To help build that skilled workforce, the Wistar Institute, the University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, and partners have launched a new biomedical technician training program. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philly resident Tatyana Woodard is opening a shelter for LGBTQ people because she knows how much it would have helped her, decades ago. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
More than a week after the City of Philadelphia announced it would receive another 3,500 vials of monkeypox vaccine, city health officials said it would give up to $375,000 in grants to groups that could help increase the equitable distribution of the vaccines to residents. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
People who have been convicted of low-level marijuana offenses in Pennsylvania can now participate in an expedited process for clearing their criminal record, at least for a limited time, state leaders announced Thursday. | From: Metro Philadelphia (Read more.)
The union claims the museum has violated federal labor law, accusing management of replacing full-time staff positions with temporary positions, which reduces the size of the union’s bargaining unit. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The city is partnering with the School District of Philadelphia and local public safety partners to enhance after school programs. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
By criminalizing dirt bikes, the city has spent decades ignoring rather than tapping into unrecognized potential. | From: Next City (Read more.)
Some long COVID patients have had to get lung transplants. Additionally, patients with mild chronic lung diseases, such as asthma, have experienced worsened conditions after having COVID-19. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Property owners who want to dispute their new assessments have two options. Residents can pursue both avenues. Neither require an attorney. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Access to quality and inventive STEM education is essential for today’s students to prepare for some of the most in-demand careers they’ll encounter as adults. To help their students get there, School District of Philadelphia teachers are pursuing industry partnerships, external training and sponsors to help them get their students ahead. Here’s what that work looks like. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
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