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Down the Shore
Health

Cape May County’s ‘Safely Together’ campaign accelerates

Cape May County's "Safely Together" public health campaign is entering a second phase amid the traditional peak of the Jersey Shore tourism season. 

5 years ago

The Trump administration abruptly required hospitals to stop reporting COVID data to CDC and use a new reporting system set up by a contractor. Two weeks in, the promised improvements in the data have yet to materialize. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images
NPR
Health

COVID-19 hospital data system that bypasses CDC plagued by delays, inaccuracies

After the Trump administration moved hospital COVID-19 data reporting to HHS, bypassing the CDC, the new data system has been rife with erratic updates and anomalies.

5 years ago

Hair coloring
The Pulse
Health

Beauty and Health

Health and beauty may go together in the drugstore — but in real life, the two aren’t always so simpatico. From excessive dieting to ...

Air Date: July 31, 2020

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Some city residents say they are fed up with delayed trash collection. The city says sanitation workers are worked harder than ever, due to more people staying home and making more trash. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Philly’s trash problem was already bad. Now, it’s worse

Sidewalks in Philadelphia neighborhoods are covered with plastic bags full of trash that haven't been collected in a week. And nobody know when it's going to get picked up.

Air Date: July 30, 2020

Listen 13:37
A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Increased coronavirus enforcement at businesses coming to Delaware

After more than 1,000 complaints about businesses not following COVID-19 precautions, Delaware inspectors will be more aggressive enforcing the rules.

5 years ago

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Science

‘On our way to Mars’: NASA rover will look for signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 31, 2011 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain holds up a muffin that has his catch-phrase 9-9-9 tax plan printed on it  before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Health

Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies of COVID-19 at 74

Cain had been ill with the virus for several weeks.

5 years ago

Cape May City (smallbones from Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
Science
NJ Spotlight

Creeping salt water forces Cape May City to consider more desalination

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

5 years ago

In San Francisco, a poster seen in March urges the public to socially distance in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
NPR
Health

Health experts urge a shutdown do-over as COVID-19 cases surge

A campaign led by doctors, health researchers and other health experts calls to shut down parts of the country again in order to get the pandemic under control.

5 years ago

Delaware State University
Health

Delaware State University mandates COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty and staff

Testing for America, a new nonprofit will help Delaware State University with the frequent testing of up to 3,000 of its students, staff and faculty.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson warms up at the NFL football team's practice facility in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
NBC10

Philadelphia Eagles player Lane Johnson tests positive for COVID-19

The team made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. Johnson, Nathan Gerry and Jordan Mailata were all placed on the team’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

5 years ago

Citizens Bank Park
Health

Phillies visiting clubhouse staffer tests positive for COVID-19

The Phillies’ four-game, home-and-home series against the New York Yankees was postponed this week following a coronavirus outbreak among the Miami Marlins.

5 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Health

Misinformation on the coronavirus is proving highly contagious

Experts say the flood of bad information is dangerously undermining efforts to slow the virus, which has been blamed for about 150,000 deaths in the U.S.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper, left, and J.T. Realmuto, right look on from the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Philadelphia. The Marlins won 11-6. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Health
Billy Penn

How worried should Philly be about the Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak?

The MLB’s latest COVID quandary has become a local issue.

5 years ago

Blood plasma
NPR
Health

Harvested antibodies now being tested as a prevention tool against COVID-19

These studies are among a growing number of experiments involving convalescent plasma, both as preventive measures and as treatments for COVID-19.

5 years ago

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