Health
What’s actually in Philly Fighting COVID’s privacy policy?
During most of the time the group collected names on its COVIDReadi site, it did so without terms and conditions or a privacy policy.
3 years ago
Deaths of despair: How the pandemic may be fueling lethal drug overdoses
As drug overdose deaths rise during the pandemic, a former White House economist says social isolation could be partly to blame.
3 years ago
City says to re-register if you signed up with Philly Fighting COVID, cut off from vaccines
The Health Department says it’s planning a new mass vaccination clinic.
3 years ago
National Health Corps to tackle vaccine delivery, racial disparities in Delaware
New Castle County will become the newest National Health Corps site with AmeriCorps volunteers working to respond to COVID-19 and address inequities in health care.
3 years ago
N.J. releases plan to reduce maternal mortality rate, fix racial disparities
A Black mother in New Jersey is seven times more likely than a white mother to die from maternity-related complications, according to the report.
3 years ago
Philly Fighting COVID kicked out of city vaccine program after sudden switch to for-profit
Philadelphia says it has cut ties with the 9-month-old mass vaccine distributor over its sudden switch to a for-profit model and abrupt drop of community testing partners.
3 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccine hotline fields 60K calls; candidates can get signatures in person
The surge in interest highlighted an imbalance that there is far more demand for the vaccine than there are doses in the Garden State.
3 years ago
N.J. coronavirus vaccination call center goes live
The phone number for the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center is 855-568-0545.
3 years ago
Thousands of drug, alcohol recovery homes in Pa. still operate without state oversight
The Wolf administration has yet to implement regulations stemming from a 2017 reform law intended to better protect recovery home residents and address community complaints.
3 years ago
5-hour wait for a coronavirus vaccine? Delaware residents say the line is the easy part
The state aimed to vaccinate 11,500 seniors and 2,000 health care workers this weekend, but faced sharp criticism amid long lines and registration confusion.
3 years ago
What’s it like to get the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine? We asked health workers
How did they feel? Did they have side effects? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked health workers who recently got the last of two shots.
3 years ago
Listen 4:09US tops 25 million confirmed coronavirus cases
The U.S. has more than twice as many confirmed cases as the nation with the second-highest count — India, which has 10 million cases and a population four times larger.
3 years ago
2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs
More than 40% of Americans live in areas running out of ICU beds. Experts say sustained surges can jeopardize the quality of care in ICUs.
3 years ago
Fauci relishes a ‘hallelujah’ moment
Fauci, now Biden's chief medical adviser on COVID-19, says he rejoiced when the new president said that "science and truth" would guide the nation's pandemic policies.
3 years ago
The vaccine rollout will take time. Here’s what the U.S. can do now to save lives
With the virus still raging, health experts say we can't afford to just wait around for the vaccine. They share advice for what communities can do now to slow the death toll.
3 years ago