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
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
The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Delaware hospitalization rate below projections
The actual rate of coronavirus patients needing hospitalization has been about half of state projections.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Murphy says widespread testing needed before reopening
While expressing some optimism that the curve is flattening, Murphy questioned how they could loosen any restrictions without greater testing capacity.
6 years ago
What we know about the silent spreaders of COVID-19
Is it possible to be infected with the coronavirus and show no symptoms? Or go through a period of several days before symptoms kick in?
6 years ago
Health experts caution Pa. lawmakers against easing COVID-19 rules too fast
Pennsylvania lawmakers are debating when they can start easing certain coronavirus containment guidelines. Doctors say it’s too soon.
6 years ago
Philly area hospitals grapple with shortage of drugs to put patients on ventilators
It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.
6 years ago
Listen 1:41Here’s where coronavirus is causing unemployment to spike in Pa.
The coronavirus shutdown has caused a massive spike in claims in population centers but has been felt most acutely on a per-capita basis in some of the most rural counties.
6 years ago
Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers
Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.
6 years ago
‘Customers thank me’: Philly tow king Lew Blum is sanitizing hooked cars
Tow business is down 80% during the pandemic, he says.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Murphy prohibits internet and phone shutoffs
Internet and phone service cannot be shut off to customers until 30 days after the current public health emergency has ended.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: No slowdown in Delaware, with 1,761 cases and 41 deaths
The daily toll keeps showing the curve of disease, hospitalization and death hasn’t flattened.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Philly pleads for federal government support
For the last week, the number of new cases in Pa. each day averaged around 9%, the first time the growth rate has been in the single digits.
6 years ago
No, you don’t need to disinfect your groceries. But here’s how to shop safely
The vast majority of the country is under lockdown right now. But stay-at-home orders come with a few exceptions — like grocery shopping.
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