MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC Philadelphia health officials are assuring residents that they will still be able to vaccinate everyone, despite ending their partnership with Philly Fighting COVID.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has severed ties with Philly Fighting COVID, an organization that has been providing coronavirus vaccines and testing.
The decision to dissolve the partnership Monday was made because the organization switched from nonprofit to for-profit status without telling city health officials, according to WHYY. But it leaves many people who are awaiting their second vaccine doses in a state of flux.
Philly Fighting COVID also had updated its data privacy policy to allow the organization to sell information collected through its vaccine pre-registration website. The group also had cut back on promised community testing in favor of switching to vaccinations.
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Researchers found that the number of fatal overdoses suffered by Black individuals increased by over 50% compared to the previous year while the rate for white individuals dropped by 31%.
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says it has ended its partnership with Philly Fighting COVID, an organization that oversaw the city’s largest.