Penn Med study find that patients prefer doctors with the same race or ethnicity

The study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open, found that patients were more likely to give higher and more positive ratings on Press Ganey Outpatient Medical Practice Surveys to physicians of their same race.

Pa. Gov. Wolf proposes waiving liquor license fees to help restaurants affected by shutdowns

On Oct. 22, Wolf announced at a news conference that the liquor license fee waiver would collectively save owners of 16,000 restaurants and bars $20 million and alleviate the economic burden from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Women are facing disproportionate impacts of pandemic, State Dept. official says at PWH

Kelley Currie, the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, cited an increase of gender-based violence as a result of the stay-at-home measures and loss of economic opportunity.

Phila. receives $20 million in additional federal COVID-19 relief for small businesses

This round of funding comes in addition to the $13.3 million grant the city awarded to 2,083 businesses earlier this year through the city's COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund.