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Designing at a distance: Coronavirus is changing how Philly architects work
In Philadelphia, designers are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with new ideas — and urgent questions about engaging with community while public life is on hold.
5 years ago
Despite risk, Philly facility housing seniors will take COVID patients from hospitals
The elderly are among the most susceptible to coronavirus. So why are long-term care centers admitting COVID-19-positive patients?
5 years ago
‘Like a wildfire you can’t stop’: COVID-19 ravages Delaware nursing homes
Many nursing home residents have conditions that make them especially vulnerable to coronavirus. They account for 24 of 43 deaths in the state so far.
5 years ago
Listen 1:59Einstein Healthcare Network to furlough workers
The health system, which employs 8,000 workers, instructed leadership to choose which positions to temporarily cut.
5 years ago
Sanitary wipes down the drain bring Philly Water Dept. and Aqua Pa. pain
Maybe it’s the shortage of toilet paper. Or maybe people don’t know so-called flushable wipes aren’t so sanitary when they create a ‘fatberg’ in the pipes.
5 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.
5 years ago
Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy
“We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” Fauci said in an interview with The Associated Press.
5 years ago
Coronavirus update: First person to die of COVID-19 in PA prisons was fighting for innocence
More than 20 local immigrant justice organizations held a press conference today, calling on city and state officials to protect all Pennsylvania workers and residents.
5 years ago
Right to a speedy trial? Constitutional concerns flare as Philly courts extend shutdown
The U.S. Eastern District of Pa. has postponed trials until at least June.
5 years ago
The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.
5 years ago
Coronavirus update: Delaware hospitalization rate below projections
The actual rate of coronavirus patients needing hospitalization has been about half of state projections.
5 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.
5 years ago
Get your benefits: How to navigate Pa.’s overloaded unemployment system
It could be a month before gig workers receive any funds.
5 years ago
Climate change: lessons from the pandemic
We'll talk about what our response to COVID-19 can teach us about tackling climate change and we'll discuss recent environmental rule rollbacks by the Trump administration.
Air Date: April 14, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:00No coronavirus relief for the undocumented workers behind Philly’s building boom
For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.
5 years ago
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