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Lacey Woodrow hired the Positive Movement drumline to march down her sister, Berry’s, street in South Philadelphia Friday, the day she had planned to be married. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Wedding canceled by coronavirus, she celebrated with Philly’s Elmo-famous drumline instead

A caring sister brought the whole (masked) PME troupe to dance down Fabric Row.

5 years ago

Photo illustration by WITF's Tom Downing

Excerpts from grievances filed by incarcerated Muslims held at the Franklin County Prison. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Courts & Law
PA Post

‘They put me in solitary for having oranges’ — incarcerated Muslims struggle during Ramadan

A lawsuit in Franklin County highlights challenges faced by incarcerated Muslims during Islam's holy month.

5 years ago

Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel discusses results of an internal review of parole cases that involved recent homicides or attempted homicides, during a press conference in Mechanicsburg on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.  (Commonwealth Media Services)
Courts & Law
PA Post

As counties reopen, what about the correctional facilities inside their borders?

Inmates in prisons and jails remain on lockdown. And without proper testing, public health experts say that can’t end anytime soon.

5 years ago

Maureen May, a registered nurse in the infant intensive care unit at Temple University Hospital. (Courtesy Maureen May)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s largest nurses’ union accuses hospitals of misinforming state officials about protective equipment

The state’s largest nurses’ union says health-care workers don’t have essential face masks, access to testing, and other safety measures.

5 years ago

A sign reminds people to social distance during the coronavirus pandemic in Secaucus, New Jersey, on Monday, May 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. tops 10,000 deaths, sets rules for July 7 primary

Gov. Phil Murphy also said hospitals could resume elective produce on May 26, while the state will hold grand jury proceedings over Zoom.

5 years ago

Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware issues Phase 1 reopening guidelines

Gov. John Carney unveiled a 25-page plan to launch Phase 1 of reopening the state including guidance for restaurants, retail stores and other locations.

5 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by a closed storefront in Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Wolf announces a new batch of yellow counties, for a total of 49

Lawmakers from counties under restrictions have been agitating for a faster reopening and there’s another protest against the shutdown occurring at the capitol this morning.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Dems push $3T coronavirus relief bill toward House OK

Democrats pushed Congress’ biggest coronavirus relief bill yet toward expected House passage Friday, a $3 trillion behemoth they said a beleaguered country badly needs.

5 years ago

Point Pleasant Beach
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Summer break and the pandemic

As vacation season approaches, we’re going to talk about summer travel and trips in the era of the coronavirus.

Air Date: May 15, 2020 10:00 am

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A lab technician dips a sample into the Abbott Laboratories ID Now testing machine at the Detroit Health Center on April 10, 2020. (Carlos Osorio/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

FDA cautions about accuracy of widely used Abbott coronavirus test

The test has been promoted by the Trump administration as a factor in controlling the epidemic and is used for the daily testing that is going on at the White House.

5 years ago

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)
Health

CDC alerts doctors to COVID-19 linked condition in children

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors about a serious rare inflammatory condition in children linked with the coronavirus.

5 years ago

A Black doctor performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. (Christopher Norris for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Racial disparity grows as the coronavirus disproportionately claims Black lives in Pa., Jersey and Delaware

Doctors say that information about the virus’ community-specific impacts will only become more critical as the economy reopens.

5 years ago

Waiting rooms in hospitals and doctors' offices will look different because of social distancing requirements. (Bigstock/galitskaya)
Health

Philly area health networks are slowly bringing back elective surgeries, in-person visits

Health networks say they are now better prepared with COVID-19 tests and precautions, so can slowly bring patients for in-person visits and procedures.

5 years ago

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Chambersburg, Pa. which has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, is in a county where state lawmakers are pushing for a faster reopening of the economy. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Clash over reopening economy simmers below the surface in rural Pa. COVID hotspot

In parts of rural Pa. there has been growing angst about Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown plan.

5 years ago

Listen 5:24
Posters help people learn how to vote by mail
Arts & Entertainment

Grassroots art campaign: stay home and vote by mail

Philadelphia artists design a poster campaign to encourage people to stay home on election day and vote by mail.

5 years ago

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