COVID-19

As social distancing restrictions make large gatherings difficult, people who earn their money working live events worry about what the rest of 2020 and early 2021 hold for them.

A conversation with Robert D. Hicks, who led the development of the Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death exhibit, about how the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic compares to COVID-19, and what we can learn from the past.

Used to dealing with the possible spread of infection, several tattoo parlors in the region have instituted new policies and practices in order to stay open.

At Destolfo’s Premier Martial Arts in Conshohocken, students can work out mask-free in the parking lot or take socially distanced lessons online.

The shutdown and social distancing are preventing accurate tracing of domestic abuse cases in Philadelphia, but service providers continue to reach out to survivors.

Ten individuals share their personal experiences of losing their job during COVID-19. They talk about the difficulties applying for unemployment, their day-to-day lives without jobs, and the anxiety they felt when restaurants reopened for outdoor dining.

Comic book distributors took a break in March and April, impacting the small shops that rely on new issues to bring in customers.

PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com compared COVID-19 case, hospitalization and death data from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to demographic data from the Census Bureau to see exactly who and where the coronavirus has hit hardest.