Health & Science
Coronavirus update: Sussex hot spot accounts for bulk of Delaware’s new cases
About 70 percent of new cases reported Wednesday by the Delaware Division of Public Health were in Sussex County, the state’s coronavirus hot spot.
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Coronavirus update: N.J. to reopen parks, freelancers get unemployment
The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.
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The U.S. hits 1 million coronavirus cases, one-third of all the world’s cases
More Americans have now died from coronavirus in less than two months than in the entire nine years of the Vietnam war — more than 58,000.
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Penn Medicine’s new $1.5 billion tower is ready to accept patients
Construction was accelerated to make 120 new beds available for a possible COVID surge.
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Inside the politics of reopening Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf is under pressure to get people back to work, while trying to bring the pandemic under control. And the issue has gotten political.
Air Date: April 28, 2020
Listen 16:00Harnessing the immune system: Can plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients help the severely ill?
Antibodies that fought off coronavirus once might do so again. The treatment has been used for a century-plus, including in 1918’s influenza pandemic.
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Listen 2:03The hotbed for COVID-19 has shifted to Delaware’s southernmost county, home to its treasured beaches and agricultural industry.
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In Camden, curbing COVID-19 requires more testing, but not just more testing
Camden is expanding its COVID-19 testing capabilities and pairing it with services that address what makes some of its residents so vulnerable to the virus.
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Ocean City says beaches will stay closed for Memorial Day
Normally, it’s the unofficial start of summer, but at least one Jersey Shore town says it can’t safely reopen in time for Memorial Day weekend.
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Treating blood clots, kidney injuries and other problems linked to COVID-19 could save lives
As doctors treat more and more COVID-19 patients, they are realizing the new coronavirus can affect far more than just a patient's lungs.
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Listen 1:44Sisters Tammy King and Michelle Rouco worked as nurses at the same hospital where their father died of COVID-19. They still couldn’t be by his side.
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Listen 5:00Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Black churches aid free testing
Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.
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Chills, muscle pain, sore throat and lost sense of smell are now official signs of COVID-19.
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Here is Gov. Murphy’s plan for reopening N.J.
Murphy's six-point recovery plan included steps officials would have to take to slow the spread of COVID-19, minimize new outbreaks of the disease and reboot the economy.
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Coronavirus update: No flattening of curve in Delaware as mask requirement takes effect Tuesday
Delaware isn’t ready to start the 14-day countdown to the first limited phase of reopening as the governor takes further steps to limit the spread of the virus.
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