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Philadelphia residents can pick up one box of food per household on Mondays and Thursdays. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
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Post-shutdown aid: Philly to distribute food; N.J. homeowners to get mortgage relief

City residents can pick up one box of food per household on Mondays and Thursdays. New Jersey homeowners will get a 90-day grace period on home loans.

6 years ago

Beginning Saturday, officials plan to send new male inmates and parole violators to SCI Retreat in Luzerne County, while transferring most of the people currently held there to other prisons in the state. (Department of Corrections)
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Pennsylvania corrections officers, advocates worry a prison coronavirus outbreak is inevitable

As of early Friday evening, there were no reported cases of the coronavirus inside the state prison system, either among those incarcerated or corrections officers.

6 years ago

Margaret Hart and Maisie Rush at Bryn Mawr College in September 1918 U.S. (National Archives)
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These ‘escape communities’ avoided death as Philly succumbed to the 1918 flu pandemic

Bryn Mawr College and Princeton University were quarantine and social distancing early adopters.

6 years ago

Philadelphia and its surrounding counties have been hard-hit by COVID-19. Now, they want to share resources with areas that didn’t get the brunt of the pandemic. (Michael Bryant/Spotlight PA)
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Spotlight PA

How many people in Pa. will be infected with the coronavirus? Scientific modeling is trying to find the answer.

With the rate of new coronavirus cases increasing across the United States, some of the country’s top scientists are racing to understand how bad the outbreak is going to get.

6 years ago

A laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Lake Success, N.Y. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
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University of Pennsylvania researchers help develop rapid at-home COVID-19 test

The test’s creators at Connecticut-based medical technology incubator 4Catalyzer hope to start producing the kits within weeks, pending FDA approval.

6 years ago

At Einstein Medical Center Montgomery, Chief Nursing Officer Annmarie Papa (left) and Chief Operating Officer Beth Duffy accept a donation of bagels and croissants from Four Worlds Bakery. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Food donations flood hospitals as pandemic surge begins

As the COVID-19 pandemic ramps up, Philly area hospitals begin accepting daily donations of food for staff.

6 years ago

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Watch live: White House coronavirus task force holds news briefing

The White House task force is expected to give an update on the nation’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

6 years ago

A sign is displayed on locked tennis courts in Branch Brook Park in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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N.J. death toll tops 100 as coronavirus stretches hospitals increasingly thin

"These aren’t abstract numbers,’ Gov. Phil Murphy said. ‘These are our neighbors, our family, our friends."

6 years ago

Mari-Carmen Farmer made this arrangement from pods, leaves, buds and blossoms she found along a recent hike. (Mari-Carmen Farmer)
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A message of encouragement to the doulas of the world

Mari-Carmen Farmer ends World Doula Week with a message of encouragement to a community of women.

6 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly will use Temple Liacouras Center for Coronavirus overflow space; first COVID-19 cases in city jails reported

Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed that Temple’s Liacouras Center, its parking garage and a nearby pavilion will be available for patient overflow space.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper runs to first during a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, Monday, March 9, 2020, in Clearwater, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns

The Bryce Harper jersey that could have been worn this baseball season by the biggest Phillies fan is now a protective mask in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

A pedestrian uses her scooter on Market Street in Wilmington, Del., as she approaches a group of construction workers on Thursday, March 26, 2020.  (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
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Second coronavirus death reported in Delaware, cases rise to 165

The second person in the state to die from coronavirus is an 86-year-old man who lived in a long-term care facility in Newark. Total state cases have hit 165.

6 years ago

George School senior, Julia Carrigan, preparing for a film shoot in La Paz, Bolivia. (Photo courtesy of Emily Blanck)
Health

Stranded in South America: ‘Our embassy and state department have failed us’

As South American countries close their borders, those trying to get back to the U.S. encounter dead ends.

6 years ago

A bottle of hydroxychloroquine.(Courtesy of Susan Hauk)
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People with autoimmune issues find critical drug scarce after Trump touts it for COVID-19

Used to treat conditions such as lupus, hydroxychloroquine is in short supply for those who need it. But they haven’t been proven to work on COVID-19.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Jonathan Lai)
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