Justine McDaniel

The rise in partial vaccinations brings Pennsylvania’s average daily rate back to where it was a month ago, after a drop in early July. It’s echoed by a slight uptick in shots nationwide.

New Jersey recommended all residents, even those vaccinated, wear masks in public indoor places. In Pennsylvania, some counties were grappling with rising cases.

“Everyone should mask up,” said one Temple University student. “It’s so unpredictable right now.”

The county’s recommendation goes a step further than the CDC as virus transmission remains high.

The wake of climate-related weather disasters like Ida bring lessons - and imperative - to get ready for the next one.

With a federal vaccine mandate pending, nursing home workers will eventually have to be vaccinated or face losing their jobs. For now, many have ignored Pennsylvania’s request to do so.

Organizations statewide can apply by Nov. 1 for grants of between $10,000 and $100,000 to support vaccination efforts.

Vaccine providers are ready to give kids the shot as soon as Thursday and school clinics are planned.

Nearly 30,000 children aged 5 to 11 got vaccinated in Pennsylvania and New Jersey within the first six days elementary-aged kids were eligible.

The Southeastern counties have the lowest case and hospitalization numbers in the state, though they’re increasing here, too. The rise is still due to the delta variant.

A season many people thought would have new hope and freedom remains infused with the pandemic’s signature uncertainty. This weekend, the Christmas Village brought a chance to feel something normal.

The Philadelphia health commissioner advised residents not to gather with other households for Christmas, particularly if anyone in the party would be unvaccinated, or to take rapid tests beforehand.

Employers and workers were adjusting to the CDC’s new isolation guidelines for infected people.

Hospitalizations of children are rising in Philadelphia, cases in New Jersey are skyrocketing, and Delaware plans to declare a state of emergency with strained hospitals.

Tell us about grief and loss amid the ongoing pandemic.

The Supreme Court voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has protected abortion rights, according to a majority opinion drafted in February and obtained by Politico.

The woman was released from the hospital after being stabbed around 4:30 p.m.

“Yesterday was a dark day for Philadelphia,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said, calling the shooting an atrocity.

A host of other questions remained unanswered on the second day after the shooting, and police asked residents to send cell phone videos from the night.

The Mackay-Sell family wanted to keep their Montgomery County home, despite Ida’s damage. So they made a drastic decision: Lift the house higher than future floodwaters would likely rise.