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Philadelphia and its surrounding counties have been hard-hit by COVID-19. Now, they want to share resources with areas that didn’t get the brunt of the pandemic. (Michael Bryant/Spotlight PA)
Health

Philly and suburban counties urge Wolf to redistribute COVID-19 burden

Philadelphia and its surrounding counties have been hard-hit by COVID-19. Now, they want to share resources with areas that didn’t get the brunt of the pandemic.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Task Force 1 member Greg Rogalski walks amongst the beds of a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Pennsylvania nearing peak of COVID-19 pandemic, projections show

The Keystone State gets a positive prognosis, while New Jersey’s death toll worsens, in the latest projections.

5 years ago

A pedestrian uses her scooter on Market Street in Wilmington, Del., as she approaches a group of construction workers on Thursday, March 26, 2020.  (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Del. police turn out-of-staters away at border as cases shoot up 50% over weekend

Police are telling drivers with out-of-state tags to self-quarantine for 14 days or leave Delaware. Amid a surge in cases, death toll remains at 14.

5 years ago

Employees at MOM’s Organic Market in Center City Philadelphia say their concerns about sanitation have been ignored.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Don’t call them ‘heroes’: Philly grocery store workers allege unsafe conditions

Employees at MOM’s Organic Market in Center City Philadelphia say their concerns about sanitation have been ignored.

5 years ago

Camden County Police Officer Rodriguez wears a protective mask as she directs people to a COVID-19 testing facility in Camden, N.J., Wednesday, April 1, 2020. .(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J.’s ‘knucklehead’ crackdown continues

Authorities have had to break up parties and force others to leave basketball courts.

5 years ago

Signs in the briefing room of the White House indicate social distancing measures being taken to separate reporters working at the White House, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

Watch live: White House coronavirus task force holds news briefing

President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force will hold a news briefing.

5 years ago

Drive-through test sites like this one in Delaware are popping up around the Philly region. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
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Billy Penn

Citizens Bank Park site closing: How to get tested for coronavirus in Philly

In most cases, you need a medical provider’s referral to get a test.

5 years ago

A bottle of hydroxychloroquine.(Courtesy of Susan Hauk)
The Why
Health

Jumping the gun on hydroxychloroquine

Hydroxychloroquine is in high demand because of its yet-unproven potential to fight COVID-19. But that means the people who really need it are having trouble getting it.

Air Date: April 6, 2020

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Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: First Philadelphia city employee dies from coronavirus

A lieutenant with the Philadelphia Police Department died over the weekend from the coronavirus. According to the city, he is the first city employee to die from COVID-19.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Tom Farley (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Meet the key officials leading Philly’s pandemic response

Who’s running the show on health, schools, operations and transit.

5 years ago

Najeemah Bailey. (Photo courtesy of Najeemah Bailey)
Health

COVID-19 brings ‘cataclysmic changes’ for people giving birth in Philadelphia area

With the pandemic, more are interested in home births, some ask for induced labor, and some are coming from New York to see about having babies here.

5 years ago

Bottles of hand sanitizer made at the Eight Oaks Farm Distillery sit in a display box at the distillery in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. establishes helpline for companies that can produce critical medical supplies needed for COVID-19 response

"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."

5 years ago

Keona Berry walks down Market Street with a protective mask on her face on Friday, March 27, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Trump declares ‘major disaster’ in Del.; Feds give N.J. 500 more ventilators

New Jersey has now been granted half of the 2,500 ventilators Gov. Phil Murphy has asked of the federal government.

5 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Can air pollution make coronavirus worse? Scientists say yes — possibly in both cases and severity

A few years ago, Karen Clay and two other scientists studied the death rates for the 1918 flu pandemic in the U.S.

5 years ago

Samuel Diaz, a delivery worker for Amazon Prime, loads his vehicle with groceries from Whole Foods, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Health

Counting toilet paper squares, composting: This how we deal with pandemic-era trash

Stay-at-home rules raise lots of new questions: How to manage all those delivery bags? Dispose of sanitizing spray and paper goods, or reuse them?

5 years ago

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