The coronavirus and COVID-19
Our goal is to equip you with the information you need. Rather than chase every update, we’ll try to keep things in context and focus on helping you make decisions.
Via National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Day-by-day look at coronavirus disease cases in Pennsylvania
By Staff
Ed Mahon
A user’s guide to masks: What’s best at protecting others (and yourself)
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Damian Dovarganes
‘A homeless pandemic’ looms as 30 million are at risk of eviction
“I don’t know what’s going to happen and if they’re going to kick me out of my apartment. You can hardly even sleep sometimes.”
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Rick Bowmer
Now is the time to start biking
“It’s freedom. When you were a kid and you got a bike and you could go riding around and it was just freedom. And that’s what it can be for adults, too.”By Meg Anderson/NPR -
Coronavirus spurs enrollment explosion for Pa. cyberschools
“Compared to prior years, interest this year is astronomical.”By Jan Murphy/PennLive -
Kate Landis
What it’s like when COVID-19 lasts for months
Support groups on Facebook include thousands of people, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three.By Catherine Whelan/NPR -
Charles Krupa
Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts in Pa. and other states
Hospital networks in Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Wisconsin and elsewhere are among more than 60 institutions participating.By Philip Marcelo/The Associated Press -
Jeff Roberson
Entire Pirates-Cards 3-game series postponed over coronavirus woes
There have now been 27 games postponed by Major League Baseball because of COVID-19 concerns. -
Susan Walsh
States on hook for billions under Trump’s unemployment plan
Many states are already facing budget crunches caused by the pandemic.By Matthew Barakat/The Associated Press