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Philadelphia school leaders confident schools will reopen this year
The school district has tried twice to reopen schools for 30,000 students in pre-kindergarten through third grade — first in September and then in November.
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Center City District ad campaign aims to help restaurants survive
With images evoking battles of the past, the promotion encourages people to order takeout meals directly from the restaurants.
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Pennsylvania announces new plan for vaccine rollout
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine and Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday issued an updated vaccination plan for the state.
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Study suggests Pfizer vaccine works against virus variant
The study was preliminary and did not look at the two other major vaccines being used in the West — Moderna’s and AstraZeneca’s.
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‘I’m very happy to be here’: Hundreds of home health workers get vaccinated at Convention Center
The 2-day mass-vaccination site is for health workers unassociated with hospitals. The hope is to even out the racial distribution of vaccine recipients.
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Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines
After a glow of hope when the first coronavirus vaccines were approved last month, the nation's inoculation campaign has gotten off to a slow start.
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Delaware eases COVID curfew on restaurants, bars
Delaware bars and restaurants can now stay open past 10 p.m., but Gov John Carney’s stay-at-home order and restrictions on large gatherings remain.
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N.J. accelerates coronavirus vaccinations with first ‘megasites’
The Morris County site, in a former Sears store, will begin by giving shots to about 1,000 people per day. A Gloucester County site also opened Friday.
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Pre-register for the vaccine with Philly Fighting COVID, opening a clinic in Center City
When you sign up, you’ll get an alert as soon as your “phase” is eligible for inoculation.
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Waiting several days for COVID-19 test results? Check with the lab
Part of the delay in delivering results may not be because of overwhelming test volume at labs, but slow communication to patients.
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US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
Skyrocketing deaths and infections there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.
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Pa. pushes schools to reopen; new COVID-19 variant detected in commonwealth
Someone in Dauphin County tested positive for the variant “after known international exposure,” the Department of Health said in a news release.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccination of first responders to begin
New Jersey officials have announced the start of the next phase of vaccinations against the coronavirus with police and fire professionals.
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‘Today we take the fight to the virus’: Montco opens first COVID vaccine clinic
Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The 250th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Philadelphia was canceled due to pandemic fears.
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