Health

We discuss the science behind the vaccines, the rollout and who will be lining up to get vaccinated.

U.K. regulators say people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer COVID vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions.

The reaction is mixed among Mercer County residents as to whether they would take a vaccine for the coronavirus when one becomes available.

Starting Dec. 9, tests will be available to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., provided by Cooper University Health Care.

The previous peak was 337 in late April, but the number of people needing hospital beds had dropped to 29 by late August. Now there’s 338 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

The crisis is all but certain to get worse from the fallout of Americans traveling in droves around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.

If approved, a vaccine could be available in weeks, Philadelphia public health officials said. Still, masking and distancing are critical to stopping the spread.

Across Pa., about 40,000 residents of more than 1,300 nursing and personal care homes have contracted the virus to date. About 7,000 have died, more than 60% of Pa.'s total.

The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis online even as across the Atlantic, Britain on Tuesday began vaccinating its oldest citizens with the Pfizer shots.

A 90-year-old woman from Coventry received the first vaccine shot as part of the United Kingdom's nationwide immunization campaign launched Tuesday.

The decision could delay the delivery of a second batch of doses until manufacturer Pfizer fulfills other international contracts.

Fauci made the comment while appearing via video link on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus briefing.

“Pennsylvania’s situation has become even more dire” than when new mitigation efforts were issued, said Governor Tom Wolf.

WHYY spoke to residents of Camden County jail to learn about the conditions of the prison and how officials are preventing infections.

As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.