To find local cooling centers, residents can call 2-1-1, the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania call center. The line is open 24/7. Residents can also text their zip code to 898-211. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
En respuesta a los altos índices de calor pronosticados, la Comisionada de Salud Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH, ha declarado una emergencia sanitaria por calor en Filadelfia. Esta declaración comenzará a las 12 p.m. a partir de mañana, jueves 21 de julio y está programada para terminar a las 8 p.m. del jueves 21 de julio, pero podría extenderse si el pronóstico empeora. | From: Philatinos (Read more.)
The Philadelphia Water Dept had been scheduled to resume water shutoffs for delinquent accounts today, following a two-year moratorium due to the pandemic. But shutoffs will be delayed once again because a citywide “Heat Health Emergency” went into effect. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Free Library branches have been designated as cooling centers for anyone looking for a free, air-conditioned location to get away from the heat. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Through BLJ Community Rowing, Johnson has taught more than 1,500 people to row. More than 50 percent of her students have been Black and Brown people from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. | From: Love Now Media (Read more.)
Decades later, he’s one of the community leaders in a project to bring trees, gardens, and greenery — and the health benefits they engender — to four Philadelphia neighborhoods. Deeply Rooted is a three-year, $6 million project funded by Penn Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Healthier Together Initiative. It’s led by the Penn Urban Health Lab, along with 13 other community and faith-based organizations. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will provide the greening expertise for improvements in Philadelphia’s Mill Creek, Cobbs Creek, Haddington, and Kingsessing neighborhoods. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
“Ya Fav Trashman” proposes using some of Pennsylvania’s excess $12 billion to end illegal dumping and bring pride and progress back to Philly neighborhoods. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
So at the end of 2020, he launched Cayaba Care, a maternal health startup that provides wraparound support during pregnancy for little to no cost. The West Philly-based business started treating patients in early 2021 and has since improved pregnancy outcomes for almost 1,000 women in the city. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s city council president is floating the idea of using the controversial practice of stop and frisk to combat gun violence. | From: NBC 10 (Read more.)
The Black Doctors Consortium was among the first in the city to offer newly approved COVID shots for young children in June, setting up clinics at its health center in a mostly Black neighborhood in North Philadelphia. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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