Public Health
Jersey Shore municipalities adopt restaurant regulations for summer season
Masked employees, more alfresco dining and continued curbside pick-up. Those are just some aspects of how dining might function at the Jersey Shore this summer.
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Addiction, recovery and the pandemic
How are people living with addiction or in recovery coping during the pandemic? And how is the covid-19 impacting the opioid crisis in Philadelphia?
Air Date: May 1, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 48:58Want to go fishing or boating as restrictions lift? Here’s what you need to know
Starting this weekend, marinas in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all will be allowed to open. Other water-access points will follow next week.
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Outbreaks and Epidemics: The Role of Public Health
You know you’ve made it when you get parodied on Saturday Night Live … by none other than Brad Pitt. And you really know you’ve ...
Air Date: May 1, 2020
Listen 48:56How COVID-19 led to a blood shortage, and why that’s troubling
Blood donations by African Americans dropped by 50% since mid-March, when many drives were canceled. That affects sickle cell patients seeking a match.
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Listen 1:37Philly public pools will not open this summer, because of budget cuts — and virus worries
Residents will have to go without neighborhood swim spots this year.
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Coronavirus kills Philly street sweeping expansion
Mayor Kenney has canceled a long-awaited street sweeping program that would have reinstated regular cleaning in neighborhoods. Litter is one of city residents’ top complaints.
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U.S. Supreme Court tells Gov. Wolf to defend business closure orders
The high court has not agreed to take the case, but wants Gov. Tom Wolf to provide more information about the claim that his closure order is unconstitutional.
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Wilmington free bike project sees big spike during quarantine
With bus service limited in Delaware under COVID-19 restrictions, Wilmington’s Urban Bike Project has seen a 60% surge in interest for its free program.
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Philly Mayor Jim Kenney seeks tax hikes, service cuts to offset pandemic’s $649M bill
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the city’s budget. Kenney hopes to use tax increases to prevent major service reductions.
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US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
The conclusion of intelligence agencies comes as President Trump touts the as-yet-unproven theory that a Wuhan infectious disease lab was the source of the COVID pandemic.
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What to know about the limits of COVID-19 stats
Every day, the Pa. Health Department releases data about COVID-19 cases in the state. But that data is incomplete — which makes it hard to understand how things are going.
Air Date: April 30, 2020
Listen 15:26How the ‘new normal’ might look at a Jersey Shore amusement park this summer
Maria Saltzman, a spokesperson for the Casino Pier & Breakwater Beach in Seaside Heights, offers a glimpse into how boardwalk amusement parks might operate.
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Fauci warns states against ‘tempting’ a coronavirus rebound
Fauci’s warnings came after President Trump said the federal government would not extend its social distancing guidelines past Thursday.
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Coronavirus update: Murphy meets with Trump and gets 550,000 test kits
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took his pressure campaign for direct cash assistance to the White House on Thursday. And came back with a promise of 550,000 test kits.
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