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How did the new COVID-19 strains evolve? Will the vaccine still be effective? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk looked for answers.

In this handful of names with city roots, there are stories long forgotten and glimpses of an overlooked past.

Castor served as the District Attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2008.

The winter storm rolling through the Philly region is already canceling some COVID-19 testing and vaccine appointments. Here’s what we know so far.

Officials said there was no need to call a “snow day" and cancel classes since instruction is taking place digitally.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is advising motorists to delay unnecessary travel during the storm.

The consequences could be serious, experts said: Potentially wider disparities could go unnoticed, and efforts to address them go unplanned.

Where you should go to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey, and why there are so many websites to do it.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has reopened in a big way, with big art on big walls that take your breath away with their sheer size.

After the city’s formal request for vaccine distribution partners went out, Johnson sent emails to PFC’s Doroshin, discussing financial details of his application.

At a virtual town hall hosted by WHYY, direct engagement was seen as key to helping overcome mistrust of the country’s racist medical history.

A First Alert is in effect for the entire greater Philadelphia region, meaning people should take the time to prepare now so they’re not caught off-guard.

The disclosures could threaten public confidence in a national rollout already marked by vaccine shortages, appointment logjams and inconsistent standards state to state.

The gap is deeply troubling to some, given that the coronavirus has taken a disproportionate toll in severe sickness and death on Black people in the U.S.

We Are The Seeds, based in Philadelphia, is asking Native American artists from around the country to teach digital workshops open to the public.