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Tracking COVID-19 vaccine in Philly: Can the city inoculate everyone by mid-summer?

Organizations around Philadelphia will have to nearly triple the pace of vaccination to achieve the goal.

4 years ago

Nurse Keith Grant got his second dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on schedule from registered nurse Valerie Massaro in January at the Hartford Convention Center — 21 days after his first immunization.
NPR
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COVID-19 vaccine: Don’t miss 2nd dose because of scheduling glitches

Even after getting one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, some people are having trouble getting their second shot. Here's how to maximize the likelihood you'll get both doses.

4 years ago

An employee Bayhealth Hospital in Dover gives a coronavirus vaccination. (Bayhealth Hospital)
Health

Del. COVID-19 hospitalizations below 200 for first time since Thanksgiving

Officials are optimistic that with vaccinations ramping up slowly but steadily, the number of infected people needing inpatient treatment will keep dropping.

4 years ago

A person wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks during a winter storm in Philadelphia
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Most Philly residents could be vaccinated by July

Amid falling infection numbers, Philadelphia passed a bleak milestone with more than 3,000 people dead from the new coronavirus.

4 years ago

Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
Health

COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worse

Studies are raising concern that first-generation COVID-19 vaccines don’t work as well against a mutant that first emerged in South Africa as they do against other versions.

4 years ago

Ray Wall, a licensed practical nurse, positions Steven Sebastianelli in his bed. Wall visits Sebastianelli’s apartment every day to assist him in daily living activities. (Madison Karas/WHYY)
Health

Home care industry strained by pandemic

The field of home health care has suffered added pressures during the pandemic. Experts caution that the vaccine rollout will not solve underlying issues around wages.

4 years ago

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

UN authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use

The WHO’s green light for the AstraZeneca vaccine is only the second one the U.N. health agency has issued after authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December.

4 years ago

An illustration of Philly COVID-19 providers
Health
Billy Penn

Map: This is where COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed in Philadelphia

The provider details are for information only — not a representation of where you can make an appointment.

4 years ago

Alejandro Romero smiles inside a farm building at Pietro Industries
Health

Chesco employers say workers want vaccines. Actually getting them is another story

Philly area employers thought encouraging workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 would be a challenge. That turned out to be the easy part.

4 years ago

Listen 2:24
Tiffany Husak receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic
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Health Desk Help Desk

Should you be jumping the line to get a COVID-19 vaccine? Conflicting messages leave some unsure

A disorganized rollout has presented some people with that ethical quandary. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk heard several points of view.

4 years ago

Listen 5:46
Dr. Carmen Guerra and colleagues partnered with Einstein Medical Center and the Rev. Leroy Miles of Enon Tabernacle Church in Philadelphia to establish a socially distant drive-by FluFIT clinic to simultaneously administer flu vaccines and fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening. (Courtesy of Carmen Guerra)
Health

Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need.

The numbers have been especially stark for colon and breast cancer-screening rates, which dropped by 90% at the height of the pandemic.

4 years ago

In this  Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a worker at left checks in with people sitting in an observation area after they were given the first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

Tight supply creates reluctance over federal vaccine sites

The Biden administration's virus response plan calls for opening 100 federally supported vaccination sites by the end of February.

4 years ago

Tom Sweitzer hosts a weekly music therapy group via Zoom for other COVID-19 survivors dealing with lingering symptoms.
NPR
Health

Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers

Even when forced online by the pandemic, music therapy sessions continue to help patients in some ways talk therapy can't. "Music is this portal," says one therapist.

4 years ago

Making Valentine's Day cookies is a safe alternative for the holiday weekend. (CDC)
Health

It’s a double holiday weekend. Here are some tips for celebrating while avoiding the virus

Think twice if you’re spending this Valentine’s Day-plus-Presidents Day moment in close contact with friends and loved ones, the CDC says.

4 years ago

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Health

Pa. health officials to reduce the total number of authorized vaccine providers

The move comes amid a broader tightening of rules and regulations around vaccine distribution.

4 years ago

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