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A student-led effort aims to battle vaccine hesitancy among Philadelphia teenagers. 40 Philadelphia high school students are members of the Philly Teen Vaxx program, working to convince their peers that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is safe.
WHYY By From left, Philly Teen Vass student ambassadors Vy Nguyen, Andy Nguyen and Keren Abraham. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY) With the help of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium (BDCC) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Policy Lab, a new student-led vaccine collective is hoping to combat vaccine hesitancy in young people — one clinic at a time. “Many [teens] do not have the facts or any of the education … and so, we need to teach them and educate them, so they feel more comfortable in getting the vaccine,” said Andy Nguyen, a junior at Julia R. Masterman High School and a st...
Share The two University of Pennsylvania seniors met during their first week on campus freshman year, both living in the Quad’s Ware College House, both planning to major in neuroscience and minor in chemistry, and both on their way to hoped-for careers in medicine. “I started seeing Amanda in all my classes, in fact in every single one, from the big lectures to the small writing seminar. And I was thinking, ‘Are you following me?’ Everyone is looking for a friend, and I was lucky to have found Amanda,” says Christina Miranda, from Milford, New Jersey. “We have been a dynamic duo ...
3 months ago Hite said that he would have more news within a week or two on any expansion of hybrid and in-person learning across the district. Savage and the district’s student health medical officer, Dr. Barbara Klock, stressed that strict COVID-19 protocols will be in place at the regional centers. “Health and safety practices are at the forefront of every decision we make,” Klock said. School staff will be tested weekly, Hite said, and students will be tested daily using a rapid test that provides results in 15 minutes. No more than two adults will be in a room with a student, and a...