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Voffee Jabateh wanted to provide coronavirus testing for Philadelphia’s community of African immigrants and refugees. Twice last year, he applied for city funding. Jabateh requested about $113,000 for the African Cultural Alliance of North America and pitched a plan to distribute information in different African languages and dialects at hair-braiding salons, grocery stores, laundromats, and ...

A massive brood of cicadas emerges from the ground once every 17 years and in a few short weeks the cicadas will be coming. We explain. Plus, Prince William responds to his brother and sister-in-law’s accusations of racism, how to get a Covid-19 vaccine while you shop, and Matthew McConaughey for governor? This is The Lineup for Thursday, March 11, 2021.

Proposed COVID-19 testing partners that heard ‘no’ | Morning Newsletter Ashley Hoffman, The Philadelphia Inquirer © MONICA HERNDON/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Michele Tremblay and Polly Apfelbaums mural "Floating Dogwood," seen near the corner of 11th and Chestnut Streets in Center City Philadelphia on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. ❄️ The ice threat in the region is thawing, but another winter storm could come our way later in the week. First: In the wake of the Philly Fig...

In Philadelphia, a mass vaccination clinic opened with fanfare, then closed amid rifts of trust Frances Stead Sellers © Rachel Wisniewski/For the Washington Post People wait in an observation area after receiving a coronavirus vaccine at the mass-vaccination site set up by Philly Fighting COVID at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Jan. 15. PHILADELPHIA —This citys first mass vaccination site looked like a model of 21st-century efficiency. Run by a neuroscience graduat...

Mass vaccination clinic opened with fanfare, closed amid rifts of trust Frances Stead Sellers, The Washington Post Feb. 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6People wait in an observation area after receiving a coronavirus vaccine at the mass-vaccination site set up by Philly Fighting COVID at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Jan. 15, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Rachel WisniewskiShow MoreShow Less 2of6Andrei Doroshin poses for a photo at his Philadelphia apartment in J...

Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium stepping up enforcement of vaccine requirements Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium stepping up enforcement of vaccine requirements The Deliverance Evangelistic Church on West Lehigh played host to the mass vaccination effort offering both first and second shots to lines of people, mostly of color, and from the neighborhood. PHILADELPHIA - The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium is stepping up enforcement of their vaccine requirements to make sure underserved commu...

“The number of individuals with no health conditions who have never set foot in Black neighborhoods [coming to get vaccines] in the past month has been unconscionable," said the groups founder.

Philly restaurants can expand indoor dining if they boost ventilation. Critics call the plan ‘unclear’ and ‘unenforceable’ Justine McDaniel, Sean Collins Walsh, Michael Klein, The Philadelphia Inquirer © ELIZABETH ROBERTSON/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Server Grisilda Nika said “it feels good to be back” as she waited on guests at Gallo’s Seafood restaurant on the Roosevelt Blvd on Jan. 16. Restaurants in Philadelphia can bring more diners indoors this weekend if ...

WHYY By In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, a worker prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) One of the city’s largest health contractors offered COVID-19 vaccines over the weekend to its more than 3,000 staff members, many of whom do not work with patients and were not otherwise eligible for the vaccine based on Philadelphia’s prioritization scheme. Public Health Management Corporation sent a note to all employees offering them the opportunity to sign ...

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