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Archives: Articles

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine at a Philadelphia school nurse vaccination clinic on Jan. 22, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly hospitals have started vaccinating their patients against COVID-19. Here’s how it works

Penn, Temple and Einstein are pivoting from Phase 1A, when they vaccinated their patient-facing staff, to Phase 1B, their most at-risk patients.

19 mins ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin speaks at the opening of the community vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Health

Nurse alleges Philly Fighting COVID CEO took vaccine home; sources saw photo of him with syringes off-site

After PFC turned away people seeking vaccinations that day, friends of CEO Andrei Doroshin say they saw a Snapchat photo of him appearing to administer vaccine off-site.

37 mins ago

Solar panels on farmland
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

No fix in sight for dispute over opening N.J. farmland to large solar projects

Solar developers say it’s the way to meet clean-energy goals. Critics say it would hurt Garden State agriculture.

54 mins ago

A promotional image for Conversations of Kings
Community

Conversations of Kings 2021: Media, narrative, and social change

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, NewCORE and WHYY presented the 2021 Conversations of Kings: Media, narrative, and social change.

1 hour ago

Home health workers wait in line outside Philadelphia’s community vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Health

What’s actually in Philly Fighting COVID’s privacy policy?

During most of the time the group collected names on its COVIDReadi site, it did so without terms and conditions or a privacy policy.

3 hours ago

A man holds an umbrella while crossing the street in the snow.
Weather
NBC10

Wintry mix of ice and light snow to cause slippery spots

A FIRST ALERT is in effect for the Pennsylvania suburbs, Lehigh Valley and Berks County Tuesday due to a wintry mix of ice and light snow.

5 hours ago

First lady Jill Biden's necklace says
Politics & Policy

Jill Biden signals she’ll be more active as first lady

Dr. Biden signaled Monday that she'll be a more active first lady, with a trio of virtual appearances before governors' spouses, young Latinos and library officials.

6 hours ago

A person receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Health

National Health Corps to tackle vaccine delivery, racial disparities in Delaware

New Castle County will become the newest National Health Corps site with AmeriCorps volunteers working to respond to COVID-19 and address inequities in health care.

7 hours ago

President Donald Trump leaves the podium after a briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watch, (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

As the Trump era ends, the school choice movement reckons with its conservative ties

Pennsylvania’s school choice community has deep ties to conservative donors and politicians. Will that coalition hold together after the fractures of the Trump era?

8 hours ago

A viewing was held at The Met for Philadelphia restaurateur KeVen Parker, who died of cancer on Jan. 14 at age 57. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Community

The ‘epitome of Black excellence’: friends, mentees, and acquaintances remember KeVen Parker

Parker’s public viewing at the Met Monday drew a steady trickle of people. One by one, people shared examples of Parker’s advice, encouragement, and generosity.

17 hours ago

newborn babies
Health

N.J. releases plan to reduce maternal mortality rate, fix racial disparities

A Black mother in New Jersey is seven times more likely than a white mother to die from maternity-related complications, according to the report.

18 hours ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Politics & Policy

Trump’s sway over GOP tested as impeachment heads to Senate

The impeachment case against Donald Trump is heading toward a historic Senate trial.

19 hours ago

Philadelphia’s vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly Fighting COVID kicked out of city vaccine program after sudden switch to for-profit

Philadelphia says it has cut ties with the 9-month-old mass vaccine distributor over its sudden switch to a for-profit model and abrupt drop of community testing partners.

19 hours ago

FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump, second from right, speaks with from left, Rep. Fred Keller, Rep. Dan Meuser, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rep. Scott Perry after arriving at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., Thursday, May 14, 2020. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Rep. Scott Perry confirms election fraud talks with Trump, DOJ lawyer amid president’s effort to overturn Georgia results

Perry introduced Trump to DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark — who, the New York Times reported, was part of Trump’s plan to pressure Georgia to overturn its certified election results.

20 hours ago

Vaccination stations at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center Covid-19 vaccination site in Edison, New Jersey, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. New Jersey will expand Covid-19 vaccinations to people 65 years old and over and those ages 16 to 64 who have
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccine hotline fields 60K calls; candidates can get signatures in person

The surge in interest highlighted an imbalance that there is far more demand for the vaccine than there are doses in the Garden State.

21 hours ago

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