
Hundreds of thousands of people face utility shutoffs as pandemic surges
As shutoffs resume, Pa. utility customers who need help paying their bills have options under the state’s Public Utility Commission regulations.
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N.J. attorney general quarantining after staffer tests positive
Grewal, who has no symptoms, is following federal and state health guidance and quarantining at home while officials notify everyone who may have come into contact with him.
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Serious COVID-19 outbreak threatens hundreds at Pa. prison for medically vulnerable
In the Capitol, both Democrats and Republicans are calling for the release of ill and geriatric prisoners, but advocates fear it might already be too late.
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CHOP researchers call for all Philly-area schools to go fully virtual
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia say the coronavirus surge has reached critical levels. They believe schools must shutter.
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Philly adds online options as coronavirus spike overloads city contact tracers
A web-based survey and info portal will help the health department’s team keep up.
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Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet parades, somber virtual events
Cemeteries were silent as well, as many traditional ceremonies were canceled. With infections raging nationwide, several veterans homes are fighting new outbreaks.
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New Jersey coronavirus cases surge as new restrictions loom
"These numbers are devastating. We are still in the midst of a pandemic. Wear a mask. Social distance. Stay safe,” Murphy said in a tweet.
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‘We are not guinea pigs’: Trust issues and a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation has a death rate from the virus nearly double that of New Jersey. But skepticism about volunteering for Pfizer trial’s runs deep.
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Listen 8:13US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge
The new wave appears bigger and more widespread than the surges that happened in the spring and summer — and threatens to be worse.
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‘We are not afraid’: State GOP lawmakers flout rules as COVID-19 surges in Pa.
Many Pennsylvania Republican House members are still ignoring coronavirus public health measures and putting others at risk.
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Gov. Carney warns of more restrictions amid Delaware spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
The average daily count is 241, twice the figure of a month ago. The governor says Delaware is “going in the wrong direction.”
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Biden vows to ‘get right to work’ despite Trump resistance
Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked Biden from receiving the intelligence briefings traditionally shared with incoming presidents.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Record increase in daily COVID-19 cases
Pennsylvania added more than 4,361 positive cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the state total to 238,657, according to the state Department of Health.
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Philly cancels plan to return students to classrooms as COVID-19 cases rise
Some students were expected to come back on Nov. 30. That’s now on hold indefinitely.
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Thousands of nurses at Philly area hospitals poised to strike
The nurses’ unions want safe staffing ratios and affordable health care as coronavirus cases surge again.
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