Health & Science

StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips talks to Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn about COVID-19 waste and the first Earth Day in Philly.

On Wednesday night, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf laid out more details of his measured step-by-step plan to reopen the state starting May 8.

Delaware saw its biggest jump in cases of the coronavirus, just one day after the state recorded its largest increase in deaths.

Temple University Hospital has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital. How their overworked staff is caring for the city's most vulnerable.

Mattie Davis has 23 first graders in her North Philadelphia classroom. And she’s committed to reaching them, if necessary, one mail slot at a time.

Dr. David Tam had to get up to speed quickly as he took over leadership of Beebe Healthcare, just as the coronavirus was starting to spread in Delaware.

CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks.

During interviews over the past week, as coronavirus cases continued to rise, officials said the tri-state region’s hospitals were up to the challenge.

Advocates say requirements with enforcement and penalties, not recommendations without teeth, are needed to keep these workers safe.

Officials say there’s no need to rush, and that students or their parents can pick up a Chromebook later this week or next.

Farley said some of those cases are previous ones that are only just now being classified as belonging to Philadelphia, but added that most are new cases.

Gov. Carney stressed that he won’t take first steps to reopen the economy until new cases, hospitalizations drop for 14 straight days and rigorous testing in place.

That’s better than the statewide average.

Many of Earth’s most severe extinction crises have coincided with some of its largest volcanic events.

The Department of Environmental Protection released its recent Climate Change Impact Assessment report, which focuses on livestock and watersheds.