
Watch live: White House takes new precautions ahead of coronavirus briefing
Reporters and photographers in the close confines of the West Wing have been taking precautions, leaving many seats in the normally-packed briefing room empty.
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Coronavirus update: Despite blowback, N.J. parks to stay closed
Also: N.J. creates a grace period for paying insurance premiums, and stores can deny entry to customers who don’t wear face coverings.
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Jersey Shore town temporarily bans on-street parking to limit non-essential travel
A Monmouth County coastal municipality has prohibited on-street parking in an effort "to limit non-essential travel into town," the mayor announced.
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Delaware Boy Scouts offering ‘victory gardens’ to help ease burden
‘Victory gardens’ are making a comeback as part of an effort to help people impacted by coronavirus.
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Record-breaking Narcan shipments to prevent Pa. coronavirus overdose spike
The city has started weekly trainings so people living with users are ready to help.
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Coronavirus update: Cases confirmed in all 67 Pa. counties; state prisons extend visitation ban
The number of confirmed cases in Pa. has increased by 1,989 over the past 24 hours, and there were 29 new deaths in that time.
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Coronavirus update: Gov. Carney rejects university report that Delaware hospitalizations have peaked
The University of Washington had predicted that Delaware hospitalizations would peak Thursday but statistics belie that projection.
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Pa. closes schools for the rest of academic year, urges online learning
After closing down “indefinitely,” Pennsylvania has made it official: K-12 schools are closed for the rest of the academic year. Here’s what’s next.
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Online equity would require more than Chromebooks
Wealthier districts have a "10-year head start" on devices, online access, and virtual curriculum.
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Doylestown Hospital has a sterile solution to the N95 mask shortage
The Bucks County facility uses hydrogen peroxide vapor tech to decontaminate its supply of face masks prized for its ability to filter 95% of particles.
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Listen 1:22‘We don’t feel safe’: Sanitation workers anxiously wait for city masks to arrive
“We don’t feel safe, we don’t feel protected and we don’t feel appreciated by the city,” said a Streets Department employee who spoke to WHYY under the condition of anonymity.
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Grocery workers in Philadelphia are getting coronavirus. Will your store let you know?
One of the few public spaces open during business shutdowns, grocery stores are at an epicenter of disease anxiety.
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Yo Philly! Can we get a nightly cheer for essential workers?
Show love for folks keeping the city going each day at 7 p.m.
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Rebels with a cause: ‘Outlaw’ Pa. businesses make coronavirus masks without state approval
Pa. manufacturers say they want to make coronavirus PPE, but some have been stymied by the state’s waiver process during the shutdown.
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Listen 3:35‘How do you create a version of school that truly is for everybody but is also virtual?’
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Keystone Crossroads reporter Avi Wolfman-Arent about how Philly schools are changing during COVID-19
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