Health & Science
Sisters Tammy King and Michelle Rouco worked as nurses at the same hospital where their father died of COVID-19. They still couldn’t be by his side.
6 years ago
Listen 5:00Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Black churches aid free testing
Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.
6 years ago
Chills, muscle pain, sore throat and lost sense of smell are now official signs of COVID-19.
6 years ago
Here is Gov. Murphy’s plan for reopening N.J.
Murphy's six-point recovery plan included steps officials would have to take to slow the spread of COVID-19, minimize new outbreaks of the disease and reboot the economy.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: No flattening of curve in Delaware as mask requirement takes effect Tuesday
Delaware isn’t ready to start the 14-day countdown to the first limited phase of reopening as the governor takes further steps to limit the spread of the virus.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Montco finds widespread, silent spread in prisons
“We’ve been checking temperatures in the correctional facility twice a day now for weeks,” said commission chair Val Arkoosh. “These are not people with symptoms.”
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: N.J. furloughs prisoners, Murphy outlines reopening plan
After drawing criticism for being slow, New Jersey prisons have begun furloughing some who are most likely to suffer the worst of COVID-19.
6 years ago
Stateline and Spotlight PA surveyed six states — CO, GA, MD, PA, SC, and WA — to determine what information they have made accessible to the public via their websites.
6 years ago
Coronavirus test site for Philly’s addicted and homeless populations opens in Kensington
Located next to Rock Ministries, it’s available every weekday afternoon — and interested people can just show up.
6 years ago
6 solutions to beat COVID-19 in countries where the usual advice just won’t work
The COVID-19 playbook that wealthy nations in Europe, Asia and North America have come to know will be nearly impossible to follow in much of the developing world.
6 years ago
Plastic products designed to be used for a few minutes can take decades or longer to decompose.
6 years ago
Speaker Pelosi: President Trump’s effort to sideline the WHO is ‘dangerous’
"It's stupid — it's more than stupid; it's dangerous," Pelosi told NPR.
6 years ago
Coronavirus update: Murphy says N.J. may lift stay-at-home orders ‘as one state’
Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to outline the broad strokes of the state’s plan to ease social distancing measures on Monday.
6 years ago
‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients are immune, WHO says
The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must confirm whether people are indeed safe.
6 years ago
Inside the Jefferson medical archives, where the most popular item is 1840’s ‘Anatomy of the Breast’
Pass time in quarantine exploring health records of Philly’s past.
6 years ago
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