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Public Health

Neya Foster (right) with a new laptop and her mother and older sister were at Sayre High in West Philadelphia. (Bill Hangley/The Notebook)
Education
The Notebook

At Sayre High, pandemic puts the brakes on college aspirations

Counselors say the shutdown creates new challenges for students, especially for those who must overcome financial and social hurdles to succeed.

5 years ago

Dana Heller, 3rd medical student, Dr. Pierre Chanson, Natalie Gonzalez, 4th year medical student, Dr. Renell Dupree, and Dr. Ala Stanford, are part of the Black Doctors COVID-19 consortium. They are taking mobile testing at-risk zip codes in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Black doctors consortium takes COVID-19 testing into their own hands

Black Philadelphians are disproportionately dying of coronavirus. Now, a group of Black doctors is trying to bring tests to their neighborhoods.

5 years ago

A produce market at 10th and Cherry streets is one of the few businesses still open in Chinatown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Volunteers needed to translate coronavirus help for Philly area Asian Americans

Organizations that serve Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the Philly region want to connect 10,000 households in Pa. to resources.

5 years ago

Vehicles arrive at the Delaware toll plaza
Urban Planning

Could a coronavirus lockdown speed up major I-95 construction work?

Fewer cars on the road could make work on a major, multi-year overhaul of I-95 through Wilmington go a bit smoother.

5 years ago

Njeri Harris shops for produce at the Landisdale Farm stand at Clark Park on April 11, 2020. Harris says that the lines enforcing social distancing are
PlanPhilly
Community

Farmers markets may be your safest bet for food shopping during the coronavirus pandemic

Health experts say the new rules governing Pa. farmers markets have made the open-air grocery destinations safer than other options.

5 years ago

Powerback Rehabilitation in Center City Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Health

A risky but possibly lucrative mix: Nursing homes and COVID-19 patients

Canceled elective procedures mean many facilities are no longer getting short-term residents paid for by Medicare. Medicaid pays less for long-term care.

5 years ago

Temple University’s Liacouras Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Liacouras ‘COVID surge facility’ opens with no patients

The 10,000-seat sports arena was remade into a medical facility to meet the demands of coronavirus surge. It ended its first day open to patients with no beds in use.

5 years ago

A jogger runs past a wall painted with the word
Health

See the curve: Pa. coronavirus daily death count hits new high as spread slows

As the state's daily death rate hits a high, experts are cautiously optimistic that social distancing measures are helping to contain the contagion.

5 years ago

Shoppers at the Whitman Plaza Shoprite in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Grocery workers: ‘We didn’t sign up to be heroes’

The federal government has given little guidance on how grocery stores should operate during the pandemic, leaving a patchwork of protections from businesses and states.

Air Date: April 16, 2020

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Liquor store. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Community

Pennsylvania to use liquor stores for online fulfillment

Workers will be back on the job at more than 100 shuttered state-owned liquor stores to help process online orders, Pennsylvania's liquor agency said Thursday.

5 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware man dies in prison, was held in coronavirus cellblock

A man in a Delaware prison unit that had a coronavirus outbreak has died. Two coronavirus tests before his death were negative.

5 years ago

A sign is displayed on locked tennis courts in Branch Brook Park in Newark, N.J., Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. unemployment climbs, schools will stay shut

New Jersey paid out $336 million in benefits in the last month. And some workers are now getting $600 supplemental payments.

5 years ago

(Provided to Billy Penn)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. Gov. rejects GOP efforts to adjust stay-at-home orders

Governor Tom Wolf is planning to veto two proposed bills that would allow more Pennsylvanians to return to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA Regional Rail conductor dies of coronavirus

Michael Hill’s death marks the first for the Regional Rail division of the authority.

5 years ago

(Robert Inglis / The Daily Item)
Health
Spotlight PA

Employees at Pa.’s ‘life-sustaining’ businesses question if their work is worth the risk

Over the course of the last month, dozens of people from all corners of Pennsylvania have contacted Spotlight PA to question a business’ decision to remain open

5 years ago

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