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A National Guard member vaccinates someone against COVID-19 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus update: FEMA’s Center City site will soon switch to one-shot J&J vaccine

For the next three weeks, the site will finish giving second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but will no longer administer first doses or accept walk-ups.

5 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Indoor visits now allowed at long-term care facilities

New Jersey has opened up the state’s long-term care facilities to indoor visits, following federal guidance from the Biden administration. Here’s what you need to know.

5 years ago

People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania eases mask mandate for vaccinated people

Health officials said the new rules also apply to vaccinated people gathering with people from a single household who have not been vaccinated but who are considered low risk.

5 years ago

An illustration of people enrolling in Pa.'s medicaid system
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

A huge spike in Medicaid enrollment in Pa. shows how devastating the coronavirus has been

Enrollment in the program rose by more than 388,000 people, or 13.7%, including in counties that, historically, have been wealthier than some of their counterparts.

5 years ago

Staff members administer the AstraZeneca vaccine
Medicine
Public Health

AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages

Although AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been authorized in more than 50 countries, it has not yet been given the green light in the U.S.

5 years ago

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Health Desk Help Desk

Who’s getting the COVID-19 vaccine, who isn’t, and why?

City and state officials promise to improve equity in vaccine distribution, but data shows a disparity. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk looked closer.

5 years ago

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West Philadelphia resident Phyllis Carter (left) takes a walk with her community health worker
Health Care
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

‘On the frontline of injustice’: Community health workers could improve how long and well you live

Leveraging their shared life experience and local roots, community health workers aim to move the needle on long-standing health disparities.

5 years ago

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Young child plays with Legos.
Behavioral Health
Kids
Public Health

Minus a working federal autism committee, advocates pushed for COVID-era change

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has been out of session for the past year, but others worked to advance coronavirus-related concerns.

5 years ago

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Older adult washing hands
Aging
Mental Health
Public Health

Battling older adults’ greater social isolation during COVID-19

Before the coronavirus struck, loneliness was an “epidemic” among the elderly in the U.S. The pandemic revealed it was just part of the problem.

5 years ago

A researcher with Franceville International Medical Research Centre collects bats in a net on November 25, 2020 inside a cave in Gabon. Scientists are looking for potential sources for a possible next coronavirus pandemic.
(Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

Next pandemic: scientists fear another coronavirus could jump from animals to humans

Now, scientists are worried that another coronavirus will strike again, from either a bat or some other animal. So they've gone hunting for potential sources.

5 years ago

Philadelphia's oldest living resident, Ruth Hopson, 108, received her Pfizer two dose COVID-19 vaccine at her home in the River Park House, Conshohocken Avenue, Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, March 19, 2021. Her daughters Merle Hopson and Carla Hopson-Tyson were vaccinated also.  ( ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / POOL, The Philadelphia Inquirer )
Aging
Public Health

The oldest Philadelphian, 108, gets her COVID vaccine

Ruth Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and is preparing to outlive COVID-19.

5 years ago

Randy Loux, 48, is getting prepped for his COVID vaccine at the new Willow Grove site. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Montco opens mass vaccine clinic in Willow Grove, to serve ‘eastern end of the county’

The new location opened Friday near the Willow Grove Park Mall. It has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 per day.

5 years ago

A resident of Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood receives the COVID-19 vaccine
Public Health

Philadelphia expands vaccine eligibility as supply of doses levels off

The city is broadening eligibility as places of worship opens up and more research on COVID-19 mortality comes out.

5 years ago

Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg walks among thousands of white flags planted in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19
Radio Times
Black Lives Matter
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Grief and mourning in a pandemic

This past year has been defined by incalculable loss at the hands of coronavirus, police brutality, and political violence. But have we really faced our collective grief?

Air Date: March 19, 2021

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President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National
Public Health

Biden says US to hit 100 million vaccinations goal on Friday

The Biden administration on Thursday revealed the outlines of a plan to “loan” a limited number of vaccines to Canada and Mexico.

5 years ago

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