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Has the pandemic cleaned up our air? Answers could lie on your doorstep

Coronavirus-induced shutdowns have given researchers an unusual moment to study air quality.

6 years ago

Casa de Salud clinicians, staff and health apprentices
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Medicaid clinics and doctors have been last in line for COVID-19 relief funding

"If we wait, core components of the Medicaid delivery system could fail during, or soon after, this pandemic," wrote the National Association of Medicaid Directors.

6 years ago

Uber responds to the coronavirus
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Uber to require drivers and riders to wear face masks starting Monday

The ride-hailing giant is preparing riders and drivers alike for a “new normal” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A driver opens a self-testing kit at a CVS drive-through. (Provided by CVS Health)
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CVS, Rite-Aid expand free drive-through COVID-19 testing in Pennsylvania

Testing more people is important, but a negative result does not necessarily mean someone is in the clear.

6 years ago

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Unemployed people wait outside the state Labor Bureau in New York City in 1933.
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‘A lot to be hopeful for’: Crisis seen as historic, not another Great Depression

The speed and scale of the economic crash have drawn comparisons to the Great Depression. But experts say this downturn should be shorter.

6 years ago

Broad Street Line
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Coronavirus update: SEPTA resumes some regular schedules; More unemployment help for Pennsylvanians

SEPTA riders can expect most bus and trolley lines to return to normal schedules, plus the Market-Frankford, Broad Street and Norristown High Speed Lines.

6 years ago

A runner exercises outside.
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Should runners wear a face mask outdoors?

Masks are designed to prevent the wearer from possibly spreading the virus to others or being exposed themselves.

6 years ago

Tropical Storm Arthur
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Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of 2020, forms in the Atlantic

Arthur is expected to remain a tropical storm, potentially making landfall or brushing the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Monday.

6 years ago

College students return home to isolate with family
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Home but not safe, some LGBTQ young people face rejection from families in lockdown

Returning to the family home can be traumatizing for LGBTQ college students, psychologists say, especially if parents or siblings reject them or are even hostile.

6 years ago

Sheila Kelly stands behind makeshift barriers as she helps patrons at her restaurant
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How long before we know if reopenings cause virus spikes?

Experts say it could take several weeks to see enough testing data to know how lifting restrictions is affecting the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

This April 3, 2020 photo provided by Northwestern University shows discoloration on a teenage patient's toes at the onset of the condition informally called
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‘COVID toes,’ other rashes latest possible rare virus signs

As COVID-19 continues to spread, less common symptoms are being reported including loss of smell, vomiting and diarrhea, and increasingly, a variety of skin problems.

6 years ago

Virus Outbreak New York
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US, European leaders weigh reopening risks without a vaccine

In separate stark warnings, two major world leaders bluntly told their citizens that they need to adapt to living with COVID-19 and cannot wait to be saved by a vaccine.

6 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet
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Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

The report made it clear: Bryant and the passengers almost certainly were dead in an instant due to blunt trauma.

6 years ago

In this Wednesday, May 13, 2020 photo, Meghan Peck works on contact tracing at the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade County, during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Health

Local health agencies struggle to ramp up virus tracking

They are often hundreds — even thousands — of people short of targets for their contact tracing programs.

6 years ago

Antiviral drug
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Coronavirus update: Pa. hospitals get more remdesivir; fishing charters, boat rentals resume in N.J. Sunday

More than 9,000 doses of the experimental drug are slated for distribution to hospitals across the state to treat COVID-19 infections.

6 years ago

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