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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines sit ready for use at a Dallas County Health and Human Services drive up vaccine site in Mesquite, Texas, Nov. 30, 2021. While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S. There is much that is unknown about omicron, including whether it is more contagious than previous versions, makes people sicker or more easily thwarts the vaccine or breaks through the immunity that people get from a bout of COVID-19
Politics & Policy

OSHA vaccine mandate penalties to start Jan. 10

The federal agency separately says there will be no citations of companies regarding its testing requirements before Feb. 9.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of Spark Therapeutics)
Health

Philly company Spark Therapeutics investing $575M toward gene therapy center on Drexel’s campus

Construction is set for late 2022. The center aims to bring gene therapy experts together to treat conditions like blindness, neurodegenerative disease.

5 years ago

 (New Castle County Facebook photo)
Health
6abc

The COVID-19 variant omicron now reported in New Castle and Montgomery Counties

The variant has infected four people in New Castle County, Delaware and one person in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

5 years ago

File photo: A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
Politics & Policy

New front in GOP’s election ‘investigation’ draws protests

State lawyers asked a court Friday to stop a digital data exchange scheduled for Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania’s sparsely populated Fulton County.

5 years ago

In this 2020 photo, COVID-19 test kits are laid out on a table at the testing site at 2600 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Free at-home COVID tests kits available in New Jersey

You do not need an email address and no credit card is required. Officials say the new program is to increase access and availability of tests.

5 years ago

A person fills up a jug of water from a faucet.
Health

New Pennsylvania funding will connect more homes with PFAS-tainted wells to public water

More than $15.8 million in PFAS remediation grants were awarded to local municipalities and water authorities in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

5 years ago

Ted Pickett, a leader with the Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group, joined government leaders in celebrating the announcement of more funding for the Eastwick EPA Superfund site on Dec. 17, 2021
PlanPhilly
Community

D.C. is sending $30M to fast-track cleanup of toxic soil in Philly

The federal dollars will allow the EPA to move forward with remedying an environmental injustice.

5 years ago

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories rests on a table in the room where student-athletes at Pacific Lutheran are tested three times a week, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash.
Health

Philly Health Department offering free at-home COVID tests at vaccine clinic Saturday

Residents can collect two free rapid COVID-19 test kits per person at Saturday morning’s vaccine clinic at Community Academy of Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Alayna Thach (Thach family/Gofundme)
PlanPhilly
Health

After a Philly student dies of complications from COVID-19, teachers ask for a temporary return to virtual

While it’s not clear how the student contracted COVID, and minors tend to have much milder coronavirus symptoms on the whole, the current wave of new cases has many on edge.

5 years ago

A stolen pair of Revolutionary War era French military pistols are returned to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Stolen 50 years ago, FBI returns antique guns to their rightful museums

Stolen 50 years ago by one man, a trove of antique Revolutionary War guns is returned to the museums they belonged to.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles fan Bill Farrell, of Philadelphia, tailgates prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, in Denver
Community

Washington vs. Eagles moved to Tuesday at 7 p.m. amid COVID outbreak

"As one source said, 'the league is getting pressure to move games,'" ESPN's Adam Schefter reported.

5 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health

Pfizer study tests extra COVID vaccine dose for kids under 5

It's not clear how much the study change will delay the quest for vaccinating the youngest children.

5 years ago

People walk past the Fox School of Business
Education

Pennsylvania exempts canceled student loans from taxes

Pennsylvania will no longer impose state income taxes on public sector workers and nurses who receive student loan forgiveness from two major programs.

5 years ago

A gloved hand holds up a syringe of the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Philly to keep giving Johnson and Johnson vax – with new warning – following CDC recommendation

Advisors to the CDC voted unanimously to downgrade recommending the J&J vaccine because in rare cases it can cause serious blood clots.

5 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Mandatory boosters: University of Delaware adds new vaccine requirement

University of Delaware students must receive a booster vaccine before the spring semester starts next year.

5 years ago

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