coronavirus
Dashboard: How full of COVID patients are Philly’s hospitals?
Updated weekly, these charts monitor the coronavirus burden on health institutions around the city. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Health
Community and Family
Einstein-Jefferson merger ruling hinges on insurers, not patients
A federal judge has decided the FTC and the Attorney General’s Office have not proved that the effects would be so bad that the merger should be blocked. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
coronavirus
‘I feel stuck’: Philadelphians struggle with the effects of unemployment on mental health
Research quantifies what most of us probably have assumed: unemployment does nothing positive for mental health. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
coronavirus
Getting tested in Philly: Rite Aid closes test sites as demand surges
There are still dozens of options available, although many have long wait times and longer turnaround. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Community and Family
TreePhilly Continues to Green the City Despite Coronavirus
How local tree giveaways adapted in 2020 with contactless pickups and drop-offs. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
coronavirus
Thousands of nurses at Philly area hospitals poised to strike
More than 2,500 nurses at four Philadelphia area hospitals are preparing to go on strike in the coming days. Represented by the Pennsylvania Association for Nurses and Allied Professionals, or PASNAP, the nurses have found themselves deadlocked with health system operators over one central issue: safe staffing on the hospital floor. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Community and Family
Stigma, cost mean fewer mental health resources for Black men
For communities of color and especially for Black men, quality mental health resources are scarce, some area therapists said Wednesday, two days after Walter Wallace Jr. was fatally shot by police in West Philadelphia. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Community and Family
Neighborhood Bike Works gave out 77 free bikes to essential workers and others in need
In April, Neighborhood Bike Works started a program called Bikes for Neighbors to help, giving away free bikes to essential workers and people who needed them.
Eight months into the initiative and with over 500 requests for bikes, 77 bikes have been given out.
Jessi West, Executive Director of Neighborhood Bike Works, said that the program was a solution to multiple problems created by the pandemic. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
coronavirus
COVID wrecking your mental health? New initiative will award $100k to pilot solutions for Philly millennials
A large number of millennials in Philly are people of color living on low incomes. What help is available to this generation, defined as people born between 1981 and 1996?
For folks who come up with ideas to answer that question, a new initiative will give out $50k in prizes and another $50k seed funding. Called the Well City Challenge, the social impact project is a sequel to 2018’s Full City Challenge — but instead of focusing on food and hunger, this focuses on health and wellness. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Health
Will Einstein-Jefferson merger save a struggling Philly hospital?
Will a merger save struggling Einstein Hospital or increase costs for patients?