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Public Health

Volunteers at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Long Branch are coping with a sudden surge in demand for food boxes during the COVID-19 crisis. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Radio Times
Health

Food insecurity rises amid the pandemic

The pandemic has caused many to lose their jobs, causing more people to become food insecure.

Air Date: April 23, 2020 10:00 am

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Pendle Hill Quaker Fellowship
Community

In the age of social distancing, Quakers have quickly adapted to online worship

In the last month, many things once deemed impossible have suddenly become imaginable. That’s certainly true for the Religious Society of Friends.

6 years ago

Medical workers wait for cars to pull up to the swabbing tent at the city's coronavirus testing site next to Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia on Friday, March 20, 2020. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Contact tracing for COVID-19 starts on a small scale in Philly

The practice is considered key to reopening society. Some volunteers at the University of Pennsylvania have begun the laborious process.

6 years ago

Curtis Alexander, owner of South Philadelphia plant nursery Urban Jungle, said despite having a waiver to operate through the pandemic, the store is doing about 10% of their usual business. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Inside the tug-of-war over Pennsylvania’s strict business closure list

Pennsylvania has closed businesses more aggressively than many nearby states. Democrats mostly agree with the approach, Republicans don’t.

6 years ago

Dr. Dan Kulp, associate professor in Wistar’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, works with a member of his lab.
Health

‘Work hard and quick, but be careful’: Rushing to create a coronavirus vaccine

Despite the challenges, there are many candidates to be the vaccine that knocks out the coronavirus. But are they all equally promising?

6 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

What’s holding up coronavirus testing? Lack of necessary chemicals and lab equipment

Researchers say the U.S. needs to test at least 500,000 people a day. But labs and health systems have to share what’s required to perform the tests.

6 years ago

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Homer City Generating Station
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

New air quality report claims climate change will make it harder to protect health

The newest ALA report shows some progress in Pennsylvania, but challenges remain.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy corrects prosecutor, calls McConnell ‘utterly irresponsible’

The New Jersey governor on Wednesday clarified COVID-19 testing protocols and called on federal lawmakers to help states “in their most profound hour of need.”

6 years ago

Kathleen Poliski (Courtesy of Kathleen Poliski)
Lifestyle

Social distance dating isn’t as bad as it sounds

Kathleen Poliski never thought she’d have a first date with someone she never met. But has social distancing changed the rules to dating?

6 years ago

A black-and-white photo shows people gathered in a park.
Science

Coronavirus brings PPE waste, clearer skies, and nostalgia for Philly’s first Earth Day 50 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania reporter Susan Phillips talks to Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn about COVID-19 waste and the first Earth Day in Philly.

6 years ago

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A mounted police officer patrols while wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus in Philadelphia, Friday, April 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. Gov. Wolf lays out reopening plans

On Wednesday night, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf laid out more details of his measured step-by-step plan to reopen the state starting May 8.

6 years ago

For Philly cofounder David Brindley's kids help unload a truck of meal boxes. (Jeff Wicklund of the Enterprise Center)
Community
Billy Penn

Give help, get help: Two new apps offer food delivery — and a chance to volunteer

For Philly and Your Neighbor Good are helping Philadelphians in need.

6 years ago

A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware’s biggest daily surge in cases

Delaware saw its biggest jump in cases of the coronavirus, just one day after the state recorded its largest increase in deaths.

6 years ago

A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus at Temple University Hospital

Temple University Hospital has more COVID-19 patients than any other Philadelphia hospital. How their overworked staff is caring for the city's most vulnerable.

6 years ago

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Mattie Davis
Health

One mail slot at a time: Veteran North Philly teacher fights to reach students during pandemic

Mattie Davis has 23 first graders in her North Philadelphia classroom. And she’s committed to reaching them, if necessary, one mail slot at a time.

6 years ago

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