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Philadelphia Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (from left) Megan Boyle, Marina Spitkovskaya, Jamie Huot, and Stephen Bonett, all of whom are nurses, walk to the swabbing tent as the city's coronavirus testing site prepared to open next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Philadelphia officials refute Trump’s comments, call on federal government for help

“If we do this right, then maybe, maybe within two to four weeks, we can see evidence of slowing of the epidemic wave,” said Health Commissioner Tom Farley.

6 years ago

A runner at Ridge Avenue and Spring Garden Street on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Exercise is good for us. Even more so now that we’re stuck at home

We’re all a little stressed during these “stay-at-home” days. The health benefits of exercise can help counteract the impacts of isolation.

6 years ago

Dean Lindsey shared a picture on Facebook on March 21, 2020 of the items on his bedside table in quarantine in his State College house.
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First-person account of COVID-19: Centre County man shares his story

WPSU’s Emily Reddy talked with Dean Lindsey, who says he’s one of the first positive cases in Centre County.

6 years ago

Nurses with ChristianaCare test people for the coronavirus in downtown Wilmington on March 13, 2020. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
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Delaware coronavirus case total hits 104, presidential primary postponed

Delaware’s Democrats will have to wait a little longer to vote in what’s expected to be a landslide primary win for Joe Biden.

6 years ago

COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Billy Penn

Pa. nurses: Hospitals won’t guarantee paid leave for workers with COVID-19

“We’re on the front lines, and we have an increased risk,” said a state union president.

6 years ago

Photographer HughE Dillon, who tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing anosmia COURTESY HUGHE DILLON
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Billy Penn

Many COVID sufferers experience loss of taste and smell, but it’s not a quarantine symptom in Philly yet

“Everything tastes like sewer water,” said one Philadelphia patient.

6 years ago

The City of Philadelphia cleared the encampments of people living in tunnels beneath the Pennsylvania Convention Center Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Broke in Philly

Philadelphia to open a quarantine facility for people who can’t go home

The news came hours after local officials moved forward with a long-planned effort to clear a homeless encampment in the tunnels beneath the Center City convention center.

6 years ago

Medical workers wait for cars to pull up to the swabbing tent at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Coronavirus update: Wolf issues stay-at-home order for Philly suburbs, extends school closures

Pennsylvania reported 165 new patients diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, the largest single-day jump since the coronavirus outbreak began.

6 years ago

A notice is displayed above the lightly traveled Garden State Parkway in Ocean View, N.J., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Coronavirus update: N.J. promises crackdown on ‘stay-at-home’ scofflaws

Stiff penalties await individuals and businesses who violate New Jersey’s strict social distancing mandates, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, center, and Vice President Mike Pence listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic

Anthony Fauci has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus

6 years ago

The University of Delaware is donating supplies of personal protection equipment from shuttered research labs to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

‘Community spread’ in Del. as cases jump to 87, Gov. Carney declares public health emergency and school closure extended to May 15

The state’s latest directive expands the pool of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and mental health providers to treat patients until the emergency ends.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Fauci says he can’t stop Trump from talking at briefings

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can't jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

Boathouse Row. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
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Billy Penn

What can and can’t you do under Philly’s ‘stay at home’ order?

Grocery shopping, yes. Pickup basketball, no.

6 years ago

COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Coronavirus update: ‘Stay-at-home’ orders begin in Philly Monday, Delaware on Tuesday; 1st death in Montco

Philly will issue a “stay-at-home” order for all residents starting at 8 a.m. Monday. A similar order takes effect in Delaware on Tuesday through mid-May.

6 years ago

Medical staff prepare to start working at a drive-through testing center for COVID-19 in Paramus, N.J., on Friday, March 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Philly area mental health professionals offer free therapy for health care workers

Mental health professionals in the Philly area are offering free online therapy for health care workers working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

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