Engineering and medical researchers at Penn have developed a groundbreaking framework that can determine the best and most computationally optimized distribution strategy for COVID-19 vaccinations in any given community.

Before COVID-19, major U.S. urban centers were enjoying a resurgence. Now decreased occupancy has downtown economies and municipal budgets feeling the pinch. Wharton faculty research suggests that how cities navigate the next few years could be crucial.

Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil.

Applications to Philadelphia-area medical schools declined in 2024 for the third consecutive year, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Two suspects charged with murdering Philadelphia Police Sgt. James O'Connor have pleaded guilty in federal court.

Chris Patel has learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t work while growing his Papa Johns portfolio from four to 70 locations since the height of the COVID-19

As part of Archbishop Nelson Perez's plan to get more Catholics back to church in Philadelphia, a listening tour will make dozens of stops in the city and Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties.

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023

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As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023.

The closure is the latest drama on a stretch of East Market Street that’s been the focus of a recent and fierce civic debate over the approval of a proposed arena for the Sixers.

This fall saw an unusually high number of cases of “walking” or mycoplasma pneumonia, a mild pneumonia that typically causes a severe cough but less fatigue than more serious forms of the disease.