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The authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls climate change clearly human-caused and “unequivocal,” forecasts the 21st century.

Penn Medicine’s new center aims to directly connect vulnerable patients to surgical care, often out of reach for those who are uninsured.

West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.

Talk of breakthroughs has pushed into the conversation about variants and vaccinations. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked what we know about them.

The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.

After an initial boost during the pandemic shutdown, the number of people willing to foster animals has plummeted, and Philly shelters are desperately seeking new applicants.

All ChristianaCare employees must receive the first dose of the vaccine by Sept. 21, or the health system with terminate workers who don’t unless given an exemption.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end. The baton has now been passed to Paris, which will host the Games in 2024.

The first fans are expected to watch the Eagles practice Sunday, August 8. It’s expected to be “largest crowd since the end of the 2019 season.”

The goal of the Young Catholic Professionals program is to connect people in their 20s and 30s, strengthen their faith, and integrate it with their work lives.

An environmental group is hoping to build on earlier court victories to get the state to return more than $1 billion to a conservation fund.

A summer program — Kicks Up, Guns Down — has this goal: to show kids there are better ways to handle conflict than shooting someone.

Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t embrace the vaccine.

The U.S. government has not approved booster shots against the virus, saying it has yet to see evidence they are necessary.

Rutgers-Camden study helped show residents how mindfulness and yoga can help people cope with stress including the pandemic.