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Delaware National Guard Sergeant Whitlock readies himself to deliver packaged food from a medium tactical vehicle on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware hospitalization rate below projections

The actual rate of coronavirus patients needing hospitalization has been about half of state projections.

6 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his second State of the State address in Trenton on January 14, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says widespread testing needed before reopening

While expressing some optimism that the curve is flattening, Murphy questioned how they could loosen any restrictions without greater testing capacity.

6 years ago

(Cristina Spano for NPR)
NPR
Health

What we know about the silent spreaders of COVID-19

Is it possible to be infected with the coronavirus and show no symptoms? Or go through a period of several days before symptoms kick in?

6 years ago

An icebergs floats in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord in southwestern Greenland. Greenland's glaciers have been melting and retreating at an accelerated pace in recent years due to warmer temperatures. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Science

Climate change: lessons from the pandemic

We'll talk about what our response to COVID-19 can teach us about tackling climate change and we'll discuss recent environmental rule rollbacks by the Trump administration.

Air Date: April 14, 2020 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine (left) and House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster County (right). (WHYY and AP file photos)
Health

Health experts caution Pa. lawmakers against easing COVID-19 rules too fast

Pennsylvania lawmakers are debating when they can start easing certain coronavirus containment guidelines. Doctors say it’s too soon.

6 years ago

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Philly area hospitals grapple with shortage of drugs to put patients on ventilators

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

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In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Here’s where coronavirus is causing unemployment to spike in Pa.

The coronavirus shutdown has caused a massive spike in claims in population centers but has been felt most acutely on a per-capita basis in some of the most rural counties.

6 years ago

(Sarahi Flores/Aramark)
Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers

Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

6 years ago

(Paul Joseph/Flickr Creative Commons)
Health
Billy Penn

‘Customers thank me’: Philly tow king Lew Blum is sanitizing hooked cars

Tow business is down 80% during the pandemic, he says.

6 years ago

A nurse dons protective equipment with the assistance of colleagues at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 19, 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy prohibits internet and phone shutoffs

Internet and phone service cannot be shut off to customers until 30 days after the current public health emergency has ended.

6 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Health

Coronavirus update: No slowdown in Delaware, with 1,761 cases and 41 deaths

The daily toll keeps showing the curve of disease, hospitalization and death hasn’t flattened.

6 years ago

A tent outside the the emergency room at the University of Pennsylvania allows patients to be screened for COVID-19 before they enter the building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly pleads for federal government support

For the last week, the number of new cases in Pa. each day averaged around 9%, the first time the growth rate has been in the single digits.

6 years ago

Going to the grocery store? Scientists share their advice about what to worry about and what not to. (Katrina Wittkamp/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

No, you don’t need to disinfect your groceries. But here’s how to shop safely

The vast majority of the country is under lockdown right now. But stay-at-home orders come with a few exceptions — like grocery shopping.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health

Fauci comments on US virus response seem to draw Trump’s ire

Trump, who has been chafing at criticism that he didn’t do enough early on to fight the virus, reposted a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”

6 years ago

Canned goods and non-perishable items. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Health

Tips for a healthy coronavirus-era diet, from the nutritionist who ate at McDonald’s for a month

There are workarounds to takeout and whatever is left on the supermarket shelf. If canned or frozen fruits and veggies are all that’s left, use those.

6 years ago

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