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Public Health

Love Park is empty during the coronavirus lockdown. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Health

Wolf extends stay-at-home orders across Pa.; Worker at Limerick nuclear power plant tests positive

Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.

6 years ago

A tree in spring bloom next to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, March 2020. (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Health
Billy Penn

If you’re fighting quarantine depression, you’re not alone. These free resources can help.

Across the Philly region, many mental health providers have moved services online.

6 years ago

People playing group basketball games during March, when the coronavirus lockdown was in effectMARK HENNINGER / IMAGIC DIGITAL
Health
Billy Penn

Map: Where Philly removed basketball hoops to discourage group games

About 1 in 7 city courts are now unplayable, and more takedowns are planned.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Trump and the coronavirus: a timeline

Today we discuss the past and present of the Trump and his administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Air Date: April 1, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:13
Even without symptoms, you might have the virus and be able to spread it when out in public, say researchers who now are reconsidering the use of surgical masks. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Should we all be wearing masks in public? Health experts revisit the question

Wearing a mask is "an additional layer of protection for those who have to go out," former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told NPR in an interview.

6 years ago

Milford Memorial Hospital (Bayhealth.org)
Health

Del. weighs reopening hospital, calls on retired health workers to boost COVID-19 response

As hospitals consider how to free up bed space, Delaware officials say their first priority is recruiting enough nurses and doctors to help.

6 years ago

Some Pennsylvania short-term rental owners are advertising their spaces as respite from coronavirus. Officials in the Poconos want to shut down the market. (screenshot)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Corona discount’: Gov. Wolf to ban Airbnb after Poconos become per-capita COVID leader

As of Wednesday morning, Monroe County had 236 confirmed cases, the most per capita in Pa., leading the five-county Philadelphia area.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force at the White House on Monday. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Health

Watch live: White House officials give update on U.S. coronavirus response

President Trump is expected to brief reporters on the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, alongside members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

6 years ago

More than 830,000 Pennsylvanians have abruptly found themselves without a job or income following the statewide shutdown of schools and all but “life-sustaining” businesses — decisions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
PA Post

Laid off workers battle outages, jammed phone lines as Pa. unemployment system buckles from coronavirus surge

Some of the dysfunction stems from a 2016 political spat that led to major layoffs in the division that handles unemployment claims, staffing levels never fully recovered.

6 years ago

People on Market Street in Wilmington, Del. wearing protective masks on Friday, March 27, 2020. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

No self-serve gas in N.J., Murphy says, as Camden opens coronavirus testing site

Meanwhile, criticism is mounting over plans to raise tolls on the AC Expressway during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Northeast High School teacher Keziah Ridgeway teaching her online course. (Courtesy of Keziah Ridgeway)
Education
The Notebook

District guidance says teaching of new material will not begin until May 4

Teachers and counselors asked to hold daily "office hours."

6 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Health

Delaware restricts child care centers to essential personnel, coronavirus death toll rises to 10

The only centers allowed to stay open are those that can prove they are serving children of people working at “essential businesses.”

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci
Health

White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

The public could get its first close look at the Trump administration's own projections Tuesday at the daily briefing.

6 years ago

A jogger runs past a wall painted with the word
Radio Times
Science

Predicting the pandemic

Science journalist David Quammen discusses why we weren't prepared for the pandemic despite all the predictions of an animal-borne virus emerging.

Air Date: March 31, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and other House Democrats arrive to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo, File)
Health

Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing

Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities.

6 years ago

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