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Air Date: October 23, 2020
Listen 49:00FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
It had been authorized for use on an emergency basis since spring, and now becomes the first drug to win full Food and Drug Administration approval for treating COVID-19.
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Applications to the Well City Challenge will be accepted Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.
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CDC reduces consecutive minutes of COVID-19 exposure needed to be a ‘close contact’
In a study published Wednesday, the CDC and Vermont health officials found that multiple short exposures to people confirmed to have COVID-19 led to transmission of the virus.
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Toppled trees, rushing stormwater: What’s causing erosion along the region’s creeks and streams?
When storms intensify and flooding increases, it takes a toll on the banks of our region’s creeks and streams. Are WHYY readers and listeners right to be worried?
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Listen 1:553 big ideas to fuel an equitable COVID recovery
A social worker and a disaster expert describe the things Philly can do to recover from coronavirus and heal the injustices revealed by the pandemic.
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N.J. Gov. Murphy tests negative after learning of COVID exposure
On learning the news, the governor left a Camden County press conference about jobs, saying he needed to get away to be tested.
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‘All you want is to be believed’: Sick with COVID-19 and facing racial bias in the ER
When a Latina woman went to the hospital, a doctor dismissed her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the virus?
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Studies point to big drop in COVID-19 death rates
More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments help, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling.
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Covid task force in disarray and winter social distancing
We discuss how the U.S. pandemic response get derailed and ways to stay safe and sane this winter as Covid rates rise.
Air Date: October 21, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:45Do masks on plane flights really cut your risk of catching COVID-19?
On an 8-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 COVID-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?
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Both Metcalfe and Mastriano have been vocal critics of the Wolf administration’s handling of the pandemic.
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Del. coronavirus recovery: Southern case numbers grow as northern region improves
Sussex County is averaging about 40 new cases per day, that’s more than double the rate at the start of October when the county averaged just 15 new cases.
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One in 10 Penn State students who returned to State College has now had COVID-19
3,538 University Park students have tested positive, according to Penn State's dashboard update Tuesday.
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Seven-mile oil spill fouls Delaware coastline
Clean up is underway from an oil spill that has migrated from Broadkill, to Plum Beach Island, the Roosevelt Inlet and Lewes.
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