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Lead service lines being replaced in Newark, summer 2019. The city’s replacement program is expected to be completed well ahead of schedule. A schedule for the rest of the state is up in the air. (Governor's office)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Replacement of unsafe lead service lines delayed by pandemic’s economic fallout

Murphy administration eliminates plan to spend $80 million to start replacing the lines

5 years ago

Spc. Kim Whitbeck
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Grim milestones passed

Delaware’s infection rate is one of the highest in the nation, and the state has now surpassed 10,000 cases — more than 1 percent of the population.

5 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Thousands of deaths later, Pa. finally mandates universal testing in nursing homes, but not for another month

The Wolf administration on Monday ordered facilities to test all staff and residents once by mid-summer.

5 years ago

Dalton Carter
Health

Delaware’s free saliva test for coronavirus is a snap — and nothing gets shoved up your nose

The state opened sites to offer quick, easy testing, even for those without symptoms. A WHYY reporter navigated the drive-thru gauntlet.

5 years ago

Listen 3:04
An airwoman provides a COVID-19 test
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Pa. DOH orders measures to protect hospital staff and patients

The order covers medical and nursing staff as well as other employees like those in housekeeping and maintenance, and applies to all hospitals licensed by the department.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Murphy lifts stay-at-home order

He says New Jerseyans should continue wearing face coverings in public and keep at least six feet of distance from others.

5 years ago

COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Health

Fixing the health care system: lessons from the pandemic

The pandemic has revealed the failures and inequities in our healthcare system. Ezekiel Emanuel, author of "Which Country Has the World’s Best Healthcare?" discusses reforms.

Air Date: June 9, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:12
Philly City Foot Doc podiatrists (from left) Priscilla Howie, Kim Nguyen and Michael Walinsky outside their South Street offices. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Private medical practices suffer from the coronavirus’s many complications

Physicians providing outpatient care say they are losing business, which affects their staff. They also lack PPE and COVID testing supplies.

5 years ago

Listen 1:56
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Health
Billy Penn

What Philly’s yellow phase means for businesses, CliffsNotes edition

A quick reference guide to Mayor Kenney’s “Safer at Home” plan.

5 years ago

A syringe with an influenza vaccine inside heads to its mark during a flu vaccination at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
The Why
Health

‘New normal’ for non-COVID health care

As the Philly restrictions, doctors are starting to reschedule routine visits. Here's why many of the changes they've made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will stick.

Air Date: June 8, 2020

Listen 17:30
Free Library of Philadelphia
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly libraries stay closed in early days of ‘yellow’

As the yellow phase progresses, select locations among the city’s 55 library branches will make pickups and returns available; no date has been announced.

5 years ago

National Guard soldiers and airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site.
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: New testing sites in New Castle County

New Castle County announced free COVID-19 testing sites in Wilmington, Newark, New Castle and Middletown.

5 years ago

Saleemah McNeil
Health

Black Philly therapists are raising $15K to provide free mental health resources to people of color

“It’s just super important to band together...and make sure that you understand the importance of healing within the devastation that we have all faced throughout this time.”

5 years ago

Summer Camp. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Rules set for summer camps

The state Health Department moved forward with issuing guidelines for camps and youth summer programs to limit the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

Two nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., communicate via walkie-talkie, as one helps on floor with COVID-19 patients and her colleague stands by to assist.
NPR
Health

Doctors race for answers as kids fight rare inflammatory syndrome tied to coronavirus

While early research suggests the condition is rare, experts are still racing to answer even the most basic questions about the illness.

5 years ago

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