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How COVID-19 made stressing over starting college even more intense
For the Classes of 2020 and 2021, anxiety can be high if you took a gap year, or didn’t. If you applied away from home, or didn’t.
4 years ago
Listen 1:08‘It’s like a dystopian version of school’: A day at Philadelphia’s Richard Wright Elementary
For the students who came on Thursday, all in kindergarten, it was their first day ever of in-person school, and the only normal they know.
4 years ago
A look at how it feels to be a new mother in these pandemic times
A research team from CHOP and Penn is studying survey responses from 913 women about their experiences in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum.
4 years ago
Volunteer shortages have caused fire companies in some counties to merge. In Montgomery County, the Ogontz Fire Company faces closure.
4 years ago
Hesitancy, fueled by fears of adverse reactions, hinders COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Delaware
Citing polls, Gov. Carney says he fears about 20% of residents won’t get inoculated. Delawareans who are hesitant explained their reasons to WHYY.
4 years ago
Vaccine clinic for Philly immigrant communities helps bridge gaps in COVID-19 care
Friday was the first of three scheduled first-dose opportunities to take place in Center City. All vaccinations are by appointment.
4 years ago
Gov. Wolf vows all vaccine-eligible Pa. residents will get appointment for jab by end of March
The state’s vaccination supply is increasing to help meet Wolf’s goal. State officials are also helping counties set up clinics and mass-vaccination sites.
4 years ago
Eastern State Penitentiary reopens following monthslong closure
Eastern State Penitentiary and other cultural institutions were forced to close under a citywide mandate amid Philly’s rising COVID-19 cases.
4 years ago
Philly musicians scream, sweat, strip to rock out in a lockdown
“When there is an audience, I am involved with the audience and I thrive off their participation. But it's the music that ultimately injects that electricity into me,”
4 years ago
Listen 4:16How well are contact tracing apps working to alert us to COVID in Pa., Del., and N.J.?
Now that people have been using the apps for a while, states are measuring how useful they actually have been, and what could make them better.
4 years ago
Listen 1:27Despite new nursing home guidance from the Biden administration, states aren’t making changes yet
A new memo advises people that they can make indoor visits to long-term care facilities, even if they’re not vaccinated. Pa., N.J., and Del. are reviewing it.
4 years ago
Wolf pessimistic about his stimulus spending hopes for Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf is already resigned to the GOP-controlled legislature blocking his plan for $7 billion in federal stimulus money.
4 years ago
Biden signs $1.9T relief bill before speech to nation
President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.
4 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: State ending ban on utility shut-offs; Philly vaccine clinics for immigrants
The moratorium, almost a year old, was seen as a necessary way of keeping people hard-hit by the pandemic from going without basic utilities, like gas, water, and electricity.
4 years ago
Philly vaccine map: Richer neighborhoods are getting more doses
As of early March, two-thirds of Philadelphia’s supply had gone to city residents.
4 years ago
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