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Health & Science

A boy adjusts his mask as he walks down the boardwalk, Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. allows larger outdoor groups, takes hatchet to budget

Without billions in federal aid, the state says it will cut spending on tax relief, aid to colleges and a slew of other programs.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the food supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Science

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Twice this week, Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine him

6 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Saying they’ve been ignored, nursing homes lay claim to latest federal COVID-19 funding

DHS, nursing homes have very different ideas about what to do with $200 million in additional federal Medicaid funding

6 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark.
Health

Coronavirus Update: 1,100 part time workers laid off at Univ. of Delaware

The layoff announcement affects nearly all part time workers at the university, but does not include adjunct faculty, graduate students, or work-study students.

6 years ago

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Health

Coronavirus update: First Pa. counties go green; all counties to partially reopen by June 5

Under the state government’s three-tiered color-coded reopening system, all businesses in ‘green’ counties will be allowed to reopen without limits on social gathering

6 years ago

(Illustration courtesy of Kris Mellor Soffa)
Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia is still waiting in line for critical PPE ordered months ago

The city is looking at “improved ponchos” as a substitute for missing hospital gowns.

6 years ago

Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services/Natalie Kolb)
Health

Pa.’s coronavirus data collection raises eyebrows

Pa.'s Department of Health confirmed reporting by The Atlantic magazine, that the state includes results of both viral and antibody tests in its total coronavirus case count.

6 years ago

The Department of Health reported Thursday night that two South Jersey farm laborers died from COVID-19, the first fatalities for state farm laborers. Workers harvested beans in Homestead, Fla. on May 12, 2020. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Two fatalities reported as South Jersey seasonal farm workers with COVID-19 grows to 400

About 275 farm laborers, tested at Cumberland County’s drive-through sites, have positive results for the virus.

6 years ago

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It’s About Time

The pandemic has warped and stretched time in strange ways, and this week, we listen back to our episode on time.

Air Date: May 22, 2020

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Pastor Tobe Witmer of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Newark was one of 174 Delaware pastors who signed a letter to Carney on May 16 urging him to reopen churches in the state. (Courtesy of Lighthouse Baptist Church)
Health

Del. leaders face divided backlash over reopening houses of worship

Some religious leaders say they should have the freedom to worship without restrictions, while others say it’s too soon to open under any conditions.

6 years ago

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Old Navy, a subsidiary of Gap, began selling nonmedical face masks in early May. (MB Internal Studio/Old Navy)
NPR
Health

Face masks provide a new frontier for retailers during coronavirus crisis

Many popular brands including Nordstrom and Gap now sell nonmedical grade face masks to meet consumer demand, but experts say mask sales are a drop in the bucket.

6 years ago

The exterior of the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen in St. Louis, Mo., on May 30, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Trump administration to Planned Parenthood: Return coronavirus relief funds

The Small Business Administration is asking Planned local Parenthood affiliates to return funds received under a coronavirus relief program.

6 years ago

Three hurricanes form in the Atlantic in September 2018. Forecasters predict three to six major hurricanes during the 2020 season, which is above average. (NOAA via AP)
NPR
Science

Hurricane season will be above average, NOAA warns

Federal forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes during the 2020 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 1.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. health officials quietly alter erroneous nursing home case, death counts as providers cry foul

Provider associations said publishing erroneous data has sewn panic and anger among family members, distrust among nursing home staff, and frustration for providers.

6 years ago

Blood collection tubes
NPR
Health

Getting an antibody test for the coronavirus? Here’s what it won’t tell you

As antibody testing increases, infectious disease specialists worry that those tested — and their employers — may not understand the limits of the results.

6 years ago

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