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Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.

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Pennsylvania

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)
Health
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

(Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Businesses tied to Gov. Tom Wolf, top Pa. senator close after questions about how they qualified as ‘life-sustaining’

Wolf's office said the state had rescinded a waiver granted to the governor's former cabinet supply company after inquiries from Spotlight PA and PA Post.

6 years ago

Philadelphia streets have slowed down in the wake of the coronavirus shutdown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

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

Voters drop off ballots in the Washington State primary, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in Seattle. Washington is a vote by mail state. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)
Radio Times

Safeguarding elections in a pandemic

We examine the steps states and the federal government are taking to ensure safe and secure elections as the coronavirus continues to spread.

Air Date: March 27, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 46:56
A student walks alone at Penn State’s University Park campus, where coronavirus has suspended in-person classes. (Min Xian / WPSU)
Courts & Law

DOE: Penn State violated Title IX after Jerry Sandusky case

Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints

6 years ago

Jack Freedman poses for a photo with licensed practical nurse Kimberly Charleston (left), clinical manager Megan Corbo (middle) and nurse Dawn Pye. Charleston has self-quarantined following a screening process instituted by her employer, Lincoln Healthcare, to send home anyone who lives with someone who may have had contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19. (Courtesy of Al Freedman)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

‘In harm’s way’: Home care workers on the frontline against COVID-19

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.

6 years ago

Listen 4:10
COVID-19 testing facility at Penn Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Pa. hospitals can’t handle predicted surge of COVID-19 patients

State officials have sounded alarms to "flatten the curve." But hospitals in Philly and across Pa. probably won't be able to handle a predicted influx of coronavirus cases.

Air Date: March 26, 2020

Listen 16:41
Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly reports first COVID-19 death; DOC extends visitor suspension

Pennsylvania reported an additional 276 COVID-19 cases in the state Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 1,127 cases.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Contributed photo)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. ‘particularly ill-prepared’ for financial blow caused by the coronavirus

The scale of the shortfall will become clearer in about a week, an official said, when final revenue numbers for March are released, coming in “many millions under estimate.”

6 years ago

(Screenshot via PA House Livestream)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers gather at Capitol despite remote voting and calls for social distancing

Many Republicans said they felt conflicted about balancing their duties as elected officials with their responsibilities as individuals to stop the spread of coronavirus.

6 years ago

(Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Cyber charters in Pa. keep teaching amid confusion in coronavirus shutdown order

School districts in Pa. fear drastic damage to their budgets if parents decide en masse to move children to cyber options amid coronavirus uncertainty.

6 years ago

(Monica Herndon/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Quarantining patients at Pa. drug treatment centers could pose risk, but many have nowhere else to go

As of March 23, the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs had no reports of COVID-19 cases within treatment facilities. Providers say it’s only a matter of time.

6 years ago

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)
Health

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

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.
DEAN LINDSEY
Health
WPSU

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

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)
Health

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

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