Why the abrupt change? Health Department officials say they were recently made aware of a change in Philly Fighting COVID's corporate status that happened without the city's knowledge. It went from non-profit to for-profit.
The updated company policy, edited on Monday, says The company will not sell data to any parties.
City officials said they haven t been notified of any sold data and that Philly Fighting COVID made the changes without discussing it with them. We re working with our law department to make sure that that doesn t happen, said Farley.
District Attorney Larry Krasner released this statement reading, in part: I encourage members of the public, including City employees, who have information about what they believe to be crimes related to this matter or other pandemic relief efforts, to contact our Special Investigations Unit directly: DAO SIU@phila.gov or 215-686-9608.
Opiate overdoses spike in Black Philadelphians, but drop in white residents since COVID-19
While it has been reported that opioid overdose deaths have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study looking at data in Philadelphia showed that this hardship has been overwhelmingly suffered by Black individuals. Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine analyzed the period of time after the city’s stay-at-home order was announced in 2020 and showed that, compared to the year before, the number of fatal overdoses suffered by Black individuals spiked by more than 50%. At the same time, the rate for white individuals actually fell by 31% over the same period. This research was published in
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