Finding Resilience During a Pandemic

What does it take to get through a global pandemic? How do you keep going, keep working, get up every day and hope for the best? Around t ...

Air Date: April 10, 2020

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Jules E. Mastbaum High School
Homelessness
Housing
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly eyes Mastbaum High School for temporary Kensington homeless shelter

The city is opening a drop-in site in the neighborhood to encourage more social distancing.

6 years ago

(BigStock/Fredli)
New Jersey
Public Health
Technology

Why N.J. wants coders fluent in a 60-year-old language in the middle of a pandemic

Experts say COBOL was likely not written to be able to process the more than 500,000 unemployment claims New Jersey residents have submitted online.

6 years ago

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Julia Moore
Health Care
Public Health

Most Pa. hospitals expect to burn through mask supplies within a week

Over the last two days, health care workers have demanded that the federal government provide the emergency supplies they need on COVID-19 front lines.

6 years ago

People congregate at Somerset Street and Kensington Avenue on April 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia
Public Health

Kensington: Where the opioid crisis meets COVID-19

Kensington is the epicenter of the opioid crisis in Philly. Now, with the coronavirus crisis raging, residents worry that the neighborhood may be doubly vulnerable.

Air Date: April 9, 2020

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wearing a mask that says 'EXIT 109' for his daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Pool photo by Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Despite blowback, N.J. parks to stay closed

Also: N.J. creates a grace period for paying insurance premiums, and stores can deny entry to customers who don’t wear face coverings.

6 years ago

Deavin Reaves, executive director of the PA Harm Reduction Coalition, in front of a shipment of Narcan COURTESY DEVIN REAVES
Addiction
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Record-breaking Narcan shipments to prevent Pa. coronavirus overdose spike

The city has started weekly trainings so people living with users are ready to help.

6 years ago

A mounted officer patrols while wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of new coronavirus, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Cases confirmed in all 67 Pa. counties; state prisons extend visitation ban

The number of confirmed cases in Pa. has increased by 1,989 over the past 24 hours, and there were 29 new deaths in that time.

6 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Carney rejects university report that Delaware hospitalizations have peaked

The University of Washington had predicted that Delaware hospitalizations would peak Thursday but statistics belie that projection.

6 years ago

Doylestown Health workers place used N95 masks on a rack for HPV sanitation. (Courtesy of Ron Watson/Doylestown Health)
Medicine
Public Health

Doylestown Hospital has a sterile solution to the N95 mask shortage

The Bucks County facility uses hydrogen peroxide vapor tech to decontaminate its supply of face masks prized for its ability to filter 95% of particles.

6 years ago

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