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It’s been more than a year of physical distancing and change. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked when, and how, life will resume post-pandemic?

Most of those killed suffered severe burns, he said. Others were overcome by smoke, unwilling to leave behind relatives hooked up to ventilators.

Protesters in Rodney Square also called for justice for Lymond Moses. Two white officers fatally shot the 30-year-old Black man in January.

Sunday’s demonstration at Malcolm X Park aimed to shed light on how Wallace aligned with Black Lives Matter and how the music he wrote reflected those beliefs.

Council members unanimously backed a resolution supporting a proposal to put a lid atop I-95 through part of the city to reconnect neighborhoods with a park.

You’re more likely to win the lottery than develop this severe COVID vaccine reaction. But for a Manayunk woman, the lowest of odds changed her life.

Less than 30 minutes before the man charged with killing George Floyd was pronounced guilty, yet another Black person was dead at the hands of police in the U.S.

This stark access gap is prompting increased calls across the world for the U.S. to start shipping vaccine supplies to poorer countries.

The deadly encounters are only a small snapshot of the thousands of interactions between American police officers and civilians every day.

Organizers say his case and the 2020 murder of George Floyd are linked to a long history of racist policing nationwide, as well as in Philadelphia.

While previous presidents have offered somber reflections of the dark moment in history via remembrance day proclamations, they have avoided using the term genocide.

The majority of the board voted to follow the recommendation of a hearing officer to not renew Universal Bluford and Universal Daroff schools.

Even as more people get treatment overall, people with criminal justice involvement still remain less likely to get medication for opioid use disorder.

On Thursday, a group of about 20 Philadelphia high school students were asked to react to the Chauvin verdict. This is what they said.

The Carnaval de Puebla tradition started by Philly’s Mexican community will live on this year with two concerts and celebration held April 25 on Facebook Live.