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Health

Aetna was the first insurer to announce its plan to help shield patients with COVID-19 from high medical bills. But out-of-network charges and other surprise bills remain a risk, say advocates for patients.  (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Health Care
Public Health

Some insurers waive patients’ share of costs for COVID-19 treatment

Three major health insurance providers have now pledged to shield patients from high medical bills if they need treatment for COVID-19.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public Health

Watch live: White House coronavirus task force holds news briefing

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

6 years ago

Austin Kilaru with his wife, Katie Auriemma, and their 5-month-old son Owen. Kilaru is an emergency room  physician and Auriemma is an ICU doctor, both at Penn. They both worry about how they will care for Owen if they get infected with coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of Austin Kilaru)
The Why
Philadelphia

When COVID-19 comes home

During this coronavirus pandemic, everybody is telling us to practice social distancing, to isolate with your family. But what happens when someone you live with gets sick?

Air Date: March 30, 2020

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A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Health

Gov. Wolf extends stay-at-home order to four more Pa. counties

Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.

6 years ago

A Newark police officer uses his car megaphone to encourage social distancing at an intersection in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. to get 300 ventilators from national stockpile, allows craft beer delivery

The additions will help a lot, but won’t meet full need in New Jersey.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Aaron Arnold)
Addiction
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Syringe exchanges deemed ‘life-sustaining’ during Pa. coronavirus shutdown, raising hopes for eventual legalization

After working with people with substance use disorder for nearly a decade, it’s second nature for Clayton Ruley to remind them not to share syringes for injecting drugs.

6 years ago

A dart bus driver wears a protective mask while waiting for passengers Friday. March 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware coronavirus deaths at seven, outbreak at second care facility

Seven people in Delaware have died from coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. The total number of cases in the state is now at 264.

6 years ago

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing the U.S. Census Bureau to suspend for two more weeks the hiring of 2020 census workers and in-person visits in remote communities and areas recovering from natural disasters. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Census field operations further delayed until April 15 by COVID-19 pandemic

While millions of U.S. households continue to fill out 2020 census forms on their own, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing the Census Bureau to suspend field operations.

6 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. eases rules for health care workers as coronavirus crisis reveals ‘inflexibility’ in professional licensing

In an effort to boost the number of health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania is chipping away at the bureaucratic barriers.

6 years ago

Tara Ryan-Schill's sons Andrew, left, and Luke, right, doing schoolwork at home. Andrew is an 8-year-old on the autism spectrum. (Courtesy of Tara Ryan-Schill)
K-12
Kids

Parents worry: Will upended routines mean children with autism lose ground?

With services to support the learning and development of special needs children on hiatus because of the coronavirus, families try to fill the void.

6 years ago

Listen 1:37
Joggers own the boardwalk at Ocean City, N.J., early on the morning of Memorial Day. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health
Real Estate

Shore town bans short-term rentals by online marketplaces

Ocean City is prohibiting online marketplaces from offering short-term rentals "until further notice," Mayor Jay Gillian announced.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
National
Public Health

The Latest: Trump extends federal stay-at-home guidelines

President Trump is extending federal guidelines recommending people stay home and away from one another for another 30 days as the coronavirus continues to spread.

6 years ago

Clinical staff workers conduct a drive-through COVID-19 test Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Allegheny Health Network's Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion in Wexford, Pa. (Steph Chambers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Photo)
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Gov. orders Delaware visitors to self-quarantine; Pa. reports first COVID-19 case in state prison

Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.

6 years ago

Customers at this take-out window in Miami on March 20 were not practicing social distancing. (Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

Opinion: An appeal to youth to face coronavirus with self-sacrifice, not selfishness

Within the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed my plans and expectations for my first year of medical school.

6 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captions

The Wolf administration added Spanish captions to a web stream of its daily coronavirus briefing Friday.

6 years ago

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