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Who We Are at Core

Who are you? There are dozens of ways to answer that question, from your name and nationality, to your relationships and job, all the way ...

Air Date: January 22, 2021

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Journaling is a lifelong process — whether it’s daily, yearly or every decade — it's a way to check in with yourself and say, “How am I doing right now?” (VectorMine / Big Stock Photo)
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Can diaries reveal our true selves?

Journaling is a lifelong process — whether it’s daily, yearly or every decade — it's a way to check in with yourself and say, “How am I doing right now?”

5 years ago

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Department of Human Services Secretary Theresa Miller (Courtesy of DHS)
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Pa. Dept. of Human Services vows to take ‘anti-racist’ approach

The agency serves more than 3 million people annually and employs nearly 16,000 employees, making it one of the state’s largest employers.

5 years ago

Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton hosted a pop-up COVID-19 testing site on Dec. 8, 2020. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Health

Mercer County soft-launches COVID-19 vaccination site

New Jersey’s capital county will be doing a trial run at Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton with the aim of an official launch during the first week of February.

5 years ago

ChristianaCare's Dr. Marshala Lee gets her COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. (Div. of Public Health screenshot)
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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.

5 years ago

A Penn Medicine worker receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
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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.

5 years ago

Pedestrians walk past a sign on in Mount Lebanon, Pa.,reminding people to wear a mask, wash their hands and practice social distancing, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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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.

5 years ago

Empty chairs are seen inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health

‘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.

5 years ago

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People wearing protective masks wait in line to refill oxygen tanks in Manaus
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Reinfections more likely with new coronavirus variants, evidence suggests

The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researchers are trying to determine why.

5 years ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin speaks at the opening of the community vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

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.

5 years ago

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(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Pa. coronavirus update: Montco commissioners call new vaccine distribution plan ‘tremendously unfair’

The plan could keep some of the most vulnerable in Montco from getting the vaccine for months.

5 years ago

Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine gained renown as the face of the commonwealth's COVID response. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly trans leaders burst with pride over Biden’s historic pick of Pa.’s Rachel Levine

The Pa. health secretary would be the first openly transgender federal official confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

5 years ago

After receiving the vaccination, patients wait under observation at the mass vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

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.

5 years ago

ChristianaCare employee Kathleen Bonis gets the COVID vaccine in December 2020. (State of Delaware)
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Del. enters next phase of vaccinations, officials warn it could be ‘months’ before all eligible are inoculated

People aged 65 and up can register for an appointment at mass vaccination events that start Friday, but public health officials urge patience because supplies are limited.

5 years ago

People waiting in line are reflected in the glass windows of a vaccination site in Paterson, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A sign on the door of the vaccination site, which takes walk-ins rather than appointments, said it would be open tomorrow. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccine appointment delays; hospitalizations level off

Just days after N.J. expanded the eligibility requirements to get a coronavirus vaccine, health officials warned that residents may have to wait to schedule an appointment.

5 years ago

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