Laura Benshoff

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.

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.

One of the few public spaces open during business shutdowns, grocery stores are at an epicenter of disease anxiety.

Employees at MOM’s Organic Market in Center City Philadelphia say their concerns about sanitation have been ignored.

The Wolf administration faces mounting public criticism from lawmakers in the GOP over its handling of the COVID-19 shutdown and its effect on businesses.

Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.

Up to 180 people held by federal authorities are refusing to eat in protest of what they say are insufficient precautions against the coronavirus.

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

Crowded conditions in immigration detention could spread coronavirus. The lack of social distancing is compounded by limited access to soap, according to an ACLU complaint.

In normal times, these high-touch and often low-paid jobs provide a critical link to the outside world. Now, workers worry about the health implications of the job.

According to immigration attorneys, conditions in family detention centers create “a crisis that threatens the lives of women, men and children.”

“Folks are basically saying, ‘If this is the way I’m going to die, I’d rather be with my family,’” said one advocate.