Mayor Jim Kenney expressed concern about lifting coronavirus business restrictions in light of the ongoing unrest.As protests and civil unrest eclipsed the coronavirus pandemic for a third straight day, health officials warned of relaxed vigilance against a disease that, as of Monday, had killed at least 5,567 in Pennsylvania and 11,698 in New Jersey.Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania suburbs remained on track to allow more businesses to reopen — albeit carefully — Friday. But in Philadelphia, the continuing protests and ensuing chaos could affect plans to move out of the most restrictive “red”...…Mayor Jim Kenney expressed concern about lifting coronavirus business restrictions in light of the ongoing unrest.As protests and civil unrest eclipsed the coronavirus pandemic for a third straight day, health officials warned of relaxed vigilance against a disease that, as of Monday, had killed at least 5,567 in Pennsylvania and 11,698 in New Jersey.Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania suburbs remained on track to allow more businesses to reopen — albeit carefully — Friday. But in Philadelphia, the continuing protests and ensuing chaos could affect plans to move out of the most restrictive “red”...WW…

The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop tourists from crowding beaches at the Jersey Shore Friday during the first day of the July 4th weekend. Hardly anyone wore masks on the sand, but sunbathers spread themselves out.Nicole Ried stepped on the sand on the Seventh Street beach in Ocean City and quickly turned around.About a hundred people were on the beach. No one wore masks. Ried didn’t think there was enough room for herself, her friend, and two sons, so she left to look somewhere else.“There’s too many people right there,” the Pennsauken resident said. “I don’t want to sit on top of...…The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop tourists from crowding beaches at the Jersey Shore Friday during the first day of the July 4th weekend. Hardly anyone wore masks on the sand, but sunbathers spread themselves out.Nicole Ried stepped on the sand on the Seventh Street beach in Ocean City and quickly turned around.About a hundred people were on the beach. No one wore masks. Ried didn’t think there was enough room for herself, her friend, and two sons, so she left to look somewhere else.“There’s too many people right there,” the Pennsauken resident said. “I don’t want to sit on top of...WW…

The suburban county’s rate of new cases has stayed steady for about a month, while those of Philadelphia and Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester Counties have dropped.» UPDATE: As 12 more Pennsylvania counties prepare Friday to enter the “yellow" stage of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to gradually lift coronavirus restrictions, the state’s southeastern corner is far from reaching a needed benchmark. And progress has been the slowest not in Philadelphia, but in its immediate neighbor to the west.Delaware County has the highest 14-day per capita rate of residents with COVID-19 of all the counties in the...…The suburban county’s rate of new cases has stayed steady for about a month, while those of Philadelphia and Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester Counties have dropped.» UPDATE: As 12 more Pennsylvania counties prepare Friday to enter the “yellow" stage of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to gradually lift coronavirus restrictions, the state’s southeastern corner is far from reaching a needed benchmark. And progress has been the slowest not in Philadelphia, but in its immediate neighbor to the west.Delaware County has the highest 14-day per capita rate of residents with COVID-19 of all the counties in the...WW…

If you're thinking it's safe to go back to normal, think again. The coronavirus keeps evolving.While data are limited and sketchy, it is clear that worrisome coronavirus variants are becoming more common in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, even as the pace of vaccination accelerates.A particularly ominous sign for the Philadelphia area: More than a third of samples taken over the last month from 80 COVID-19 patients had mutations known to make the virus more transmissible or resistant to current vaccines, or both, according to a University of Pennsylvania analysis.“The proportion of worrisome...…If you're thinking it's safe to go back to normal, think again. The coronavirus keeps evolving.While data are limited and sketchy, it is clear that worrisome coronavirus variants are becoming more common in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, even as the pace of vaccination accelerates.A particularly ominous sign for the Philadelphia area: More than a third of samples taken over the last month from 80 COVID-19 patients had mutations known to make the virus more transmissible or resistant to current vaccines, or both, according to a University of Pennsylvania analysis.“The proportion of worrisome...WW…

It has been more than 39 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for a killing his supporters say he did not do.Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, held a noon rally in front of the District Attorney’s Office on Saturday, contending he has COVID-19 and renewing their demands he be released from prison.About 40 people gathered outside 3 Penn Square, across from City Hall, holding signs that read “Innocent with COVID symptoms” and “Immediate Release,” and playing reggae songs through a speaker, including “Shackles” by Sister...…It has been more than 39 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for a killing his supporters say he did not do.Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, held a noon rally in front of the District Attorney’s Office on Saturday, contending he has COVID-19 and renewing their demands he be released from prison.About 40 people gathered outside 3 Penn Square, across from City Hall, holding signs that read “Innocent with COVID symptoms” and “Immediate Release,” and playing reggae songs through a speaker, including “Shackles” by Sister...WW…

The work led to Kymriah, the first personalized cellular therapy for cancer, which treats adult and pediatric blood cancers such as leukemia.In the 1980s, Israeli immunologist Zelig Eshhar took a giant step toward finding the Holy Grail of cancer treatment: a way to make the immune system attack when its own bodily tissue turns malignant. But it wasn’t until almost two decades later that his American colleagues, and Steven A. Rosenberg, figured out how to make that attack so potent that it would eradicate advanced, recurrent blood cancers.On Monday, the three pioneers of “chimeric antigen...…The work led to Kymriah, the first personalized cellular therapy for cancer, which treats adult and pediatric blood cancers such as leukemia.In the 1980s, Israeli immunologist Zelig Eshhar took a giant step toward finding the Holy Grail of cancer treatment: a way to make the immune system attack when its own bodily tissue turns malignant. But it wasn’t until almost two decades later that his American colleagues, and Steven A. Rosenberg, figured out how to make that attack so potent that it would eradicate advanced, recurrent blood cancers.On Monday, the three pioneers of “chimeric antigen...WW…

The second wave of the pandemic seems to have begun in N.J. and Pa. But for hospitals, this fall is nothing like the spring.COVID-19 cases have been climbing for weeks in New Jersey and , which now has daily increases on a par with the peak of the first wave in April.Yet this worrisome trend has not translated into a surge in hospital admissions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as it did in the spring.The same paradoxical situation has occurred in other parts of the United States and The coronavirus has produced conflicting data on how quickly a jump in cases impacts hospitals, and how...…The second wave of the pandemic seems to have begun in N.J. and Pa. But for hospitals, this fall is nothing like the spring.COVID-19 cases have been climbing for weeks in New Jersey and , which now has daily increases on a par with the peak of the first wave in April.Yet this worrisome trend has not translated into a surge in hospital admissions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as it did in the spring.The same paradoxical situation has occurred in other parts of the United States and The coronavirus has produced conflicting data on how quickly a jump in cases impacts hospitals, and how...WW…

Were protesters somehow protected from COVID-19 by being outside? Probably not.The United States may be seeing the most compelling evidence yet that the best way to stop the coronavirus is also the most disruptive and difficult: Stay home and avoid other people.At first glance, the evidence seems conflicting.States in the South and West that reopened their economies early and with few precautions in daily case counts, hospitalizations, and deaths.Yet Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other cities across the country have not seen the sharp, sustained spikes that were expected after hundreds of...…Were protesters somehow protected from COVID-19 by being outside? Probably not.The United States may be seeing the most compelling evidence yet that the best way to stop the coronavirus is also the most disruptive and difficult: Stay home and avoid other people.At first glance, the evidence seems conflicting.States in the South and West that reopened their economies early and with few precautions in daily case counts, hospitalizations, and deaths.Yet Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other cities across the country have not seen the sharp, sustained spikes that were expected after hundreds of...WW…