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It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Philly area hospitals grapple with shortage of drugs to put patients on ventilators

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

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In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Here’s where coronavirus is causing unemployment to spike in Pa.

The coronavirus shutdown has caused a massive spike in claims in population centers but has been felt most acutely on a per-capita basis in some of the most rural counties.

5 years ago

(Sarahi Flores/Aramark)
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Philadelphia Business Journal

Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers

Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

5 years ago

(Paul Joseph/Flickr Creative Commons)
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Billy Penn

‘Customers thank me’: Philly tow king Lew Blum is sanitizing hooked cars

Tow business is down 80% during the pandemic, he says.

5 years ago

A nurse dons protective equipment with the assistance of colleagues at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 19, 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy prohibits internet and phone shutoffs

Internet and phone service cannot be shut off to customers until 30 days after the current public health emergency has ended.

5 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Health

Coronavirus update: No slowdown in Delaware, with 1,761 cases and 41 deaths

The daily toll keeps showing the curve of disease, hospitalization and death hasn’t flattened.

5 years ago

A tent outside the the emergency room at the University of Pennsylvania allows patients to be screened for COVID-19 before they enter the building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly pleads for federal government support

For the last week, the number of new cases in Pa. each day averaged around 9%, the first time the growth rate has been in the single digits.

5 years ago

Going to the grocery store? Scientists share their advice about what to worry about and what not to. (Katrina Wittkamp/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

No, you don’t need to disinfect your groceries. But here’s how to shop safely

The vast majority of the country is under lockdown right now. But stay-at-home orders come with a few exceptions — like grocery shopping.

5 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health

Fauci comments on US virus response seem to draw Trump’s ire

Trump, who has been chafing at criticism that he didn’t do enough early on to fight the virus, reposted a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”

5 years ago

Canned goods and non-perishable items. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Health

Tips for a healthy coronavirus-era diet, from the nutritionist who ate at McDonald’s for a month

There are workarounds to takeout and whatever is left on the supermarket shelf. If canned or frozen fruits and veggies are all that’s left, use those.

5 years ago

Latonta Godboldt is the owner, operator and director of Small Wonders, a daycare in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

The residential child care’s dilemma: lose income or potentially expose families to coronavirus?

State officials ordered most child care providers to close, but those based in a provider’s residence are exempt from the regulations.

5 years ago

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Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Philadelphia’s new Catholic archbishop, during Easter Mass. (Screenshot)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. death toll rises as Philly celebrates Easter ‘different than any other’

Calling it “different than any other Easter Sunday,” Philadelphia’s new archbishop thanked health care and grocery store workers.

5 years ago

Funeral home workers put on protective gear to retrieve a body from a refrigerated truck outside a Brooklyn hospital in early April. As of Sunday, the U.S. reported the most coronavirus deaths in the world, surpassing Italy. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

U.S. has most coronavirus deaths in the world

The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus has surpassed Italy's, putting America at No. 1 worldwide for the number of people killed by the virus.

5 years ago

One of the sidewalk decals that'll be installed near handwashing stations at City Hall. (Decal: Adam Crawford Via Mural Arts; City Hall: Danya Henninger)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly installing public restrooms and sinks at City Hall and Love Park, plus hundreds more free meals

Marked by colorful decals, the sites are intended to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading among people on the street.

5 years ago

Newark City Hall. (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governors Office)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Coronavirus exacts greater toll on communities of color

Experts argue long-standing, long-known health problems like diabetes and lack of access to doctors in Black and Hispanic communities increase susceptibility to COVID-19.

5 years ago

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