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Health care workers take information from people in line at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site
Health

Millions more COVID-19 rapid tests, but are results reported?

The U.S. can now test several million people daily for coronavirus but the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.

6 years ago

A person receives a flu shot
Health

Delaware health system seeing huge demand for flu shot

Health officials are urging people to get the flu shot so that doctors and hospitals don’t face the extra strain of having to treat influenza in the midst of the pandemic.

6 years ago

Carson Wentz passes during the first half of the Eagles-Ravens game
Community

Ravens hold on for 30-28 win over depleted Eagles

Wentz tossed two TD passes, was sacked six times and managed to finish the game along with center Jason Kelce as Philadelphia’s only healthy starters.

6 years ago

Paul and Sandy Edwards of Quakertown (foreground) and their friends (from left) John Fullerton, Jeff Morris, Tom Cooley, and Mark Lubenetski, arrive at the Linc to watch the first Eagles game of the season that is open to live fans
Community

‘This is just what we do’: Eagles fans return to the Linc

While it was far from a normal game day at the Linc, Eagles fans still managed to find some signs of pre-pandemic life at the stadium in South Philly.

6 years ago

Nicole Flaherty, top, stands with her kids as her 7-year old daughter Madelyn places the ballot in the box in the Burlington County ballot box
Politics & Policy

More than 1 million voted so far in N.J.’s mail-in election

The turnout is a result of the state holding its first-ever mostly mail-in election, and election experts say it could be headed for 2008 levels of participation.

6 years ago

Voters receive a sticker after voting at one of Philadelphia’s satellite election offices
Politics & Policy

Philly celebs appearing in ‘Good Things Happen in Philadelphia’ GOTV event

The virtual effort will benefit Better Civics, a nonpartisan Philly organization focused on civic engagement and voter participation.

6 years ago

Harvard University graduate student Maya James poses in a park near the university, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Politics & Policy

Scammers seize on US election, but it’s not votes they want

American voters face an especially pivotal, polarized election this year, and scammers here and abroad are taking notice.

6 years ago

Nigerian American lifestyle blogger Nifesimi Akingbe, 31, stands outside her home in Randallstown, Md., near Baltimore, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Community

Black immigrants find camaraderie, divide amid protests

For some immigrants, their attitudes are driven by worries about their children.

6 years ago

Black man standing on West Philadelphia face mask donning a face mask
Politics & Policy

For Trump, city where ‘bad things happen’ looms large

Trump can’t change the basic political math in the state: one in eight registered voters live in Philadelphia, a city that delivers increasingly large Democratic margins.

6 years ago

Poll worker Chuck Kellander interacts with voters through a plexiglass screen at Belmont Hill Elementary School in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Judge rejects GOP attempt to shut down early voting center in Delaware County

The voting center began operating Friday in Subaru Park in the Democratic city of Chester.

6 years ago

A staff member of AMI Healthcare administered a COVID-19 test at the pop-up site at the Nittany Mall in State College on Friday, Sept. 25. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Health

Pennsylvania reports 2nd-highest COVID-19 total of pandemic

Nine new deaths were reported, bringing the total number of deaths associated with the virus to 8,466.

6 years ago

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

A newly energized Women’s March returns to Philadelphia

Four years after Trump’s election and the first Women’s March, feminists are taking to the streets again to protest the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.

6 years ago

Richard Gordon, principal of Paul Robeson High School, in hallway with lockers
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Robeson principal said the students are the secret to his success

Paul Robeson High School Principal Richard M. Gordon was recently named the National Association of Secondary School Principals 2021 National Principal of the Year.

6 years ago

(A Johnson/NPR)
Health

More free time, more stress: The pandemic is boosting the risk of childhood obesity

With smaller budgets for food, less access to school meals and limited physical activity, parents and doctors are struggling to keep kids healthy.

6 years ago

A person in a banana costume holding a sign that says
Arts & Entertainment

From Snacks to a FEAST: a 12-hour cabaret marathon is coming to your screen

FEAST brings dozens of performers from around the world into a 12-hour online event.

6 years ago

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