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New Jersey officials are requiring vaccinations for those who work in health care and congregate settings by Sept. 7 or be tested for COVID at least once a week.

A Philadelphia-based group surprised 20 students at home and work with a scholarship and some hope for a better future.

The strips allow people to test other drugs for the presence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has played a major part in driving the country’s rising overdose death toll.

Famed opera singer Marian Anderson will soon be immortalized with a statue outside of the Academy of Music.

WHYY host Cherri Gregg speaks with Zakia Williams, co-founder of Black Men Heal, about Simone Biles’ mental health decision.

Philadelphia will launch an expanded street cleaning pilot over the coming weeks — and begin asking residents to move their cars to make way for mechanical sweeper trucks.

SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman got a first-hand look at how Wilmington businesses are faring.

The DA’s of Pennsylvania’s two biggest counties say an opioid settlement deal brokered by Attorney General Josh Shapiro won’t provide enough relief.

GOP lawmakers say they’re still weighing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to extend a longstanding disaster declaration to combat the opioid crisis.

The Delco HBCU said that in light of the hardships students and their families have experienced, it will forgive some unpaid student balances.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act clocked in at some 2,700 pages, and senators could begin amending it soon.

Some business owners are making their own strict COVID-19 mitigation rules, while others are planning for a “normal” summer.

Newark Free Library offers its “Library of Things” collection, so residents can borrow things like ukuleles, record players, and even a cornhole set.

A Pfizer clinical trial in younger kids is underway at Rutgers. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk talked to two families who signed up.

After a video showing a white security guard and his K-9 dog charging at a Black man went viral, protesters aim to hold a popular South Jersey restaurant accountable.