Billy Penn
Philly has more than 100,000 vaccine doses to distribute, with only half spoken for
Some of the backlog is for second shots. The health department is working to reduce the overflow.
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Billy Penn
Map: This is where COVID vaccine providers are located around Philly
More than 200 locations are approved to receive doses from the city health department.
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Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries
Other experts worried that delays could erode faith in governments that were particularly efficient in their vaccination programs and were counting on second doses soon.
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Philly on the rebound: Over 100,000 people walked through Center City last week
The numbers bode well for businesses in the heart of the city after a rough year.
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‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain
These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith.
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Murphy, first lady receive first vaccine shots at South Jersey mega site
Gov. Phil Murphy joined the more than three million people who have gotten at least one of their COVID-19 vaccine shots in the Garden State.
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The Philadelphia Tribune
School District of Philadelphia launches COVID-19 dashboard
The dashboard has information on the number of tests performed, positive cases in schools, as well as cases confirmed off-site that have been reported to the district.
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Fewer than half of eligible Delawareans have been vaccinated or signed up for shots
Gov. Carney has said he is concerned that roughly 20% of the eligible population won’t get inoculated. WHYY found the figure is currently above 50%.
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Philadelphia’s 2nd FEMA vaccination site opening Saturday
The clinic is located in Hunting Park, in one of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP codes. The plan is to vaccinate 3,000 people a day.
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Spotlight PA
Pa. lawmaker wants to compel Wolf administration to release details of wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses
The Department of Health denied a public records request, citing a decades-old law that it has frequently used to shield the public from scrutinizing its pandemic response.
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A Delco senior living facility is full of people 70 and up. They only got vaccines in March
Ivy Creek in Glen Mills wanted an on-site vaccine clinic. ‘Independent’ seniors don’t qualify, the CDC said.
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Pennsylvania promises quicker, easier jobless claims system
It arrives after a series of bungled efforts to replace the system began in 2006 and culminated in a 2017 lawsuit that is still being fought in court.
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N.J. Gov. Murphy signs off on $15 million to aid the arts
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed off on $15 million in grants to help arts and culture programs hit hard by the pandemic.
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‘A turning point’: Thousands in Pa. prisons will be offered COVID-19 vaccine
Public information about the vaccine rollout in the facilities is limited, after the DOC failed to meet its own deadline to relaunch a transparency dashboard.
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Vaccine house calls are part of a new Delaware County program
Delaware County paramedics bring the shots directly to homebound residents and their caregivers. The goal is 500 vaccinations a week.
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