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The Philadelphia health commissioner, who ordered the remains of some people killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing to be destroyed in 2017, resigned on Thursday. But...

The Philadelphia health commissioner, who ordered the remains of some people killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing to be destroyed in 2017, resigned on Thursday. But...

Mayor Jim Kenney said he learned Tuesday afternoon that Farley inappropriately approved the cremation and disposal of the MOVE victims remains in 2017 without notifying the Africa family. The Philadelphia Medical Examiners Office had held onto the remains in the decades since the bombing and brought them to the attention of the health department.  Kenney said his administration was unaware of what transpired, but would have handled the situation differently had he been informed that the remai...

Updated on May 14, 2021 at 6:32 am NBC Universal, Inc. What to Know Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley has resigned over his handling of the remains of the victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing, the city announced Thursday.  Farley learned of remains found by the Medical Examiners Office that belonged to victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing but decided to cremate and dispose of them instead of fully identifying the remains and returning them to the family. Kenney asked Farley to resign....

ITU US President Joe Biden recently announced a goal for 70 per cent of the adult US population to have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by July 4. Cities are playing a key role in this historic vaccination effort, not only in terms of logistics and administration but also with respect to the critical component of resident engagement. To maximize vaccine uptake, local governments are working to mitigate any resident concerns; to counter misinformation and distrust; and to clear up co...

Health officials say this year’s U.S. measles epidemic has surpassed 1,000 illnesses. It’s already the highest in 27 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the count Wednesday, saying 1,001 illnesses have been reported since the beginning of the year. Most are from outbreaks in New York in Orthodox Jewish communities. The nation last saw this many cases... Governor May 24, 2019 A bill to end Maine’s religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccines...

Philadelphia has seen 3,100 coronavirus deaths since March 10th, 2020. But for the first time since the vaccine roll out began, there are more people vaccinated in Philly than known infections. NBC10’s investigative reporter Mitch Blacher spoke to the City’s Health Commissioner who says if the city hadn’t taken the action they had since the pandemic began, the death toll...

Health department ignored ‘red flags’ in Philly Fighting COVID partnership, inspector general says Ellie Silverman, Laura McCrystal, The Philadelphia Inquirer © ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Andrei Doroshin, CEO of Philly Fighting COVID, during a press conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Jan. 8. Also shown are Councilman Bobby Henon, (right) and Mayor Jim Kenney. The health department failed to properly vet Philly Fighting COVID before...

When the relationship was terminated, Farley blamed PFC for not informing the city it had created a for-profit arm nor that it had updated its terms of service, allowing peoples personal data collected on its website to be sold. Both of these were issues were first reported on by the Inquirer. Farley also was bothered by the groups abrupt discontinuation of some COVID-19 testing services that had been run in partnership with the city for months, as reported on by WHYY. DeSantis report said ther...

Updated on March 9, 2021 at 9:31 am NBC Universal, Inc. What to Know A 16-page report from Philadelphias Inspector General found that the citys health department failed to exercise due diligence and ignored numerous red flags while working with Philly Fighting COVID. The report also found that Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley did not violate any laws during the citys partnership with the group. In a response to the report, Mayor Jim Kenney said he believed the Inspector General’s findi...