Rutgers professor who led development of COVID-19 saliva test dies at 51



Andrew Brooks, the Rutgers professor who pioneered the development of the first at-home, saliva-based COVID-19 test to receive emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, died unexpectedly on Saturday Jan. 23. He was 51.



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Retail vacancies spike in South Jersey as prospective tenants remain skittish on new leases



“The demand is there, we just have to get people through making decisions. There’s a lot of tire-kicking going on.”



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Who, Exactly, Is Philly Fighting COVID?


Andrei Doroshin is 22 years old, working toward his degree at Drexel, and a C-suite executive in three different businesses: a real estate firm (CEO), […]

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Philly receives 224 guns in buyback program offering grocery store gift cards



A Philadelphia Gun Buyback event sponsored by City Council took 224 firearms off the street last weekend. The event provided gun owners the incentive of $100 gift cards to local ShopRite grocery stores. Officials said the event is part of a multifaceted strategy to address the city’s epidemic of gun violence.



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Farley: City working to ensure Philly Fighting COVID won’t sell user data



Philadelphia will vaccinate those who received their first doses from Philly Fighting COVID through its own program or a partnership program.



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Philadelphia Health Department Severs Relationship with Philly Fighting COVID


The city health department is severing its vaccine partnership with Philly Fighting COVID effective immediately, spokesperson Jim Garrow said in a statement on Monday evening. […]

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$1 million scratch-off ticket sold at Delco Wawa amid lottery frenzy



A $1 million Jackpot Party” Pennsylvania Lottery ticket was sold this past weekend at a Wawa in Wayne, Delaware County. The winning ticket was sold days after a $731 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold in Maryland and a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Michigan.



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#WFH Chronicles: The possibilities before us



As some of what’s been hanging over us starts to resolve, the pathway back to the office is coming into view. I cannot wait.



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Dixie Cup manufacturer closing Pennsylvania plant, leaving Lehigh Valley after nearly a century



Georgia-Pacific will shut down the Dixie Cup manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania by the end of 2021, the company said. The facility in Forks Township, Northampton County, will be consolidated into a single site in Lexington, Kentucky. Dixie Cups have been manufactured in the Lehigh Valley for nearly a century.



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Philly Painter Perry Milou Goes After Online “Ripoffs” of His Biden and Harris Mugs


Back in August, after Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate, Philadelphia pop artist Perry Milou did what Perry Milou does anytime important […]

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