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Here! Now! In the moment! Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. Here & Now is a daily news magazine, bringing you the news that breaks after "Morning Edition" and before "All Things Considered."

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Camden County Freeholder Jon Young (center) and other volunteers and county employees carry boxes of fresh fruit and milk to a waiting car at Antioch Baptist Church.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Camden Co. freeholders start weekly food drive to assist overburdened pantries

County Freeholder Jonathan Young said Friday’s food drive fed a little over 200 families this morning, with 1,200 boxes of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products.

6 years ago

A boy adjusts his mask as he walks down the boardwalk, Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. allows larger outdoor groups, takes hatchet to budget

Without billions in federal aid, the state says it will cut spending on tax relief, aid to colleges and a slew of other programs.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on the food supply chain amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Science

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Twice this week, Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine him

6 years ago

Patients from St. Joseph’s Senior Home in Woodbridge were evacuated March 25 after multiple residents contracted COVID-19 and some died. (NJTV News)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Saying they’ve been ignored, nursing homes lay claim to latest federal COVID-19 funding

DHS, nursing homes have very different ideas about what to do with $200 million in additional federal Medicaid funding

6 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark.
Health

Coronavirus Update: 1,100 part time workers laid off at Univ. of Delaware

The layoff announcement affects nearly all part time workers at the university, but does not include adjunct faculty, graduate students, or work-study students.

6 years ago

Bridget Kreider, right, helps her three-year-old daughter Maggie pull on her protective face covering before entering a store, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Harmony, Pa. Customers entering stores are required to wear face coverings to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state yellow phase reopening guide. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Health

Coronavirus update: First Pa. counties go green; all counties to partially reopen by June 5

Under the state government’s three-tiered color-coded reopening system, all businesses in ‘green’ counties will be allowed to reopen without limits on social gathering

6 years ago

(Illustration courtesy of Kris Mellor Soffa)
Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia is still waiting in line for critical PPE ordered months ago

The city is looking at “improved ponchos” as a substitute for missing hospital gowns.

6 years ago

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) speaks during a House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee on April 27, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. House Republican: It’s an ‘open question’ whether Wolf could veto resolution to end coronavirus emergency

Republicans in the Pa. House are moving forward with legislation to end the disaster emergency declaration Gov. Tom Wolf issued on March 6 in response to the spread of covid

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. health officials quietly alter erroneous nursing home case, death counts as providers cry foul

Provider associations said publishing erroneous data has sewn panic and anger among family members, distrust among nursing home staff, and frustration for providers.

6 years ago

Blood collection tubes
NPR
Health

Getting an antibody test for the coronavirus? Here’s what it won’t tell you

As antibody testing increases, infectious disease specialists worry that those tested — and their employers — may not understand the limits of the results.

6 years ago

Customers walk past an open sign at Rubio's Coastal Grill
Health

As nation reopens, a historic referendum on risk begins

As government officials and individuals design their own “Is it worth it?” calculus, Americans are subjectively measuring the stakes, helping frame a referendum on risk.

6 years ago

(Shutterstock)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philadelphians struggling to pay water bills get a reprieve

Philadelphians who are behind on their water bills don’t have to worry about the city shutting off service until at least July 10.

6 years ago

Cocktails at 1 Tippling Place in Rittenhouse. (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

To-go cocktails are legal! Here’s all the bars selling takeaway drinks in Philly

The local restaurant industry views the new law as a lifeline to survival.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. unemployment soars to 15.3%, GOP sues Murphy

Murphy’s coronavirus orders violate the state constitution, the GOP says, and the distinction between businesses is “completely arbitrary.”

6 years ago

Maria Buono wears homemade mask in Pike Creek, Delaware
Health

How should I clean and store my face mask?

Masks are designed to prevent the wearer from possibly spreading the virus to others or being exposed themselves. But how should they be washed and stored?

6 years ago

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