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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

Coronavirus update: Wolf issues stay-at-home order for Philly suburbs, extends school closures

Pennsylvania reported 165 new patients diagnosed with COVID-19 on Monday, the largest single-day jump since the coronavirus outbreak began.

6 years ago

A notice is displayed above the lightly traveled Garden State Parkway in Ocean View, N.J., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. promises crackdown on ‘stay-at-home’ scofflaws

Stiff penalties await individuals and businesses who violate New Jersey’s strict social distancing mandates, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center. Oct. 6, 2016. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Lawsuit: ICE family detention in Pa. is a ‘tinderbox’ due to COVID-19

According to immigration attorneys, conditions in family detention centers create “a crisis that threatens the lives of women, men and children.”

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health, center, and Vice President Mike Pence listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Health
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‘I’m going to keep pushing.’ Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic

Anthony Fauci has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus

6 years ago

A 2018-19 WIC food guide at a supermarket in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Billy Penn

When you shop, don’t leave mothers using WIC empty-handed

The federal benefits can only be used for certain sizes and brands — and shelves are running dry.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware is donating supplies of personal protection equipment from shuttered research labs to the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

‘Community spread’ in Del. as cases jump to 87, Gov. Carney declares public health emergency and school closure extended to May 15

The state’s latest directive expands the pool of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and mental health providers to treat patients until the emergency ends.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and President Donald Trump listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Health

Fauci says he can’t stop Trump from talking at briefings

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he can't jump in front of the microphone to stop President Donald Trump from speaking at daily White House briefings on the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

The Manhattan bridge is seen in the background of a flashing sign urging commuters to avoid gatherings, reduce crowding and to wash hands in the Brooklyn borough of New York.  (Wong Maye-E/AP Photo, file)
Community

Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope

The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.

6 years ago

There's a growing need for volunteer doctors to help treat patients infected with coronavirus. (Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

There’s a federal system for signing up medical volunteers — but it’s neglected

The Trump administration has done little to take advantage of an emergency system built after 9/11 to recruit volunteer doctors, nurses and other health-care workers.

6 years ago

Congressman Andy Kim, representing N.J.'s 3rd district, tours the East Orange VA Medical Center last week. (Rachel Wisniewski for NPR)
Radio Times
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Regional Roundup – 03/23/20

This week; checking in with NJ congressman Andy Kim, a local update on how local governments are handling the pandemic, and gardening while quarantined.

Air Date: March 23, 2020 10:00 am

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Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court says gun shops are not ‘life sustaining’ during coronavirus shutdown

Without comment, a majority of the state’s high court late Sunday denied the petition by a gun shop, a gun purchaser and a law firm to have Wolf’s shutdown order thrown out.

6 years ago

Melissa filming The People's Supper event at FUMCOG, hosted by South Philly Barbacoa (2019).  (Ryan Collerd)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly, follow Boston’s lead and create an artist relief fund!

Filmmaker Melissa Beatriz makes the case for Philadelphia establishing an emergency fund for artists whose livelihood is impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.

6 years ago

University of Pennsylvania students were ordered to leave campus by Tuesday, March 17. But for the college's vulnerable and low-income students, that may mean going home to unstable living conditions. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Broke in Philly

Penn ‘left us stranded on the streets’: Vulnerable students are desperate as coronavirus shuts down Philly colleges

As school resources shut down, vulnerable low-income students are being left behind.

6 years ago

Boathouse Row. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Health
Billy Penn

What can and can’t you do under Philly’s ‘stay at home’ order?

Grocery shopping, yes. Pickup basketball, no.

6 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Money
Spotlight PA

Why workers’ compensation might not provide relief for Pennsylvanians sickened by the coronavirus

Workers on Wednesday packed into buses before dawn for the drive to the Shell cracker plant in Beaver County.

6 years ago

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