Ongoing COVID-19 coverage is presented in part by Transforming Health–a project examining the future of health in America and in Central Pennsylvania. Transforming Health is an educational partnership of WITF, WellSpan Health and Capital BlueCross.
Here With You: COVID-19 stories
Watch our video series highlighting stories from members of our community. If you are interested in sharing your story, email Keira McGuire.
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Matt Rourke
How the crisis is making racial inequality worse
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John Locher
World Health Organization halts Hydroxychloroquine trial over safety concerns
The move comes after a medical journal reported patients getting hydroxychloroquine were dying at higher rates than other coronavirus patients.By Jason Beaubien/NPR -
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
From camping to dining out: Here’s how experts rate the risks of 14 summer activities
“We can think of transmission risk with a simple phrase: time, space, people, place.”
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Kimberly Paynter
How one nursing home is limiting the spread of COVID-19 among veterans
“We had a head start, if you will, in the sense that we had the basic testing equipment in place that we used for other purposes.” -
From camping to dining out: here’s how experts rate the risks of 14 summer activities
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AP
The race for a polio vaccine differed from the quest to prevent coronavirus
COVID-19 isn’t the first health crisis the United States has faced that experts say a vaccine will be needed to resolve.
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John Minchillo
Were hospitals unprepared for the pandemic? How are they planning for a 2nd wave?
Many scientists say COVID-19 could return with a second wave of infections, which means hospitals have a few months to learn from the first outbreak to prepare for a second one.
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John Bazemore
Scientists say new, lower CDC estimates for severity of COVID-19 are optimistic
Politicians, government officials and medical experts still disagree on how deadly the coronavirus is and how much caution to take when reopening the nation’s economy.
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Emma Lee/WHYY
Pa. is mixing coronavirus test results, and that could distort our view of the disease
Pennsylvania is including in its official count not only viral tests that reveal who currently has COVID-19, but also antibody tests that show whether a person was previously infected. -
Gene J. Puskar
For in-person college, coronavirus testing will be key. But is that feasible?
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Brian van der Brug
Pennsylvania’s coronavirus data collection raises eyebrows
The state includes results of both viral and antibody tests in its total number of novel coronavirus cases.
