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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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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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Innovation
Medicine

What’s the antibody coronavirus test Chester County is using?

The county started its program Wednesday: 10,000 test kits have already arrived and 10,000 more are expected next week.

6 years ago

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File photo: Sanitation workers in Northeast Philadelphia on March 30, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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‘We don’t feel safe’: Sanitation workers anxiously wait for city masks to arrive

“We don’t feel safe, we don’t feel protected and we don’t feel appreciated by the city,” said a Streets Department employee who spoke to WHYY under the condition of anonymity.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force at the White House on Monday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National
Public Health

Watch live: Trump, White House coronavirus task force hold news briefing

The White House coronavirus task force is expected to make an announcement Wednesday about changing guidelines for self-isolation

6 years ago

A Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 08, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
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Del. National Guard delivers meals to students in rural district

The Guard’s humanitarian mission is for the Appoquinimink School District in southern New Castle County, but officials said the military can help other districts that ask.

6 years ago

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Center City Philadelphia
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Race & Ethnicity

African Americans lead coronavirus deaths in Philadelphia

New data released by the city shows Black Philadelphians made up 39% of 78 deaths resulting from COVID-19. White Philadelphians comprised another 29%.

6 years ago

WHYY reporter Sabrina Emms, wearing a mask made from a T-shirt according to a design found in the New York Times. (Courtesy of Sabrina Emms)
Medicine
Public Health

It’s not all about the face mask. How you wear it matters, too

Don’t go out without a mask, we’re urged. Our reporter tried making a few designs, and learned that how you treat your mask is important as well.

6 years ago

A sign reading “Sorry We’re Closed” is placed at the Pennsylvania welcome sign on the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Delaware Water Gap, Pa. on Saturday, April 4, 2020. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Philly depositions go virtual as Pa. cases rise over 16K

Pennsylvania reported 1,680 new cases of COVID-19 and an additional 70 deaths Wednesday.

6 years ago

April 4, 2020, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA: Customer is ready for shopping wearing a top of the line protective mask at Home Depot during this covid-19 pandemic in Watchung, New Jersey. Duncan Williams/CSM.(Credit Image: © Duncan Williams/CSM via ZUMA Wire) (Cal Sport Media via AP Images)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. requires face coverings at all retail stores

Gov. Phil Murphy also emphasized that families should not gather for the upcoming Passover, Easter and Ramadan holidays.

6 years ago

Main Street on the campus of the University of Delaware is completely deserted Monday. March 23, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Second incarcerated person tests positive in Delaware

A second incarcerated person at Delaware’s largest prison has tested positive for coronavirus, the state Department of Correction announced Wednesday afternoon.

6 years ago

Preparing for COVID-19 intensive care patients (Photo by: Britta Pedersen/AP Images)
Radio Times
Biology
Public Health

Medical ethics in a pandemic

Today on the show, we're going to talk about the ethical questions that are arising for health systems and health providers on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Air Date: April 8, 2020 10:00 am

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A worker directs travelers wearing face masks and suits to protect against the spread of coronavirus at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei Province, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by train and plane alone, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
International
Public Health

Wuhan ends lockdown as health workers buckle under strain

After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday, and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave.

6 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. plans for regional nursing homes to accept sick residents, staff

With COVID-19 patients at half of the state’s eldercare facilities, and shortages of staff, PPE endemic, regional cohorts could help slow spread of infection.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (from left) Megan Boyle, Marina Spitkovskaya, Jamie Huot, and Stephen Bonett, all of whom are nurses, walk to the swabbing tent as the city's coronavirus testing site prepared to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Loss of FEMA funds is behind Friday closure of 2 local drive-through test sites

Citizens Bank Park and Temple Ambler test locations will close. FEMA says they were intended as “immediate high-impact intervention” for initial testing.

6 years ago

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Emily Kramer-Golinkoff of Ardmore lives with cystic fibrosis. She is co-founder of Emily's Entourage, a nonprofit that pushes for research and drug development to treat and eliminate the disease. (Cheyenne Gil)
Medicine
Public Health

COVID-19 makes life more difficult for those with cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis advocate Emily Kramer-Golinkoff tells Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn how the coronavirus pandemic has made her life more difficult.

6 years ago

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