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Public Health

Riverside Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Over 75% of people tested in Philly jails are positive for COVID-19

Most are considered to have recovered, and 17 have been released.

5 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo
Health

DHS report claims China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies

Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, intelligence documents show.

5 years ago

Sara Wong for NPR
NPR
Community

When a beloved life ends, virtual hugs can’t replace human touch

Four days before she died of respiratory failure unrelated to COVID-19, I was forced to leave my mother’s hospital bedside, thanks to new visitor restrictions.

5 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

The importance of finding joy during our coronavirus quarantine

Psychologists find that “guilty pleasures” may be valuable in fighting the feelings of loneliness our current isolation-at-home can bring.

5 years ago

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Penn Medicine Chaplain Camille Turner has to call her patients to provide comfort, rather than meeting them at their bedsides. (Provided by Camille Turner)
Community

The comfort of touch, and the clergy’s new challenge to minister without it

Religious leaders have become accustomed to hugging and holding hands to comfort congregants. But during social distancing, they must find other ways to console.

5 years ago

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Golfers practice social distancing at Juniata Golf Club. Chet Turner (right) of Yardley, Pa., played the course Sunday morning with his brother, Bernard (left) and friend, Eric Hill. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Lifestyle

You may not have to wear a mask while golfing in Pa., N.J. But officials would like it if you did

Masks are not a requirement to play golf in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Most players at Philly’s Juniata course opted not to wear them on Sunday.

5 years ago

Island Beach State Park
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa., N.J., Del. to buy supplies with other states; ‘Too soon to tell’ when N.J. beaches will open

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are part of a consortium of seven Northeast states that will work together to buy billions in critical supplies to fight COVID-19.

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, April 22, 2020, RUSH Hospital respiratory therapist Jumana Azam puts on a surgical mask after standing before a face temperature scanner as she reports for her early morning shift at the hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Community

In US, a virus-era Ramadan presents obstacles, opportunities

For Muslims in the United States, there is no other time more centered around gathering in congregation than the holy month of Ramadan.

5 years ago

(Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s death toll for Philadelphia lags behind city’s count, part of state’s ongoing struggle to compile timely data

State officials have blamed software upgrades gone wrong, troublesome algorithms, and a wonky web of disjointed technologies.

5 years ago

Broad Street Line
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA loses two more employees to COVID-19

Steve McFadden, a Regional Rail conductor, and Terrance Burton, a Midvale operator, bring the death toll of SEPTA employees to seven.

5 years ago

(Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. sets modest goal to conduct 8,500 coronavirus tests per day, far less than what some experts say is needed

A Harvard estimate says the state should test about 19,000 Pennsylvanians per day — or more than twice the rate of the Wolf administration’s plan.

5 years ago

Founding members of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Foster Care Alumni of America.
Health
Billy Penn

‘They got us panicking’: Pa. foster youth await any sign of help from Gov. Wolf

Pennsylvania is lagging behind other states in this regard, according to foster youth advocates.

5 years ago

Reopen Delaware protest
Community

Protesters outside Gov. Carney’s office plead for him to reopen Delaware

One woman wearing prison garb said she feels “like our freedom has been taken away.” She wants to go to church and the beach and not have to wear a mask.

5 years ago

Antiviral drug
Health

FDA allows emergency use of drug for coronavirus

Remdesivir is the first drug shown to help fight COVID-19, which has killed more than 230,000 people worldwide.

5 years ago

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite
Education

What will school look like in September?

Unions are going to want a say in when it is safe to reopen schools and under what conditions. And Hite also speaks to the issue of grading.

5 years ago

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