COVID-19
Philly’s Black Community Has Been Disproportionately Affected By COVID-19. Why Is the City Just Now Doing Something About It?
Protests are never about one thing. Instead, it’s years of simmering anger over numerous injustices that often lead people from disenfranchised communities to resort to […]
Meet the 2.5 Percent: Philly’s Black Business Owners in Fashion
“Meet the 2.5 Percent” is a bi-weekly series that features stories from entrepreneurs and business owners working to recover from COVID-19, as well as damage […]
Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19 Antibodies
There is so much that doctors and scientists still don’t know about the coronavirus, COVID-19. Despite more than 1,800 clinical trials for COVID-19 underway worldwide, […]
Pennsylvania’s Big Mail-In Primary Could Get Messy. What You Need to Know to Make Your Vote Count
Four years ago, you probably didn’t think it was possible, but if you’re beginning to feel that the 2020 presidential primary could end up just […]
This Philly-Made App Will Reward You for Social Distancing
If the photos and videos of tightly packed tourist destinations, beaches, or city blocks are any indication, social distancing is not the most popular practice. […]
Where to Get Tested for Coronavirus in Philadelphia
More than 73,000 people in Philadelphia have been tested for coronavirus since March 16, when the city first began tracking cases of COVID-19. In recent […]
What a Drexel Epidemiologist Says About Sending Kids to Summer Camps This Year
Parents in the Philadelphia area are anxiously wondering whether summer camps will open next month — or at all this year — and if it’s […]
5 Puzzling New Symptoms of Coronavirus, Explained
It started with a cough. In the early days, when COVID-19 first began to spread beyond its origin in Wuhan, China, doctors warned about a […]
I Tried It: Rite Aid’s Do-It-Yourself COVID-19 Test
As I reflect upon my time here at Philly Mag, I realize I’m the guy who volunteers to do weird stuff. Sometimes painful stuff. Sometimes […]
Government Can’t Force You to Get Vaccinated for Coronavirus But Here’s Why You Should
Vaccines have always been a divisive topic, primarily for parents who fear vaccines could have a negative effect on their children. No one has borne […]
The Grueling Recovery Journey of One of Pa.’s First Coronavirus Patients
On March 7th, just one day after Pennsylvania reported its first presumptive cases of coronavirus, Dee and Joan Messina joined roughly 50 family members at […]
When Is the Best Time to Reopen Philadelphia?
This week, as many as 23 states across the country lifted stay-at-home orders and began taking steps toward reopening businesses and resuming public activities that […]
Philly Researchers Are Speeding Up the Clinical Research Process With Coronavirus Trials
Over the past month, researchers in hospitals across Philadelphia have launched as many as 30 clinical trials all aimed at finding cures for COVID-19. It’s […]
How Philly Tech Companies Are Modernizing Coronavirus Clinical Trials
The basic tenets of the modern clinical trial haven’t changed in nearly three centuries, and on some level, that’s a good thing. Researchers today still […]
Philly Should Deploy an Army of Contact Tracers to Protect Against the Virus’s Inevitable Second Wave
Dr. David Nash, the founding dean emeritus of the Jefferson College of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University, knows we’re far from done with COVID-19. […]