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A family eats breakfast in front of homes destroyed by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
Community

‘We’ll fight through this’: Haitians in Philly scramble to organize aid after earthquake, avoid mistakes of 2010

The humanitarian failure that was relief efforts following the last devastating earthquake in 2010 is weighing heavily on the minds of Haitians in the Philly region.

5 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden receives a briefing in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Health

U.S. mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall

Among the first to receive them could be health care workers, nursing home residents and other older Americans.

5 years ago

SEPTA trolley tunnel (SEPTA)
Community

SEPTA is flummoxed by a driver’s trolley tunnel detour

There was no damage after a car drove onto underground trolley tracks in Philly early Saturday morning.

5 years ago

A U.S.Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Politics & Policy

Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul

Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

5 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters after a marathon “vote-a-rama” to advance President Joe Biden’s federal priorities, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. The Democratic leader discussed the $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs, the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, and the importance of voting rights. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Health

Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake vaccine cards

The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online.

5 years ago

Utibe R. Essien, M.D., M.P.H., is a health services researcher at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. (Courtesy of Utibe Essien)
Health

VA patients of color less likely to be prescribed blood thinners for a common cardiac issue, study shows

Even with uniform access to medication and insurance, patients of color at the VA were less likely to get standard-of-care meds for atrial fibrillation.

5 years ago

Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (Google Maps)
Courts & Law

‘A lot of us feel betrayed’: Former employees of Delco’s closed juvenile detention center ask county for help

Workers at the center, ordered shut amid abuse allegations, say they are falling on hard times. Their benefits and health insurance expire Sept. 3.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA moves deep cleaning to Erie-Torresdale El stop this weekend

SEPTA continues to clean stations, hoping people will return to mass transit.

5 years ago

Kenyans queue to receive AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine donated by Britain, at the Makongeni Estate in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. An international system to share coronavirus vaccines was supposed to guarantee that low and middle-income countries could get doses without being last in line and at the mercy of unreliable donations but it hasn't worked out that way and in late June alone, the initiative known as COVAX sent some 530,000 doses to Britain – more than double the amount sent that month to the entire continent of Africa. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Health

Rich nations dip into COVAX supply while poor wait for shots

In late June alone, the initiative known as COVAX sent some 530,000 doses to Britain – more than double the amount sent that month to the entire continent of Africa.

5 years ago

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Community
6ABC

Philly violence: 7 shot in separate shootings, leaving 4 dead since late Friday night

Since just before midnight Saturday police say 7 people have been shot in separate shootings, leaving four dead.

5 years ago

Beachgoers on the sand in Atlantic City
Lifestyle

Atlantic City enhances public safety with new interactive software

Atlantic City tests new software to enhance public safety, interacting directly with residents and visitors.

5 years ago

Camae Ayewa (left) and Rasheedah Phillips (right), the artists of Black Quantum Futurism and makers of the film “Write No History” with their work in Philadelphia’s historic Hatfield House
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s fave Afrofuturists turned a Fairmount mansion into a time-travel portal

The Hatfield House in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is the site of an Afrofuturist vision of time travel by the art duo Black Quantum Futurism

5 years ago

Anthony Wright met with DA Larry Krasner along with other exonerees. (Cherri Gregg / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Ex-Philly homicide detectives face perjury charges for testimony in retrial of innocent man

A grand jury is recommending criminal charges against the former homicide detectives who gave false testimony against Anthony Wright, an innocent man.

5 years ago

Kevin Diamond speaks outside Jefferson Hospital as part of a rally
Health

Jefferson Frankford nurses want to unionize, call attention to staffing issues

To announce their intention to organize as a local of PASNAP, nurses gathered in front of the hospital. They say their employer is union busting.

5 years ago

Health care workers at the Temple University vaccination clinic in April 2021 (Danya Henninger / Billy Penn)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Students debate Philly’s new vaccine mandate for colleges

Philadelphia announced Friday that students and staff of city colleges will need to be vaccinated by October 15.

5 years ago

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