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Philly CEAL team receives NIH grant to extend COVID-19 outreach José A. Bauermeister, PhD, and Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, are leading one of 10 new research teams from across the country that received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $14 million to extend the reach of the NIH's Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. The Philly CEAL team was awarded $1.4 million from the NIH with additional support from Penn Nursing and The University of Pennsylvania, bringing the total for the alliance to $1.53 million. The toll of the pandemic among racial/eth...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2021) - José A. Bauermeister, PhD, and Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, are leading one of 10 new research teams from across the country that received National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $14 million to extend the reach of the NIH's Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities. The Philly CEAL team was awarded $1.4 million from the NIH with additional support from Penn Nursing and The University of Pennsylvania, bringing the total for the alliance to $1.53 million. "The toll of the pandemic among racial/ethnic populat...

South Philly Review 2 new vaccine distribution sites slated to open in South Philly next week The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected officials - City Councilman Mark Squilla, state Sen. Nikil Saval and state Reps. Elizabeth Fiedler and Regina Young - signed a letter requesting more vaccination sites in South Philly. Mayor Jim Kenney and health commissioner Tom Farley announced the addition of five new City-run mass vaccination sites throughout the city, two of which are located in South Philly. The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected offi...

The number of weekly vaccinations in Philadelphia has almost doubled after FEMA opened its site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

For immediate release: January 29, 2021 Subscribe Report provides comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted Philly Counts field plan and will serve as a roadmap for 2030 Census operations PHILADELPHIA — Philly Counts 2020, the City's effort to support the 2020 Census, today released its final report, findings, and recommendations based on the work done in diverse communities across Philadelphia from December 2018 through October 2020. The report provides a thorough understanding of the multifaceted field plan, designed and executed by Philly Counts, that addressed individual and comm...