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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.

6 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.

6 years ago

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

6 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

Listen 15:48
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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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."

6 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.

6 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.

6 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?

6 years ago

Listen 1:20
A man walks on Market Street in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask Friday March 27, 2020. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Governors urge virtual gatherings for religious holidays; N.J. deaths exceed state toll from 9/11

Another 4,331 New Jersey residents tested positive for coronavirus since Friday, and an additional 200 residents have died, the governor said.

6 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Coronavirus will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.’s small towns and rural areas, experts say

When an EMT fell ill with the coronavirus in Upper Merion Township, the department saw its ranks suddenly dwindle. In all, 22 emergency personnel, including the fire chief.

6 years ago

Signs posted along Philadelphia's Schuylkill River Trail caution users to keep six feet away from others to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Pa. officials: Play alone so parks can stay open

City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Together Inc. food bank workers distribute food at a drive-through location in Omaha, Neb., last week. Disruptions in the agricultural supply chain caused by the coronavirus pandemic are making it difficult for food banks. (Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

Food shortages? Nope, too much food in the wrong places

Some Americans, fearing food shortages from COVID-19, have cleaned out supermarket shelves. Yet there's too much food in some places.

6 years ago

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