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People with appointments wait in line at Philadelphia's first standing city-run COVID-19 vaccination clinic, which opened at the Martin Luther King Jr. Older Adult Center on Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly’s vaccine supply flowing to some wealthy suburbs 4 times faster than many city neighborhoods

Residents of dozens of suburban ZIP codes are being vaccinated using city supply at rates almost four times that of the least vaccinated areas of Philadelphia.

5 years ago

Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
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Nursing homes in some N.J. counties can soon resume in-person visits

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced that visitation will only restart in counties with less serious coronavirus infection rates.

5 years ago

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Our lungs and Covid

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.

5 years ago

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Our lungs and Covid; Philly schools reopening

Breathing: it's something that most of us don't even think about, until we have trouble doing it.

Air Date: February 25, 2021

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President Joe Biden, pictured on the campaign trail in Nov. 2020, has long encouraged Americans to mask up in the fight against COVID-19. On Wednesday, his administration announced it will provide 25 million masks to community health centers and food banks across the country. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Biden Administration to deliver 25 million masks to health centers and food banks

The White House said in a press release that the masks will be available between March and May, and are expected to benefit some 12 to 15 million Americans.

5 years ago

People wait in line for the COVID-19 vaccine
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Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy says he’s committed to equitable vaccine distribution

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is reiterating his commitment to equitable coronavirus vaccine distribution as the state inches closer to 1.8 million shots delivered.

5 years ago

Mississippi Air Guard Tech. Sgt. Exstrella Smith withdraws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for injection on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Flowood, Miss. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)
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Geisinger allowed employees’ relatives to skip vaccine line

The Pennsylvania Department of Health said it was unaware that Geisinger had arranged for family members to be inoculated until alerted by The Associated Press.

5 years ago

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High-end medical provider let ineligible people skip COVID-19 vaccine line

One Medical has been allowing ineligible people to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Staff questioned what they saw as inappropriate, internal documents obtained by NPR show.

5 years ago

Licensed practical nurse Starlette Sumpter administers COVID-19 vaccinations at a clinic
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Pa. coronavirus update: Montco now pre-registering vaccinations by phone

Montgomery County residents who pre-register by phone will get a call back notifying them of openings for vaccination appointments.

5 years ago

A person receives a COVID-19 vaccinations at a 24-hour, walk-up clinic hosted by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium
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Public Health

FDA says J&J 1-dose shot prevents COVID; final decision soon

An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19.

5 years ago

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London
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Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware

Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers.

5 years ago

A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine
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Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania

Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties? WHYY has answers.

5 years ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin inside his apartment building
Public Health

Philly Fighting COVID CEO lashes out at ‘competitors’ in apology email to donors

Andrei Doroshin did not elaborate on what he was sorry for. Instead, he pointed to unnamed “minor administrative decisions” as fodder used to discredit PFC.

5 years ago

Doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are prepared at the Liacouras Center, where the Black Doctors Consortium held a 24-hour mass vaccination clinic on Feb. 19, 2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Pa. coronavirus update: Philadelphians with HIV/AIDS now eligible for vaccine

Cases have continued to fall over the past two months, and the city has seen an 80% decrease in weekly case counts since the peak in mid-December.

5 years ago

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker.
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

‘They spread nurses dangerously thin’: Pa. nurses unions unite to back bills on staffing levels

Unions from around Pennsylvania that represent health care workers are throwing their support behind a set of safe-staffing measures.

5 years ago

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