Nina Feldman

The city of Philadelphia announced Friday a new initiative to improve police response to 911 calls coming from people having a behavioral health crisis.

More than 210,000 Americans have died from the disease, including 1,817 in Philadelphia.

Pa. won’t require masks at the polls like it does in other public places, but counties and voters can take steps to ensure safe in-person voting during the pandemic.

The group has been operating in the region for almost 10 years, and estimates it helps 1,000 animals a year during fires and other disasters.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has abandoned the plan to shelter 40 unaccompanied minors at its Devon site.

Included are strict new building-height limits, increased parking requirements, and an end to bonuses and exemptions in the name of historic preservation.

Conservatives are excited over Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Abortion and health care changes are anticipated by many in the Philadelphia region.

The 153-bed West Philly safety-net facility, and its ER, will operate as a satellite of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

The CDC invited Philly and 4 states to help develop U.S. strategy for distributing a vaccine. After a brief consult, a playbook was released nationwide.

Pa. health officials abandoned their urgency in implementing a faster process, leaving them ill-prepared to accurately report death data when the pandemic arrived.

How faulty data, Big Pharma and the fallout from hydroxychloroquine has haunted the research world, as desperate doctors and researchers look for a COVID-19 treatment.

Only 6.2% of the city’s Latinos have been tested for the coronavirus, though they are at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. Access is just one reason.