PHILADELPHIA — COVID cases have increased in Philadelphia about 40% over the past month — and that's without counting the scores of people testing positive at home as the latest BA.5 omicron variant surges across the country.
Although vaccines are keeping most people alive and out of the hospital, the White House has been urging all Americans to get vaccinated and boosted, including the young children that this summer finally gained access to immunizations.
Why BA.5 is not a super-virus, and how the vaccines are still the best option against COVID
