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LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 8, 2020: Season ticket holder David Baltazar of Long Beach wears a Dodgers neck gaiter as he sits with other fans watching the Dodgers play the San Francisco Giants from a far overlook spot because of the coronavirus pandemic in Elysian Park on August 8, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. They are listening to the game on the radio since they are too far away to hear the sounds form the game. No fans are allowed in the stadium. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

How should I cover my face? A deeper look into neck gaiters and face shields

Between face shields, neck gaiters and goggles, the options for protection are getting more complex.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Lebanon County to get its $12.8M in CARES Act funds

In May and June, the Pennsylvania Health Department did inspections, mostly following up on complaints about COVID-19. The data has just been released.

5 years ago

One of many ballot drop boxes in New Jersey for Tuesday's primary election.  (Evelyn Tu for WHYY)
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: General election to be a mix of mail-in, in-person voting

Gov. Murphy confirms N.J. will use largely the same plan from the primary for the general election. This time all registered voters will get a mail-in ballot.

5 years ago

Source: NPR survey of state public health departments, NPR and member station reporting, local media reports and National Association of County and City Health Officials. (Ruth Talbot/NPR)
NPR
Health

13 states make contact tracing data public. Here’s what they’re learning

The vast majority of states are gathering data from their contact tracing programs, but only 13 respondents reported that the data was posted on a government website.

5 years ago

Since hospitals have restricted minister visits due to COVID-19, Pastor Paul Shirley of Grace Community Church has reached out to patients on the phone. (Courtesy of Rebecca Shirley)
Health

Hospital visits to those who are ill but not dying are vital too, clergy argue

When the pandemic began, many hospitals strictly restricted visitors. At some, faith leaders have been limited to phone calls and video chats ever since.

5 years ago

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A personality test showing options for extrovert and introvert
The Pulse
Science

The Puzzle of Personality

Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Open to new experiences, or comforted by routine? Shy or the life of the party? Figuring out what m ...

Air Date: August 14, 2020

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Jordan Emerson was a member of the Whiz Kidz race team in Scarborough, Maine.  (Courtesy of Jordan Emerson)
The Pulse
Science

How a brain injury turned a teenager from shy to sociable 

A race-car accident shook her frontal lobes and cerebellum like a baby rattle, doctors said. Personality change after a trauma like that isn’t uncommon. 

5 years ago

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Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves. (Sonulkaster / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

Who is the real me, exactly?

Psychologists have a name for that sense of being different when we’re with different groups of friends: our social selves.

5 years ago

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Belvin Jefferson White poses with a portrait of her father Saymon Jefferson, who died from COVID-19, in Baton Rouge, La., in May. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
NPR
Health

COVID-19 death rate for Black Americans twice that for whites, new report says

It says the impact of the pandemic and how the disease has followed the contours of the larger society in falling especially hard on Blacks, Latinos and Indigenous people.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden joined by his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., replaces his face mask after speaking at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Health

Biden calls for nationwide mask mandate

“This is America. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up, do the right thing.”

5 years ago

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) heavily infected with particles (orange) from the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient sample. (NIAID)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Tracing and testing delays in Philadelphia

Of the positive cases interviewed by contact-tracers, more than 40% believed they knew the person who they got the infection from, usually a household member.

5 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Inside some Pennsylvania rehabs, ‘it’s like COVID doesn’t exist’

When treatment facilities ignore coronavirus protocols, patients are forced to choose between recovery and safety.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lahore, Pakistan. Guterres expressed hope Tuesday, June 23, 2020 that Israel will hear global calls and will not go ahead with annexation of parts of the West Bank, which would undermine a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)
Health

UN chief: pandemic threatens peace and risks new conflicts

Guterres said the pandemic has raised growing questions about the effectiveness of health systems, social services, trust in institutions and systems of governance.

5 years ago

GlaxoSmithKline headquarters at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Science

Pharma company pledges $10 million to Philly students to help diversify STEM careers

Black workers make up 12% of the United States’ workforce, but hold 5% of science and engineering jobs, according to the National Science Foundation.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer rushes to help a stranded motorist during Tropical Storm Isaias
Science

A new advisory panel on climate change starts work at DRBC

On the heels of a storm that destroyed property, displaced hundreds of people and flooded the region’s waterways, the timing is particularly relevant.

5 years ago

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