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Health

Coronavirus update: Montco finds widespread, silent spread in prisons

“We’ve been checking temperatures in the correctional facility twice a day now for weeks,” said commission chair Val Arkoosh. “These are not people with symptoms.”

6 years ago

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Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. furloughs prisoners, Murphy outlines reopening plan

After drawing criticism for being slow, New Jersey prisons have begun furloughing some who are most likely to suffer the worst of COVID-19.

6 years ago

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Health
Spotlight PA

States need coronavirus data to make timely decisions. What they share with the public varies widely.

Stateline and Spotlight PA surveyed six states — CO, GA, MD, PA, SC, and WA — to determine what information they have made accessible to the public via their websites.

6 years ago

A Jersey Shore beach scene.
Down the Shore
Community

Shore mayor outlines ‘common sense’ partial reopening plan

The mayor of Point Pleasant Beach has unveiled what he says is a "common sense" plan to incrementally reopen the town. N.J. Gov. Murphy will outline his statewide plan Mon.

6 years ago

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Community

Good booze news: Pa. liquor stores are ramping up curbside pickup

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is more than tripling the number of stores offering curbside pickup Monday.

6 years ago

Rock Ministries in Kensington will be the site of a COVID-19 testing facility for people experiencing homelessness. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Coronavirus test site for Philly’s addicted and homeless populations opens in Kensington

Located next to Rock Ministries, it’s available every weekday afternoon — and interested people can just show up.

6 years ago

(Sally Deng for NPR)
NPR
Health

6 solutions to beat COVID-19 in countries where the usual advice just won’t work

The COVID-19 playbook that wealthy nations in Europe, Asia and North America have come to know will be nearly impossible to follow in much of the developing world.

6 years ago

Angie Staudt
Community

What it’s like to be disabled now, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic

People who are disabled or have chronic illnesses have a different perspective on the limits we’re all living with today.

6 years ago

Plant manager Joe Glass poses with automotive parts manufactured by Catalus Corp. (Photo provided by Dave Parsons)
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Community

COVID-19’s economic blow to rural Pa. far outstrips the pandemic. But reopening won’t be easy

Dependence on one industry, powdered metal, is part of the reason why this part of Pennsylvania has seen such a large drop in employment.

6 years ago

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to the press Thursday at the U.S. Capitol. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Speaker Pelosi: President Trump’s effort to sideline the WHO is ‘dangerous’

"It's stupid — it's more than stupid; it's dangerous," Pelosi told NPR.

6 years ago

Police tape covers park benches in Rutherford, New Jersey, to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, April 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says N.J. may lift stay-at-home orders ‘as one state’

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to outline the broad strokes of the state’s plan to ease social distancing measures on Monday.

6 years ago

In this April 23, 2020 photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office after signing the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, H.R. 266, after it passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Trump’s shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus

Congress wants its voice back. Lawmakers long for what’s being lost. They want the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings and to chat across the aisle.

6 years ago

Coronavirus antibody test kits are key to plans for proposed
NPR
Health

‘No evidence’ that recovered COVID-19 patients are immune, WHO says

The World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports," which allow travel only to recovered patients, saying studies must confirm whether people are indeed safe.

6 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?

As the U.S. confronts its most profound financial crisis since the Depression, there are early soundings of a larger question: What would a “new” New Deal look like?

6 years ago

A Barnegat Bay scene from 2012. (Courtesy of Jennifer Husar)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. State Police offer social distancing tips for safe boating

With New Jersey allowing marinas to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey State Police have issued tips on how boaters can properly socially distance. 

6 years ago

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