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(Fred Adams for Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

In race for COVID-19 vaccinations, older residents in rural Pa. face tough obstacles

Despite being among the most at risk, some lack transportation, access to chain pharmacies, and internet connections to get vaccine appointments.

5 years ago

A building is seen from the sidewalk on a cloudy day.
Community

Upper Darby and the township workers union are at odds over a no-layoff clause

The union represents the township’s sanitation workers and animal control, parking enforcement, and other non-first responder uniformed employees.

5 years ago

A life-size hologram tells the story of 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy Nefrina in the Ancient Civilizations Gallery at the Reading Public Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Reading Public Museum brings its mummy back to life, as a hologram

The Reading Public Museum knows what the Ancient Egyptian woman named Nefrina looked like in 300 B.C., so it recreated her as a hologram.

5 years ago

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Icylee Basketbill and her 15-year-old daughter Kyaira. (Courtesy of Icylee Basketbill)
Health

Autism advocacy groups urge vaccine priority as caregivers worry

Caregivers must take steps to make sure those with limited communication and social skills stay safe because other conditions put them at higher risk.

5 years ago

Listen 1:21
Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley addresses the media
Politics & Policy

‘I don’t have all the answers’: Health commissioner ducks questions at Philly Fighting COVID hearings

Kenney administration officials have been declining to answer questions, citing the ongoing inspector general investigation. It’s not a valid excuse, the IG’s office said.

5 years ago

(Tembinkosi Sikupela / Unsplash)
Health

Black babies are twice as likely to be born preterm. CHOP doctors are using COVID-19 to explore why

Pregnant Black women have a 50% increased risk of delivering before a full 40 weeks. The researchers will look at pandemic-era changes in prenatal care.

5 years ago

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Charity Robbins is a 10th grade student at Carver High School of Engineering and Science in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

‘Bored this whole school year’: Philly students reflect on 11 months online

Philly high school students have settled into a school year on track to be held entirely online. Meeting up after class IRL is out. Making new friends via IG is in.

5 years ago

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Left: Rosa Parks honored during SEPTA ceremony (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Right: Caroline LeCount (Courtesy of Transportationhistory.org)
PlanPhilly
Community

Before Rosa Parks: The fight for Philly transit equity and the Black women on the frontlines

As SEPTA honored Rosa Parks on her birthday, history remembers Caroline LeCount, who risked her life to desegregate 19th century Philadelphia’s streetcars.

5 years ago

In this July 30, 2013, file photo, people walk along a corridor at the headquarters of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Health

J&J asks US regulators to OK its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine

J&J’s vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19, according to preliminary results from a massive international study.

5 years ago

An up-close photo of Darrell Clarke speaking into a microphone in City Council chambers.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Council passes resolution to give itself more power over development

City Council unanimously passed the measure to create a council-led Zoning Code Review Commission to help revise the regulations that govern land use.

5 years ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks back to her office after speaking on the floor of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees

A fiercely divided House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees.

5 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. House moves to get legal relief for clergy abuse victims back on spring ballot

"Human error" by the Department of State derailed a constitutional amendment on whether survivors of decades-old sexual abuse should be able to sue.

5 years ago

A few pedestrians are seen walking in the heavy snow and wind in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Weather

While much of New Jersey shovels, coastal communities dry out from moderate flooding

Coastal New Jersey communities are drying out after seeing moderate flooding during this week’s nor’easter.

5 years ago

FILE - A protester yells at police who blocked a march on Pine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New independent police oversight commission will have power to investigate misconduct

With more authority to investigate misconduct, backers hope citizen police oversight agency will help restore public trust.

5 years ago

The Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. (NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law

Three corrections officers charged in January attack at N.J. women’s prison

Officials said the late-night attacks at the prison in Hunterdon County left the victims with scratches, concussions, and at least one orbital fracture.

5 years ago

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