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Tables are set up inside the FEMA-run coronavirus vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly is canceling thousands of improperly made vaccine appointments at Convention Center

The problem arose after a QR code intended for people at the Convention Center to make their second-dose appointments was shared widely.

5 years ago

Hospital worker receives one of the country's first coronavirus vaccinations, using the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Yaba Mainland hospital in Lagos, Nigeria Friday, March 12, 2021. Urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Radio Times
Health Care
International
Medicine

The threat of vaccine nationalism

Affluent countries are hoarding vaccines. So how do you make vaccine distribution more equitable? And what threat does vaccine nationalism pose to the ending the pandemic?

Air Date: March 23, 2021 10:00 am

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines are seen inside a fridge
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial data questioned by safety board

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the Data Safety and Monitoring Board is concerned "outdated information" may have been included in trial data.

5 years ago

A health worker assists a resident at Passaic County’s vaccination site
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

After early stumbles, N.J. hotline delivers more vaccination appointments for seniors

The percentage of New Jerseyans over age 75 — the group most at risk for death from COVID-19 — who have received at least one shot nearly doubled since late February.

5 years ago

The new Charles Library on Temple University's main campus in North PhiladelphiaMARK HENNINGER / IMAGIC DIGITAL
Public Health
Billy Penn

Temple University opening North Philly vaccine site for students, faculty, staff, and city residents

The clinic will be open two days a week starting March 29.

5 years ago

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

Listen 5:10
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

Listen 4:30
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

Listen 1:31
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

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