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Health & Science

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

Latonta Godboldt is the owner, operator and director of Small Wonders, a daycare in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

The residential child care’s dilemma: lose income or potentially expose families to coronavirus?

State officials ordered most child care providers to close, but those based in a provider’s residence are exempt from the regulations.

6 years ago

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Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Philadelphia’s new Catholic archbishop, during Easter Mass. (Screenshot)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. death toll rises as Philly celebrates Easter ‘different than any other’

Calling it “different than any other Easter Sunday,” Philadelphia’s new archbishop thanked health care and grocery store workers.

6 years ago

Funeral home workers put on protective gear to retrieve a body from a refrigerated truck outside a Brooklyn hospital in early April. As of Sunday, the U.S. reported the most coronavirus deaths in the world, surpassing Italy. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

U.S. has most coronavirus deaths in the world

The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus has surpassed Italy's, putting America at No. 1 worldwide for the number of people killed by the virus.

6 years ago

One of the sidewalk decals that'll be installed near handwashing stations at City Hall. (Decal: Adam Crawford Via Mural Arts; City Hall: Danya Henninger)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly installing public restrooms and sinks at City Hall and Love Park, plus hundreds more free meals

Marked by colorful decals, the sites are intended to help prevent COVID-19 from spreading among people on the street.

6 years ago

Newark City Hall. (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governors Office)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Coronavirus exacts greater toll on communities of color

Experts argue long-standing, long-known health problems like diabetes and lack of access to doctors in Black and Hispanic communities increase susceptibility to COVID-19.

6 years ago

(The Philadelphia Tribune)
Health
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘I don’t want to die in here’: inmates talk about conditions in Philly jails

A pair of Riverside Correctional Facility inmates said they fear for their lives as the novel coronavirus spreads in Philadelphia jails.

6 years ago

A couple in protective masks walk past the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Coronavirus update: NJ Transit to cut train, bus capacity; former Ukrainian Catholic leader dies of COVID-19

Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order also requires NJ Transit and private carriers to supply their workers with gloves and face coverings.

6 years ago

Police officers stop cars at the Melegnano highway barrier entrance, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, April 11, 2020. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
Health

U.S. death toll overtakes Italy’s as the Midwest braces

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy's for the highest in the world Saturday at more than 19,700.

6 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Health
Spotlight PA

Scarcity of coronavirus testing, lack of demographic data could hamper Pa.’s efforts to reopen parts of the state

Pennsylvania lacks key information about the coronavirus outbreak due to the continued scarcity of testing and a systemic failure to gather patient data from tests.

6 years ago

Apple and Google launched a major joint effort, Friday, April 10, 2020,  to leverage smartphone technology contain the COVID-19 pandemic. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Health

Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking

New phone software the companies plan to add would make it easier to use wireless technology to track down people for who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers.

6 years ago

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