
Public Health
The Latest: Trump extends federal stay-at-home guidelines
President Trump is extending federal guidelines recommending people stay home and away from one another for another 30 days as the coronavirus continues to spread.
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Gov. orders Delaware visitors to self-quarantine; Pa. reports first COVID-19 case in state prison
Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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Opinion: An appeal to youth to face coronavirus with self-sacrifice, not selfishness
Within the past few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed my plans and expectations for my first year of medical school.
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Pennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captions
The Wolf administration added Spanish captions to a web stream of its daily coronavirus briefing Friday.
6 years ago
10 underrated Philly books to devour in the quarantine era
Buy them online to support local independent booksellers.
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The Wolf administration has laid off about 2,500 part-time and seasonal employees and interns as the financial fallout from the coronavirus deepens.
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These Philly stay-at-home portraits show resilience in the face of the pandemic
“Through the Lockdown Glass” was photographed following all coronavirus social distancing rules.
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Murphy will ‘almost certainly’ announce state tax-filing extension but won’t say when
Governor says delay is due to ‘a number of moving parts,’ such as how state will pay its own bills, amount of federal support
6 years ago
Apple’s new tool lets you screen yourself for COVID-19
Apple's new COVID-19 website and app allow users to screen themselves for coronavirus symptoms and receive recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Trump considering quarantine for NY, NJ and Connecticut
President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Why it takes so long to get most COVID-19 test results
After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has begun to ramp up in recent weeks.
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Use this map to track Philly’s positive COVID-19 cases by ZIP code
The city health department is updating numbers daily.
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Immigrant detainees stage hunger strike at York County Prison
Up to 180 people held by federal authorities are refusing to eat in protest of what they say are insufficient precautions against the coronavirus.
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Pennsylvania corrections officers, advocates worry a prison coronavirus outbreak is inevitable
As of early Friday evening, there were no reported cases of the coronavirus inside the state prison system, either among those incarcerated or corrections officers.
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These ‘escape communities’ avoided death as Philly succumbed to the 1918 flu pandemic
Bryn Mawr College and Princeton University were quarantine and social distancing early adopters.
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