Andres Garcia

The research team used county-level demographics and other factors, including a county’s median household income, population size, and racial demographics, to correct the dataset.

The City of Philadelphia announced that the Health Department is working with vaccine providers to get children vaccinated in the same facilities as adults.

Orkin, a pest control company, created the list based on the number of new commercial and residential rodent treatments it performed between Sept. 15, 2020 and Sept. 15, 2021.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney issued an executive order this year to change Columbus Day — traditionally observed on the second Monday of October — to Indigenous Peoples' Day.

The pair won the award for a study they published in 2005 about the potential of mRNA as a therapeutic in initiating an immune response.

The COVID-19 test can detect small amounts of SARS-CoV-2 with sensitivity nearly as high as a PCR tests, which are considered "the gold standard" in the diagnostic community.

The exhibit was created by 2011 Weitzman School of Design graduate Martha Rich, who was inspired by aspects of her daily life. 

The Pavilion will house the oncology, neuroscience, and cardiovascular care units, and is set to open on Nov. 1.

PURM is a 10-week program that allows undergraduates to conduct research with standing Penn faculty. 

The new timeline does not apply to Philadelphia, which is on track to open up eligibility to all adults by May 1.