Other cities and states — such as Chicago, Louisiana, and Maryland — have seen more people of color impacted by COVID-19, even after those numbers are adjusted to the states’ particular demographics.
It’s a widespread campaign to shame Joel Freedman, who owns an empty building that it’s not even clear could have been used in time to respond to the surge of COVID-19 patients.
The CDC is revising its official guidelines after pressure from some health officials who argued there's some evidence covering the mouth and nose can slow the spread of the coronavirus when used in conjunction with social distancing.
Penn is distributing blood-pressure cuffs to pregnant women so they can monitor their own BP, potentially eliminating three in-person trips to the hospital or doctor prior to delivery.
Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is among the top officials pushing the CDC to revise its current guidance, which doesn't recommend all Americans wear a mask or facial covering while they are out in public.
The service is thanks to a partnership between a telehealth company and the city, which accelerated the time line for unveiling the partnership to serve mothers under a stay-at-home order.
Big employers in the Philadelphia region have announced more than 15 times as many layoffs so far this month than in all of March last year, a microcosm of the massive job losses that the coronavirus pandemic has visited upon the state and the nation.
