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Philadelphia is making another push to get residents vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the holiday season. WHYY's Zoe Read reports canvassers for Philly Counts have knocked on more than 24,000 doors since October.
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation is everywhere on social media, but Philly Teen VAXX Ambassadors hope to make a difference by educating the public.
Walk out your doorstep into the humid Philadelphia spring, and you can touch the closest thing to normal in more than a year. From the crowds at Phillies games and the Flower Show to the diners and shoppers on Main Streets throughout the region, joy and relief are palpable.But instead of fully celebrating, Sheikh Siddique has been working on getting to Bangladesh — hoping case rates there will ...
Over the swell of piano chords, whistles and cheers reverberated through Cherry Street Pier Wednesday afternoon as masked and temperature-checked young dancers took the stage on Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront. A year ago, the moment — a tech rehearsal before welcoming a live audience — would have been unthinkable for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. But with news of falling COVID-19 case ...
15 hours ago According to Principal Stephanie Andrewlevich, Mitchell parents are scared to send their children back to school in person. “Having them not come over the last week because there is fear, cannot continue,” said Andrewlevich at the rally. “So what can we do to rally together to support all of our families and all of our students?” Stephanie Andrewlevich, principal of Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia, talks about her students at an anti-violence rally and resource fair in Southwest Philadelphia on May 19, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Miss Nicky is one o...