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WHYY By Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw responds to the city controller’s report critical of her handling of mass protests over the summer of 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Updated: 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Thursday she will not resign over her department’s handling of the protests and civil unrest sparked by last year’s police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. During a news conference at police headquarters a day after the release of a...

Gorilla recovery, hydroxychloroquine return, prison problems: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: Officials said Tuesday that the state will see a slight increase, about 16%, in COVID-19 vaccine doses coming in federal shipments, but the ongoing shortage remains the chief obstacle to getting more people inoculated. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is boosting deliveries to hard-pressed states ov...

Updated on January 28, 2021 at 6:36 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC Drexel University planned to lend nursing students to support a company run by a Drexel graduate student that is now under intense scrutiny for its vaccination partnership with the City of Philadelphia, the universitys president said in a statement Thursday. The plans for the nursing students to work "clinical rotations" at a vaccination site run by the group called Philly Fighting COVID never materialized, according to Drexel Presi...

Apparently bunch of unsupervised 18- and 19-year-old volunteers vaccinated one another and took selfies while doing it.

WHYY By Updated 10:50 a.m. Thursday On a cool night in early October, Andrei Doroshin stood on the rooftop of an apartment building near Temple University in front of a dozen of his staff and volunteers. More people joined via livestream to watch the 22-year-old CEO of Philly Fighting COVID unveil his plan to vaccinate the city of Philadelphia. Slide after PowerPoint slide delineated his vision, from scheduling to staffing to safety protocols. The marketing plan hinged on inoculating local cele...

WHYY By After receiving the vaccination, patients wait under observation at the community vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Philadelphia City Council wants to hold hearings over the city’s relationship with former vaccine distributor Philly Fighting COVID, amid local and national uproar. Many councilmembers alleged racist motivations behind the city’s choice to work with PFC, whose leadership team is largely white. Councilmember Cindy Bass, who in...

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Speaks Out in 1st TV Interview on TODAY NBC10 Staff Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin For the first time since Philadelphia ended its agreement with Philly Fighting COVID, the company’s young CEO is speaking out about what happened and admitting to giving coronavirus vaccine doses to his friends despite not being a medical professional. Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin defended his own and his group’s actions in an exclusive intervi...

In an exclusive interview, the CEO of the embattled Philadelphia group Philly Fighting COVID says he administered Pfizer vaccines to friends even though he does not have medical training. The admission comes as questions swirl about how the group with little experience became a COVID-19 vaccine partner. Plus, a war on Wall Street between small investors and big hedge funds....

Doroshin said he stands by his decision. "I understand I made that mistake. That is my mistake to carry for the rest of my life. But it is not the mistake of the organization," Doroshin said. Doroshin also claims he had no inside connection to City Hall and that his company first started with COVID testing and before trust was built with health officials. "Because were such nerds we figured all the software stuff out before anyone else did. The Trump administration really screwed it up because ...

Gov. Tom Wolf pins vaccine difficulties on supply overpromises Published  Biden administration to boost vaccine supply to states next week The Biden administration is giving states an approximately 17% boost in coronavirus vaccine next week following complaints around the U.S. of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments with people waiting for their first shot. HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf defended Pennsylvanias rollout of the coronavir...