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Plastic debris, including tampon applicators and straws, floats on top of sewage and stormwater at the Southwest water pollution control plant in Philadelphia. Water department officials recommend not flushing anything down the toilet except toilet paper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Sanitary wipes down the drain bring Philly Water Dept. and Aqua Pa. pain

Maybe it’s the shortage of toilet paper. Or maybe people don’t know so-called flushable wipes aren’t so sanitary when they create a ‘fatberg’ in the pipes.

5 years ago

Police have closed Walnut Street in Philadelphia where a Holiday Inn Express will be a city quarantine site. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly opens second quarantine site for first responders with coronavirus

The city still won’t release the total numbers of frontline workers’ with the virus.

5 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

Fact check: Trump doesn’t have the authority to order states to ‘reopen’

Trump said there were "numerous provisions" in the Constitution that give him that power but he didn't name any.

5 years ago

In this March 21, 2020 file photo, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy

“We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” Fauci said in an interview with The Associated Press.

5 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask and gloves as a precaution against the coronavirus walks through Love Park, in Philadelphia, Monday, April 13, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: First person to die of COVID-19 in PA prisons was fighting for innocence

More than 20 local immigrant justice organizations held a press conference today, calling on city and state officials to protect all Pennsylvania workers and residents.

5 years ago

The U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, at 6th and Market streets. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Right to a speedy trial? Constitutional concerns flare as Philly courts extend shutdown

The U.S. Eastern District of Pa. has postponed trials until at least June.

5 years ago

Delaware National Guard Sergeant Whitlock readies himself to deliver packaged food from a medium tactical vehicle on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware hospitalization rate below projections

The actual rate of coronavirus patients needing hospitalization has been about half of state projections.

5 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his second State of the State address in Trenton on January 14, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says widespread testing needed before reopening

While expressing some optimism that the curve is flattening, Murphy questioned how they could loosen any restrictions without greater testing capacity.

5 years ago

(Cristina Spano for NPR)
NPR
Health

What we know about the silent spreaders of COVID-19

Is it possible to be infected with the coronavirus and show no symptoms? Or go through a period of several days before symptoms kick in?

5 years ago

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.
(Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

No coronavirus relief for the undocumented workers behind Philly’s building boom

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine (left) and House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster County (right). (WHYY and AP file photos)
Health

Health experts caution Pa. lawmakers against easing COVID-19 rules too fast

Pennsylvania lawmakers are debating when they can start easing certain coronavirus containment guidelines. Doctors say it’s too soon.

5 years ago

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Philly area hospitals grapple with shortage of drugs to put patients on ventilators

It’s not just the ventilators: Hospitals are short the sedatives and painkillers used to keep patients on those ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

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In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Here’s where coronavirus is causing unemployment to spike in Pa.

The coronavirus shutdown has caused a massive spike in claims in population centers but has been felt most acutely on a per-capita basis in some of the most rural counties.

5 years ago

(Sarahi Flores/Aramark)
Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers

Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

5 years ago

(Paul Joseph/Flickr Creative Commons)
Health
Billy Penn

‘Customers thank me’: Philly tow king Lew Blum is sanitizing hooked cars

Tow business is down 80% during the pandemic, he says.

5 years ago

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