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With Philly’s indoor dining vaccine mandate in full effect, restaurants report smooth rollout
Philly’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for indoor dining is now fully in effect. So what does this mean for restaurant operators and workers?
3 years ago
Glitch in new USPS COVID test website won’t let some apartment dwellers order kits
The website appears not to recognize some residences within multi-unit buildings as individual households.
3 years ago
Steepest COVID-19 surge shows signs of subsiding, but Delaware ‘not out of the woods’
Delaware’s daily cases and hospitalizations have dropped over the last five days, fueling guarded optimism from the governor and health officials.
3 years ago
White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for Americans to order four at-home tests per residential address, to be delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
3 years ago
U.S. faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
“A lot of people are still going to die because of how transmissible omicron has been,” said one epidemiologist, adding it "is going to get worse before it gets better."
3 years ago
Philly’s indoor dining vaccine mandate now fully in effect
A two-week grace period has ended, meaning almost anyone eating indoors in Philadelphia needs to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
3 years ago
Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’
The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.
3 years ago
Listen 4:12Why a suburban teen went to Philly to get his COVID-19 vaccine
Now, he’s on a mission to help young people like him get access to the shot.
3 years ago
Listen 5:49Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?
The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.
3 years ago
After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on
President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country. Neither has abated a year later.
3 years ago
A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
Many families remain underconnected. They find themselves able to access the internet and the increasing number of tasks that rely on it with only sporadic success.
3 years ago
COVID deaths and cases are rising again at U.S. nursing homes
COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too.
3 years ago
Novak Djokovic back in court to fight deportation from Australia
Three Federal Court judges hope to hear the entire case in a single day so that the men’s No. 1-ranked tennis player might begin his title defense on Monday.
3 years ago
Novak Djokovic’s appeal of canceled Australian visa moves to higher court
The appeal is unfolding just two days before he is scheduled to play his first match of 2022 at Melbourne Park.
3 years ago
Philly schools plan to dramatically scale down virtual learning after MLK day
This week, more than 100 district schools were virtual because of staffing shortages during the omicron surge. Next week, just eight are on the list.
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