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It will be a while until most of us are vaccinated. If you think you’ve been exposed, or hoping you haven’t been, knowing which test to get is important.

The head of the World Health Organization called Friday for patent rights to be waived until the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

Moran, a Democrat, was elected in 2017 and would be leaving his post months before the end of his first term.

The largest and oldest indoor flower show in the world moves outside to FDR Park this summer, for the pandemic.

Philadelphia is prioritizing vaccinations for people over the age of 75 and those with high-risk medical conditions.

Gov. Tom Wolf said that it has been a tough and trying year, but there is hope and a light at the end of the tunnel with the growing availability of vaccines.

After a person exposed to COVID-19 while incarcerated entered a city courtroom, Philadelphia said it will begin testing prison inmates ahead of trials.

Under the compromise, those payments — payable on top of regular state benefits — would be reduced to $300, but run an extra month through September.

Sharif Street, 46, was elected to his second term in the state Senate last year. He will start an exploratory committee next month to start the formal process.

The Philadelphia Board of Education has not approved a new charter school since taking over its governance when the district was returned to local control in 2018.

The aid is targeted at businesses with fewer than 300 employees that have lost at least 25% of their sales as a result of the pandemic.

Many aspects, from the legal market to the implications for policing to the expungement of past convictions, remain hazy. Here’s what we know.

The city released a request for proposals seeking designers to guide a major redesign of a stretch of the Parkway between Logan Circle and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

A WHYY analysis of Delaware data found that Black and Latino residents are getting vaccinated for the coronavirus at much lower rates than white residents.

The plan from AmeriStarRail would privatize Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor, adding new stops and faster, more frequent trains.