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Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan
The executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for a $15 hourly minimum wage for some employees.
2 hours ago
Philly teachers union wants all staff vaccinated before students return to school
In a letter obtained by WHYY, the union president said it would be “foolish” to reopen schools before all staff are vaccinated.
16 hours ago
Thousands of Delawareans sign up for COVID vaccine as online registration launches
More than 56,000 people have pre-registered for a COVID-19 vaccine. Those over 65 and people at-risk are eligible to be placed on a waitlist.
17 hours ago
Philly announces COVID-19 vaccine sign-up: Here’s what we know (and what we don’t)
The city launched its own site for indicating interest in getting vaccinated; it will work with other organizations already collecting personal data.
17 hours ago
Pennsylvania passes 20K deaths from the coronavirus
Pennsylvania’s seven-day average of deaths reported hit its highest point in the pandemic earlier this month, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
18 hours ago
Wolf announces $600 COVID grants for Pa. child care workers
The one-time award will be provided to approximately 33,000 child care employees, an increase from the roughly 9,000 employees who would have received ERA payments.
19 hours ago
Biden announces executive actions meant to help reopen schools
The new measures would increase testing and PPE access for schools, and create a centralized, national database of school coronavirus cases.
20 hours ago
‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to COVID-19 vaccine refusers
Tamara Russell, aka Revive P.O.C, hit the streets of Philadelphia to hear what residents are thinking about vaccine refusers.
20 hours ago
Listen 4:32Biden to sign coronavirus measures, requires mask use to travel
Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and require Americans to wear masks for travel.
1 day ago
Group entrusted with Philly vaccine clinic abandoned testing, stranding communities
Many in the city’s medical community were surprised when Philly Fighting COVID opened a mass vaccination site — and stopped offering free neighborhood tests.
2 days ago
Listen 3:39Biden to extend order limiting pandemic evictions
The federal eviction moratorium, implemented through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is intended to help tenants who have been battered economically
2 days ago
The plan could keep some of the most vulnerable in Montco from getting the vaccine for months.
2 days ago
It may be weeks until Philadelphia teachers can get the coronavirus vaccine
Health Commissioner Thomas Farley recommended Philadelphia teachers who live in the surrounding suburbs try to get the vaccine in their respective areas.
3 days ago
Philadelphia is launching a COVID-19 vaccine sign-up. What about the one that exists?
More than 60,000 people have already entered information at Philly Fighting COVID’s site. The city says the data won’t be shared because it isn’t an official registry.
3 days ago
Pa. vaccine guidelines expand to 65 and older, those with high risk medical conditions 16-64
The state of Pennsylvania and city of Philadelphia expand vaccine eligibility - but with differing guidelines.
3 days ago
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