Day: July 30, 2019

Ruth Abaya ICYMI

In case you missed it, Dr. Ruth Abaya has joined the City of Philadelphia as Injury Prevention Program Manager in order to build injury prevention program focused on the prevention of injuries and deaths due to gun violence, alcohol, and crashes. Her work will initially focus on the prevention of shootings and firearm homicides by using a public health approach to gun violence prevention. Gun violence today causes nearly 60% of the deaths among young Black men in the city. The full text of her recent OpEd in the Inquirer about the complexities of violence in Philadelphia is below.

https://mailchi.mp/phila.gov/icymithere-is-no-silver-bullet-to-fighting-violence

Howland St Rats Follow-up

CBS3 1

The Philadelphia Health Department is planning another inspection of the city’s Lawncrest neighborhood on Wednesday after reports of rats running rampant. The health department told Eyewitness News the city rebaited the neighborhood on Tuesday.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/07/31/philadelphia-health-department-inspection-planned-wednesday-in-lawncrest-neighborhood-infested-with-rats/

By Staff

CBS3 2

 The Philadelphia Health Department tells Eyewitness News the city set out more bait boxes in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood again on Tuesday. It’s an attempt to put an end to the rats running rampant in the city’s Lawncrest section.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/07/30/health-department-sets-out-more-bait-boxes-to-put-end-to-rampant-rat-problem-in-lawncrest/

By Staff