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Del. coronavirus recovery: Prisons to reopen for visitors

In-person prison visits have been banned since March 11 to keep the coronavirus from being spread behind bars. Delaware's DOC will lift that restriction on June 29.

5 years ago

hydroxychloroquine
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U.S. revokes emergency use of malaria drugs vs. coronavirus

U.S. regulators revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don’t work

5 years ago

Coronavirus test sample
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Accuracy still unknown for many coronavirus tests rushed out

Months into the coronavirus pandemic there are still unanswered questions about the accuracy of tests used to screen Americans.

5 years ago

A boy adjusts his mask as he walks down the boardwalk, Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Down the Shore
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Cape May County expands well-received ‘social distance ambassadors’ initiative

An initiative to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Cape May County coastal communities has been successful and will be expanded, officials said. 

5 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
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Spotlight PA

The coronavirus exploited failure of Pa. health officials to improve long-standing problems with nursing home oversight

The Wolf administration was repeatedly warned of dangerously low minimum staffing and weak and inconsistent inspections, all problems that could have made the outbreak worse.

5 years ago

People rest inside social distancing markers at Domino Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York in late May. Stay-at-home orders in New York helped to lower the state's
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Coronavirus 2nd wave? Nope, the U.S. is still stuck in the 1st one

Just weeks after parts of the U.S. began reopening, coronavirus infections are on the upswing in several states, including Arizona, Utah, Texas and Florida

5 years ago

Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, has long argued that
NPR
Health

Transgender health protections reversed by Trump administration

The Trump administration Friday finalized a rule that would remove nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people when it comes to health care and health insurance.

5 years ago

A shopper in a mask walks in front of a shuttered store in downtown Allentown, Pa., on Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Eight more counties go ‘green’

As of today, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Luzerne, Monroe, Perry, Pike, and Schuylkill have all entered into the least restrictive phase of reopening.

5 years ago

Asbury Park, New Jersey (wikimedia commons)
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Coronavirus recovery: Judge blocks Asbury Park over indoor dining

The city voted to allow restaurants to allow indoor dining despite it violating an executive order from Gov. Phil Murphy.

5 years ago

State officials encourage businesses to earn what Gov. John Carney calls the
Health

Coronavirus recovery: Delaware poised for Phase 2 of ‘gradually turning the lights on’

Starting Monday, churches, malls and most businesses can expand from 30 percent of capacity to 60 percent.

5 years ago

Fake vs. Real
The Pulse
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Fake vs. Real — And When It Matters

There was a time when seeing was believing — but that’s changing, thanks to new technology that’s elevating fakery to a whole new l ...

Air Date: June 12, 2020

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John and Catherine Stagliano, both 82., pose for a photo during a trip to Key West over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Both were treated for COVID-19 at home in Exton, Pa. (Provided by John Stagliano)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

‘Nursing homes as we know them are over’: COVID-19 fuels push to home-based care

As boomers age, hospital systems, government agencies, insurers have shifted long-term care away from costly institutions. The pandemic may accelerate that.

5 years ago

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Sharon Settles, a maintenance worker, is tested for COVID-19 by Registered Nurse Cyndi Walker of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium at the Fern Rock Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Black Doctors will test SEPTA employees for COVID-19 at stations

Testing by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, led by physician Ala Stanford, will happen at two transit stations weekly.

5 years ago

From left: Colorized transmission electron micrograph of herpes simplex virus, Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. Researchers now believe the coronavirus is likely to be a continuing threat until a vaccine is developed.
NIAID; NIH; NIH
NPR
Health

Nothing like SARS: Researchers warn the coronavirus will not fade away anytime soon

It's likely the disease will be here with us year-round and for years to come, says Albert Ko, an epidemiologist at Yale and co-chair of the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group.

5 years ago

Bartending amid the coronavirus pandemic
Health

Alarming rise in coronavirus cases as states roll back lockdowns

Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states. And while many are chalked up to increased testing or to small, local outbreaks, others are more alarming.

5 years ago

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