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FILE - This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP, File)
Health

Polio detected in NYC’s sewage, suggesting virus circulating

It is another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

4 years ago

Sign for Crozer Health
Health

Delco reaches agreement with Crozer Health to keep behavioral health services intact

The agreement does not include the restoration of other shuttered services and units within the hospitals.

4 years ago

FILE - Boxes of BinaxNow home COVID-19 tests made by Abbott displayed for sale next to liquid hand soap at a CVS store in Lakewood, Wash., Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. People screening themselves at home for COVID-19 may need to use three rapid tests to accurately detect the virus, according to new U.S. recommendations released Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, that call for a longer testing period. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Health

FDA: Take 3 home tests if exposed to COVID to boost accuracy

They say new studies suggest taking two tests can miss too many infections, and could result in people spreading COVID to others, especially if they don't develop symptoms.

4 years ago

Abortion-rights activists setup an abortion pills educational booth as they protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 4, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Health

Demand for online abortion services increases, as coverage expands to New Jersey

Online providers say much of the demand has come from patients in states where abortion is now restricted.

4 years ago

Farm manager Benjamin Miller waters the garden at 61st and Reinhard streets in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

People’s Kitchen is latest community garden threatened by sheriff sale

Advocates estimate dozens of community gardens are tangled up in private liens. Negotiations and a GoFundMe are afoot.

4 years ago

Bernard ''Billy'' Brown hugs a tree in Haddington Woods near Cobbs Creek. Brown is the author of a new guide book, ''Exploring Philly Nature.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Bugs, birds, and plants: This writer wants you to embrace nature in Philly

Urban wildlife exists all around us, and Bernard Brown is on a mission to get people to enjoy it with his new book, “Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons."

4 years ago

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Flags wave in the wind from a building on Temple University's campus
Education
6abc

Temple makes masks optional for fall semester, but not everyone is happy about it

The decision has been met with mixed reactions, but ultimately Temple University says they are following what the city is doing.

4 years ago

File photo: Packages riding on a belt are scanned to be loaded onto delivery trucks at the Amazon Fulfillment center. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Politics & Policy

OSHA investigates deaths of Amazon workers in New Jersey

All three Amazon workers died within the past month and were employed at company facilities in New Jersey.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

National Convening of Black Mayors returns to Philadelphia

Municipal leaders from across the country gathered in Philadelphia this week for the 2nd Annual National Convening of Black Mayors.

4 years ago

File photo: Portraits of loved ones of shooting victims, called co-victims, are displayed on three floors at Philadelphia City Hall in an exhibit curated by Zarinah Lomax called ''We Are Here: Stories and Expressions of Healing.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Faces you need to see’: Loved ones of violence victims share grief in new art exhibit

A new art exhibit at City Hall features gun violence co-victims, or people who’ve lost someone to homicide — stories often lost in the daily homicide count.

4 years ago

Fairfax County Public School buses are lined up at a maintenance facility
Education

Philly public schools push to hire more support staff before first day of school

While Philadelphia schools are mostly staffed with teachers and counselors, they are working to fill hundreds of support roles.

4 years ago

East Greenwich Police Department Chief Matthew Brenner addressed the media during a press conference on Aug. 11, 2022 about the odor. (6abc)
Community

Officials: foul smells leaking from truck in Gloucester Co. ‘pose no risk’ to public

Residents complain of a “rotten egg smell” as far as Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County.

4 years ago

File photo: Bill Russell, (left) star of the Boston Celtics is congratulated by coach Arnold ''Red'' Auerbach after scoring his 10,000th point in the NBA game against the Baltimore Bullets in Boston Garden on Dec. 12, 1964. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, file)
Arts & Entertainment

Russell’s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league

NBA players who currently wear No. 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the number cannot be issued again.

4 years ago

A sign at the entrance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen on April 19 in Atlanta. (Ron Harris/AP)
Health

CDC drops quarantine, screening recommendations for COVID-19

The changes are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected.

4 years ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Justice Department Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. seeks to unseal search warrant of Trump home

Garland cited the “substantial public interest in this matter” in announcing the request at a Justice Department news conference.

4 years ago

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