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Will filing for unemployment hurt my green card? Legal immigrants are afraid

"What I'm seeing is a lot of clients who are eligible to apply for unemployment are simply too afraid to do so," said New York-based immigration lawyer Tsui Yee.

5 years ago

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File)
Health

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections

5 years ago

A patient room at CHOP
Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

CHOP offers families urgent care video visits during COVID-19 pandemic

The video visits are geared for non-emergency and non-life-threatening conditions such as rashes, fever, seasonal allergies and sore throats.

5 years ago

The marquee of the Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg, P.a, on Friday, May 8, 2020, tells moviegoers it hopes to reopen soon. Some of the retail shops in the town’s Market Street shopping strip reopened after about two months on Friday, with a  trickle of customers, as Union County was considered to be safe enough to begin to loosen social distancing restrictions. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf threatens to withhold funds from counties that go rogue

At least six Pa. counties have said they would no longer enforce the governor’s business shutdown orders, meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

Thomas Harden rings a cowbell as he stands up through the vehicles sun roof waving a supporters during a neighborhood parade honoring 2020 student graduates from both J.J. Pearce and Richardson High Schools in Richardson, Texas, Saturday, May 9, 2020.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Health

Coronavirus update: Cases spike among farmworkers, N.J. curbs ‘wave parades’

The number of N.J. COVID-19 patients on ventilators dipped below 1,000 for the first time in at least a month.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence
Politics & Policy

Trump faces virus risk at home amid push to ‘reopen’ nation

Images of top administration officials taking stepped-up protective measures come as states seek to loosen economic restrictions put in place to mitigate the virus’ spread.

5 years ago

National Guard soldiers and airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site.
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware’s positive tests, hospitalizations and other stats trending down

One key benchmark — the percentage of tests that come back positive — dropped below 10% Sunday. That figure was 42% on April 24, public health officials said.

5 years ago

This Tuesday, April 14, 2020 photo, shows the back side of the Lazaretto Quarantine Station that can be from the Delaware River in Tinicum Township, Pa.. The Lazaretto Quarantine Station was built in 1799 and was used as a quarantine station for immigrants and cargo entering the city of Philadelphia by way of the Delaware River. The building now serves as Tinicum Township's administration facility. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 05/11/20

This week; NJ Congressman Andy Kim, the centuries old quarantine station in Pa., tracking coronavirus through wastewater in Delaware.

Air Date: May 11, 2020 10:00 am

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Coronavirus
Health
NJ Spotlight

More than half of a South Jersey farm’s workers diagnosed with COVID-19, DOH reports

An immigrant advocacy group is calling for fast action to "ensure that a massive testing program can be put into place quickly."

5 years ago

Larry Skvir volunteers at NJ food bank
Community
NJ Spotlight

South Jersey food bank highlights growing demand from the newly unemployed

As jobless claims rise again, food banks expect the high need to persist for months.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR
Health

Trump says more testing makes US ‘look bad,’ but its availability remains a concern

In recent days, a top Senate Republican has said that the coronavirus testing the United States has done so far is "not nearly enough."

5 years ago

A couple dressed in protective gear walks through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
NPR
Health

The people flying during the pandemic and how airlines are trying to protect them

The few planes that are flying are almost empty. To try to ensure the safety of the passengers they do have, airlines are making changes.

5 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer
Health

Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

The Senate's top Democrat said the VA needs to provide Congress more information about a recent bulk order for $208,000 worth of hydroxychloroquine.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov Tom Wolf
Health

Coronavirus update: Four Pa. counties push against stay-at-home order; One more week to register to vote

Lancaster, Schuylkill, Lebanon and Dauphin counties have all announced plans to move from the more restrictive “red” phase to “yellow.”

5 years ago

Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health
Health

US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests

Widespread availability of testing is seen as critical to reopening the economy because it would allow public health officials to identify and contain a rebound of the virus.

5 years ago

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