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Philadelphia is making another push to get residents vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the holiday season. WHYY's Zoe Read reports canvassers for Philly Counts have knocked on more than 24,000 doors since October.

COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is everywhere on social media, but Philly Teen VAXX Ambassadors hope to make a difference by educating the public.

Walk out your doorstep into the humid Philadelphia spring, and you can touch the closest thing to normal in more than a year. From the crowds at Phillies games and the Flower Show to the diners and shoppers on Main Streets throughout the region, joy and relief are palpable.But instead of fully celebrating, Sheikh Siddique has been working on getting to Bangladesh — hoping case rates there will ...

Over the swell of piano chords, whistles and cheers reverberated through Cherry Street Pier Wednesday afternoon as masked and temperature-checked young dancers took the stage on Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront. A year ago, the moment — a tech rehearsal before welcoming a live audience — would have been unthinkable for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. But with news of falling COVID-19 case ...

15 hours ago According to Principal Stephanie Andrewlevich, Mitchell parents are scared to send their children back to school in person. “Having them not come over the last week because there is fear, cannot continue,” said Andrewlevich at the rally. “So what can we do to rally together to support all of our families and all of our students?” Stephanie Andrewlevich, principal of Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia, talks about her students at an anti-violence rally and ...

Philly CEAL team receives NIH grant to extend COVID-19 outreach José A. Bauermeister, PhD, and Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, are leading one of 10 new research teams from across the country that received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $14 million to extend the reach of the NIHs Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. The Philly CEAL team was awarded $1.4 million from the NIH with additional support from Penn Nursing and The University of Pennsylvan...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2021) - José A. Bauermeister, PhD, and Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, are leading one of 10 new research teams from across the country that received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $14 million to extend the reach of the NIHs Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. The Philly CEAL team was awarded $1.4 million from the NIH with additional support from Penn Nursing and The University of Pennsylvania, bringing ...

South Philly Review 2 new vaccine distribution sites slated to open in South Philly next week The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected officials - City Councilman Mark Squilla, state Sen. Nikil Saval and state Reps. Elizabeth Fiedler and Regina Young - signed a letter requesting more vaccination sites in South Philly. Mayor Jim Kenney and health commissioner Tom Farley announced the addition of five new City-run mass vaccination sites throughout the city, two of whic...

The number of weekly vaccinations in Philadelphia has almost doubled after FEMA opened its site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

For immediate release: January 29, 2021 Subscribe Report provides comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted Philly Counts field plan and will serve as a roadmap for 2030 Census operations PHILADELPHIA — Philly Counts 2020, the Citys effort to support the 2020 Census, today released its final report, findings, and recommendations based on the work done in diverse communities across Philadelphia from December 2018 through October 2020. The report provides a thorough understanding of the ...