Health & Science
Outbreaks and Epidemics: The Role of Public Health
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Air Date: May 1, 2020
Listen 48:56How COVID-19 led to a blood shortage, and why that’s troubling
Blood donations by African Americans dropped by 50% since mid-March, when many drives were canceled. That affects sickle cell patients seeking a match.
6 years ago
Listen 1:37Philly Mayor Jim Kenney seeks tax hikes, service cuts to offset pandemic’s $649M bill
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the city’s budget. Kenney hopes to use tax increases to prevent major service reductions.
6 years ago
US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
The conclusion of intelligence agencies comes as President Trump touts the as-yet-unproven theory that a Wuhan infectious disease lab was the source of the COVID pandemic.
6 years ago
Fauci warns states against ‘tempting’ a coronavirus rebound
Fauci’s warnings came after President Trump said the federal government would not extend its social distancing guidelines past Thursday.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Murphy meets with Trump and gets 550,000 test kits
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took his pressure campaign for direct cash assistance to the White House on Thursday. And came back with a promise of 550,000 test kits.
6 years ago
Two more people in Pa. state prisons die after testing positive for COVID-19
Two more people incarcerated in Pennsylvania state prisons have died after testing positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to three since the pandemic began.
6 years ago
Residents with no COVID-19 symptoms seek tests at new Camden County site, are turned away
Camden County’s new COVID-19 testing site opened Wednesday, drawing many people without symptoms who said they also should be tested.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Mayor Kenney announces first steps for reopening Philadelphia
Philadelphia will start lifting its coronavirus restrictions by reopening golf courses and resuming construction projects.
6 years ago
Gilead drug proves effective against coronavirus in US study
U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study.
6 years ago
Masks might be uncomfortable, but they are Delaware’s required ‘new normal’
Gov. John Carney’s latest executive order took effect Tuesday morning. His public health director says it should last “for quite some time.”
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Sussex hot spot accounts for bulk of Delaware’s new cases
About 70 percent of new cases reported Wednesday by the Delaware Division of Public Health were in Sussex County, the state’s coronavirus hot spot.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: N.J. to reopen parks, freelancers get unemployment
The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.
6 years ago
The U.S. hits 1 million coronavirus cases, one-third of all the world’s cases
More Americans have now died from coronavirus in less than two months than in the entire nine years of the Vietnam war — more than 58,000.
6 years ago
Penn Medicine’s new $1.5 billion tower is ready to accept patients
Construction was accelerated to make 120 new beds available for a possible COVID surge.
6 years ago
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