
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.
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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.
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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,”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Biden calls for all Americans to be eligible for vaccines by May 1
The directive is part of a plan that Biden will unveil to get the country closer to normal by the July 4th holiday, a senior official said.
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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.
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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.
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Philly vaccine map: Richer neighborhoods are getting more doses
As of early March, two-thirds of Philadelphia’s supply had gone to city residents.
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These South Philly seniors wanted the vaccine to come to them. Their landlord had other ideas
Residents of Birchwood at Cedars Village set out to organize a vaccine event for themselves. They had to jump through unexpected hoops to do it.
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Listen 4:36One year of COVID: 5 Philly area residents reflect on what they’ve lost — and found
A doctor. A business owner. A student. A musician. A therapist. Five Philly area residents share their reflections on the past year of the pandemic.
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Del.’s COVID-19 outbreak started at UD one year ago. Campus life may never be the same
Today marks one year since Del. announced a UD professor tested positive for COVID-19, its first confirmed case. Here’s how the college experience may change permanently.
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Listen 4:51A flood of money is coming to local schools: How should they spend it?
Billions will flow into districts across Pennsylvania, and they’ll have to spend it quickly. That creates critical questions for school leaders.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Philly adds those age 65 and over to Phase 1B
The change, effective immediately for those age 65-74, aligns the city’s distribution system with the suburban counties and the rest of Pennsylvania.
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