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Spotlight PA

Pa. eases rules for health care workers as coronavirus crisis reveals ‘inflexibility’ in professional licensing

In an effort to boost the number of health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania is chipping away at the bureaucratic barriers.

5 years ago

Tara Ryan-Schill's sons Andrew, left, and Luke, right, doing schoolwork at home. Andrew is an 8-year-old on the autism spectrum. (Courtesy of Tara Ryan-Schill)
Health

Parents worry: Will upended routines mean children with autism lose ground?

With services to support the learning and development of special needs children on hiatus because of the coronavirus, families try to fill the void.

5 years ago

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Joggers own the boardwalk at Ocean City, N.J., early on the morning of Memorial Day. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Health

Shore town bans short-term rentals by online marketplaces

Ocean City is prohibiting online marketplaces from offering short-term rentals "until further notice," Mayor Jay Gillian announced.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Health

The Latest: Trump extends federal stay-at-home guidelines

President Trump is extending federal guidelines recommending people stay home and away from one another for another 30 days as the coronavirus continues to spread.

5 years ago

Clinical staff workers conduct a drive-through COVID-19 test Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Allegheny Health Network's Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion in Wexford, Pa. (Steph Chambers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Photo)
Health

Gov. orders Delaware visitors to self-quarantine; Pa. reports first COVID-19 case in state prison

Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.

5 years ago

Customers at this take-out window in Miami on March 20 were not practicing social distancing. (Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Opinion: An appeal to youth to face coronavirus with self-sacrifice, not selfishness

Within the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed my plans and expectations for my first year of medical school.

5 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captions

The Wolf administration added Spanish captions to a web stream of its daily coronavirus briefing Friday.

5 years ago

Apple's new COVID-19 app and website provides the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Apple)
NPR
Health

Apple’s new tool lets you screen yourself for COVID-19

Apple's new COVID-19 website and app allow users to screen themselves for coronavirus symptoms and receive recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 years ago

(NJ Spotlight)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Rutgers report estimates N.J. hospitals could be tens of thousands of beds short

Updated analysis suggests shortage could be far worse with less stringent social distancing

5 years ago

President Donald Trump salutes as the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort pulls away from the pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Health

Trump considering quarantine for NY, NJ and Connecticut

President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

5 years ago

After an initial verbal screening, one driver at a time gets a COVID-19 nasal swab test from a garbed health worker at a drive-up station in Daly City, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Why it takes so long to get most COVID-19 test results

After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has begun to ramp up in recent weeks.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn illustration)
Health
Billy Penn

Use this map to track Philly’s positive COVID-19 cases by ZIP code

The city health department is updating numbers daily.

5 years ago

The York County Prison is where most immigration detainees in Pennsylvania are held after ICE arrests. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Immigrant detainees stage hunger strike at York County Prison

Up to 180 people held by federal authorities are refusing to eat in protest of what they say are insufficient precautions against the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Philadelphia residents can pick up one box of food per household on Mondays and Thursdays. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Health

Post-shutdown aid: Philly to distribute food; N.J. homeowners to get mortgage relief

City residents can pick up one box of food per household on Mondays and Thursdays. New Jersey homeowners will get a 90-day grace period on home loans.

5 years ago

Beginning Saturday, officials plan to send new male inmates and parole violators to SCI Retreat in Luzerne County, while transferring most of the people currently held there to other prisons in the state. (Department of Corrections)
Health
PA Post

Pennsylvania corrections officers, advocates worry a prison coronavirus outbreak is inevitable

As of early Friday evening, there were no reported cases of the coronavirus inside the state prison system, either among those incarcerated or corrections officers.

5 years ago

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