With counseling not often part of standard hospital protocol — and if it is, not always covered by health insurance — it’s hard to know where to turn for help. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods experiencing trauma. Mass death caused by COVID-19, large-scale unemployment, rising homicides, fatal drug overdoses, and continued racial injustice sparked by police shootings are the foundations of the city’s traumatic experiences. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
The Philadelphia school district sent a letter Wednesday to parents of students at Richmond Elementary School in Port Richmond informing them that it is temporarily shutting the school down due to COVID cases. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Lost your vaccine card? Not to worry. If you got vaccinated in Philly, a replacement document is now just one click away. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Mazzoni Center’s Washington Square West Project will host its first ever PrEP Rally on Monday, September 20 from noon to 6:00 p.m at 1201 Locust Street. As part of Philadelphia FIGHT’s PrEP week, the event is designed to spread awareness about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) and how it can be used to prevent HIV infection in HIV-negative people. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
The modern hospital birthing process doesn’t usually involve a mistake this serious, but for many parents, it can feel very unfriendly — and even traumatic. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
A new report from Philadelphia’s Health Department offers a look into the challenges of people in active addition. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
With losses that ranged from precious photographs and family keepsakes to vehicles and whole houses, lives were upended in so many ways last week when the remnants of Hurricane Ida leveled parts of this region with severe winds and submerged other parts with historic flooding. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
“Over the course of last year, we saw months that showed the biggest spikes in food insecurity in the last 50 years in this country.” | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Many sex education and social justice organizations exist in Philadelphia, but Prevention Meets Fashion (PMF) seems to be the only one that offers educational and support services to LGBTQ+ people of color using fashion as a jumping off point. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
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