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Sinora Allwood, RN and Dr Jillian Lucas Baker have been friends for decades. Neither knew that the other was struggling in silence with infertility. Once they discovered their mutual secret- they started the podcast, ''A Tribe Called Fertility.''
Health

Podcast by Black women medical professionals explores infertility, maternal health

The hosts are Sinora Allwood, RN, a holistic health nurse and health coach, and Dr. Jillian Lucas Baker, executive director of the Center of Parent and Teen Communication.

4 years ago

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Lawn signs are pictured for school board candidates
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Red wave on school issues? Results of PAC-funded board races in Philly suburbs say not this year

A closer look at the 2021 school board results in the vastly influential Philadelphia suburbs challenges any decisive electoral storyline.

4 years ago

Listen 4:57
Kim Paulus, general manager of Stomping Grounds Cafe in West Philadelphia and Workforce Development Instructor at Youthbuild Charter High School (left), teaches senior Nyasia Flowers (right) to create a design on a mocha drink
PlanPhilly
Education

Run by high school students, a new Philly cafe wants to change lives with coffee

At the city’s newest coffee shop in West Philly, there aren’t any pumpkin spice lattes or many adults, because at Stomping Grounds, young people are in charge.

4 years ago

Listen 1:54
Olivia Jolley, 8, with her mother Jimena after getting the vaccine at Westside Family Healthcare in Wilmington. (Courtesy of Westside)
Health

‘Bribing him with ice cream’: Parents inoculating kids ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19

More than 1,500 of the youngest eligible Delaware children have received their first Pfizer shot in less than a week. About 76,000 more can get vaccinated.

4 years ago

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File photo: Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump's efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan was skeptical Thursday, Nov. 4, of attorneys for the former president who asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee
Courts & Law

Court temporarily delays release of Trump’s Jan. 6 records

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

4 years ago

Rowan University students gather outside the Chamberlin Student Center criticize the administration for ignoring racial slurs and unequal treatment directed at Black students
Education

‘Black Students Matter’ rally calls out discrimination at Rowan University

Citing a history of racial intimidation and bias incidents, Rowan University’s NAACP chapter organized a rally to get the attention of university officials.

4 years ago

In this November 2021 photo, students and staff at Odessa High School near Middletown are wearing mandated masks. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Amid declining cases and opposition to masks, Gov. Carney hints at ending Delaware school mandate in February

The school mask requirement was extended until February 8. One foe says they cause “an epidemic of anxiety, depression and fear in our children."

4 years ago

Leah Lefkove, 9, waits as her dad Dr. Ben Lefkove prepares the first COVID-19 vaccine for her at the Viral Solutions vaccination and testing site in Decatur, Ga., on the first day COVID-19 vaccinations were available for children from 5 to 12 on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. The U.S. enters a new phase Wednesday in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with shots now available to millions of elementary-age children in what health officials hailed as a major breakthrough after more than 18 months of illness, hospitalizations, deaths and disrupted education. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Health

COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for U.S.

The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North.

4 years ago

Veterans Day ceremony at Community College of Philadelphia. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Community

Veterans Day ceremonies honor those who served in the Philly region

Numerous ceremonies mark Veterans Day in Philadelphia, including a reminder of the cost of service at Community College of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Activists hold up a sign that says,
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

New limits would curtail lobbyist perks for Pa. lawmakers, but one leader could stand in the way

Senate President Jake Corman, who has reported accepting thousands of dollars in hospitality and transportation gifts, has yet to join fellow GOP leaders in support.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Glen Mills Schools
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Glen Mills Schools wants to reopen with a new name following decades of abuse allegations

Pennsylvania shuttered the nation’s oldest reformatory school in Delaware County after decades of abuse allegations came to light. Now, it appears to be attempting to reopen.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden stands during a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate Veterans Day and mark the centennial anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

Biden salutes troops as ‘spine of America’ on Veterans Day

“There’s nothing low risk or low cost about war for the women and men who fight it,” said Biden.

4 years ago

An illustration of a home, with a COVID-19 test and illustration of the virus itself inside
Health

Can at-home COVID-19 tests make holiday gatherings safer?

Home kits are not as accurate as the PCR tests, but they have the advantage of giving results within minutes instead of days.

4 years ago

John
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Jury in Dougherty-Henon corruption trial asks for guidance as deliberations continue

The jurors’ question may indicate they are nearing the end of their deliberations in the federal corruption trial of Bobby Henon and John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.

4 years ago

A photo of Rev. Robert Brennan, right, is displayed during a news conference in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Former Philly priest pleads guilty to lying to investigators about clergy sex abuse

Former Philadelphia priest Robert Brennan, 83, changed his plea to guilty Wednesday in federal court, according to court documents.

4 years ago

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