
‘We knew it was inevitable’: Pa. child care centers wrestle with COVID surge
Providers are struggling as they navigate how to stay afloat financially while keeping the children they serve and their staffs safe.
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Listen 3:36‘Pulling the floor out’: As pandemic unemployment expires, people downsize, go into debt
About 400,000 Pennsylvania residents are expected to lose Pandemic Unemployment Assistance when it sunsets the day after Christmas.
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SEPTA and Drexel team up to stop the spread of COVID-19 on public transit
Together, the institutions will pursue more than $600,000 in federal funding to develop and test new air and surface cleaning technology.
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Gov. Carney ‘very worried’ by relentless rise of COVID-19 in Del. as stricter measures take effect
The last week saw an average of 819 new cases a day in Delaware — nearly four times higher than the peak in the spring.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Synthetic antibodies in development as new COVID-19 treatment
Also, statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates are now double what they were during the spring peak.
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Here’s what Pa. hospital leaders say about masks, business closures and new public health measures
There is “universal support” overall, but some disagreement on specifics.
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As coronavirus hits home, Pa. GOP shifts messaging but still rejects mandates
Still, at least two Republican lawmakers said Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 diagnosis was proof masks and other mitigation efforts don’t work.
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Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Philadelphia trial lawyer Joe Oxman about COVID-19’s effect on the legal system in Pennsylvania.
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Listen 5:48New Jersey administers state’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine to nurse
New Jersey is expected to get three shipments of the Pfizer vaccine this month, beginning with about 76,000 doses this week and another 86,000 next week.
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The COVID vaccine is here — what does that mean for Pa. schools?
Here’s what we know and don’t know about vaccine distribution and Pennsylvania’s schools.
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Listen 3:39Why your seasonal affective disorder could be worse this year
Mental health professionals say SAD, depression caused by colder, darker seasons, could be worse this year because of the isolating nature of the pandemic.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Health care workers to receive first doses of vaccine
Gov. Phil Murphy announced that some New Jersey health care workers will receive the first doses of the state’s coronavirus vaccine allotment Tuesday.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccine distribution is ‘going-to-war level of complexity’
Pa. and N.J. Governors Wolf and Murphy said that more aid is crucial not only for the economies of their states, but to be able to distribute the COVID vaccine effectively.
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Pa. corrections dept. tells officer with COVID-19 symptoms to return to work early
A corrections officer was told to come back to work while still showing symptoms. Was it the right thing to do?
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‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
Hospitals are rolling out the first small shipments Monday, as boxes of precious frozen vials arrive at locations around the country.
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