
Social distancing plummeted in lead up to fall surge, survey finds
Social distancing fell dramatically between spring and fall and the gap between Democrats and Republicans widened. But both ends of the political spectrum agree on some measur
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Stay home for the holidays or get tested twice, CDC urges
U.S. health officials say staying home for the upcoming winter holidays is the best way to stay safe and protect others.
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Millions face bitter winter if Congress fails to extend relief programs
A bipartisan group of Senators is proposing a nearly $908 billion compromise relief bill with millions of Americans about to fall off a cliff when benefits expire this month.
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Congress deadlocked on Covid relief as workers and businesses struggle
We examine the latest attempt to get Congress to provide relief money to Americans, and we look specifically at the struggles of restaurants and their workers.
Air Date: December 2, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:43Accidental overdose death at Philly’s COVID prevention site, which is closing in two weeks
Anthony Thomas, who previously lived at the Parkway protest camp, was discovered in his room over Thanksgiving weekend.
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‘It’s hurting us’: Students at one Philadelphia school demand less screen time
Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School students have started a petition demanding an alternate schedule, arguing that long hours in front of screens is unhealthy.
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US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
Some panel members and other experts had also grown concerned by comments from Trump administration officials that suggested differing vaccine priorities.
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Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging, making mitigation efforts like wearing masks and not gathering in small spaces more important than ever.
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The daily case count reported Tuesday was the highest of the pandemic and hospitalizations have risen more than 150 percent in the last month.
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Pummeled by pandemic, NJ businesses foresee difficult 2021
Taxes and over-regulation, issues that have come up often in previous polls conducted by the association, also remain concerns for the survey’s respondents.
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers offer $908 billion coronavirus aid compromise
House and Senate lawmakers said they have informed their party leaders of their framework, but it has not been endorsed by leadership or the White House.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Officials to expand testing throughout the commonwealth
Since Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties have their own health departments, they are excluded from the testing expansion.
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European regulator could OK 1st COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29
European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU’s drug agency said Tuesday.
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Coronavirus was in U.S. weeks earlier than previously known, study says
This discovery adds to evidence that the virus was quietly spreading around the world before health officials and the public were aware, disrupting previous thinking.
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So you traveled over Thanksgiving. Now what?
"You have to assume you were exposed and you became infected"
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