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Hotel bar
NPR
Community

More Lysol, no more pens in rooms. Hotels adapt to win back guests

Hotels have been devastated by the pandemic. To survive, they are adapting with extra-deep cleaning and contactless interactions.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Lobbyists become essential as Pa. debates who gets to reopen

Pennsylvania businesses seeking to reopen are finding success hiring lobbyists, but who can afford that access?

6 years ago

Narberth Ambulance Paramedic Andrew Schifferli, left, and EMT Eric McKeever, right, wear full PPE during a call at a nursing home in Wynnewood, PA, on April 17, 2020, in Ardmore, Pa. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Pa. caves to pressure, reveals data showing COVID-19 battered smaller nursing homes

Among facilities in the 5-county region with 5 or more deaths, the average infection rate was 44%; nearly half of residents tested positive, new data show.

6 years ago

Danique Martin’s knitting business in Haddonfield, N.J., Hooked Fine Yarn Boutique, was already delivering online orders when the governor okayed curbside pickups. However, Martin says she makes most of her revenue from classes. (Mindy Sorasky/Sugarlove Studio)
Community

Curbside pickup means some sales for N.J.’s nonessential businesses — and more questions

Beauty supply and hobby stores were among businesses shut down in late March. They can have limited dealing with customers now, with mixed results so far.

6 years ago

A woman sleeps on Brighton beach undisturbed by seagulls fluttering around her in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Science

What happens to the coronavirus when it gets warmer?

It’s a difficult question, but no matter what the answer is, the pandemic is not going to stop anytime soon.

6 years ago

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In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump is greeted by Matt Schlapp, Chairman of the American Conservative Union, as the president arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference,  at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump allies lining up doctors to prescribe rapid reopening

Republican political operatives are recruiting “pro-Trump” doctors to go on television to prescribe reviving the U.S. economy as quickly as possible.

6 years ago

Children in a classroom
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Lawsuit says Pa. is failing special needs kids during coronavirus school closures

The lawsuit is an early test of whether the state and school districts are doing enough for special needs students in the pandemic.

6 years ago

(Jake Dean/Dallas Business Journal)
Money
Philadelphia Business Journal

Home decor retailer to cease operations, liquidate Philadelphia-area stores

A Texas-based home decor retailer has filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin a wind-down of its retail operations.

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)
Politics & Policy

My ‘decision to make’: Trump defends criticized use of drug

Trump dismissed reports of side effects of the drug, saying, “All I can tell you is, so far I seem to be OK.”

6 years ago

Farmworkers harvest beans
Health
NJ Spotlight

More migrant workers test positive for COVID-19, this time in Gloucester County

With thousands of more seasonal workers due to arrive in South Jersey, farmers still await Department of Health safety guidelines.

6 years ago

Residents from St. Joseph's Senior Home are helped on to buses in Woodbridge, N.J., Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The Why
Health

Why nursing homes are taking COVID-19 patients

At least half the COVID-19 deaths in Pa., N.J. and Del. have been among nursing home residents. So why are some facilities knowingly letting in patients with the virus?

Air Date: May 19, 2020

Listen 18:03
The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly will now test everyone in its jails for the coronavirus

Up to now, only people showing symptoms have been tested — with 75% returning positive results.

6 years ago

Circles drawn on the lawn of Domino Park in Brooklyn help enforce social distancing guidelines. (Two Trees Management)
Health

Coronavirus update: Masks and distancing still necessary outdoors, says Philly mayor

Kenney blamed the White House in part for spreading “ridicule and dangerous” ideas that social distancing isn’t necessary.

6 years ago

Medical examiners and coroners are the last stop for investigating unexpected deaths, including those who may have died of COVID-19. In April, the Cook County Medical Examiner opened a surge center to handle overflow from Chicago-area hospital morgues. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
NPR
Health

With postmortem testing, ‘last responders’ shed light on pandemic’s spread

As efforts to test for the coronavirus and trace cases continues, medical examiners and coroners play a vital — if often unsung ― role.

6 years ago

Beach in Ocean City, New Jersey
Down the Shore
Community

Pa. officials to residents: Don’t go to the Jersey Shore this weekend

With Memorial Day weekend approaching, Pennsylvania officials are asking residents to not visit the Jersey Shore.

6 years ago

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