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June 30, 2020
By WAYNE PARRY and MICHAEL CATALINI ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – In this May 27, 2020, file photo, visitors pass a restaurant that has reopened in San Antonio. Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states, as states are rolling back lockdowns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov….
June 30, 2020
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Continent on Tuesday decided to reopen to visitors from 14 countries but not the U.S., where some of the states that pushed hardest and earliest to reopen their economies are now in retreat because of an alarming surge in confirmed coronavirus infections. The European Union’s decision came a day after…
June 29, 2020
City of Philadelphia–Public health departments around the world have several tools to combat disease outbreaks and pandemics. One of the most important is contact tracing. Health departments do this all the time, but they have never done it at a scale like we’re expecting to do over the next few months for COVID-19. What is…
June 25, 2020
By Nick Perry And Ken Moritsugu ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — New coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level in two months and are now back to where they were at the peak of the outbreak. The U.S. on Tuesday reported 34,700 new cases of the virus, according to a tally compiled…
June 25, 2020
By JIM VERTUNO and PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday halted elective surgeries in Texas’ biggest counties and said the state would “pause” its aggressive reopening as it deals with a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations that has made it a virus hot spot. The suspension of elective…
June 21, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Comedian D.L. Hughley announced he tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing onstage during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee. The stand-up comedian, 57, lost consciousness while performing at the Zanies comedy nightclub on Friday night and was hospitalized, news outlets reported. On Saturday, Hughley posted a video on Twitter in which he…
June 19, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – In this May 27, 2020, file photo, visitors to the River Walk pass a restaurant that has reopened in San Antonio. Coronavirus cases are rising in nearly half the U.S. states, as states are rolling back lockdowns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) By Mike Stobbe ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — States are…
June 19, 2020
Philadelphia is on track to enter the green phase of reopening in early July. Our strategy is working: Daily case counts are falling, residents are wearing masks, and the number of patients hospitalized with the infection is steadily dropping. When we begin the green phase, not all activities can restart right away. Philadelphia will still restrict…
June 11, 2020
ASSOCIATED PRESS A dozen new coronavirus cases in the Philadelphia area have been traced to someone who attended gatherings at beach houses at the Jersey Shore, according to the health department in suburban Bucks County. The department said 11 cases reported Saturday were linked to a New Jersey resident who was at gatherings in the…
June 11, 2020
By Seth Borenstein ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials across the South are still scrambling to adjust their hurricane plans to the coronavirus. The big unknown: Where will people fleeing storms go? The Associated Press surveyed more than 70 counties and states from Texas to Virginia, with more than 60% of coastal counties saying as of late May…
September 17, 2020
By Kim Cook New York-based designer Glenn Gissler painted this New York loft in Benjamin Moore’s deep,...
September 17, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Janelle Monae, left, and London Boyce in a scene from “Antebellum.” (Matt Kennedy/Lionsgate via AP)...
September 24, 2020
Breonna Taylor’s family has made it clear: ‘I’m mad as hell because nothing’s changing.’ The anger was...
September 21, 2020
The Philadelphia Eagles were their own worst enemy during Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams. By...
September 17, 2020
BPT Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a progressive and debilitating disease that leads to scarring of the lungs,...
September 17, 2020
All Signs: I believe that in the next few months, we will discover information and data that...
