Health & Science

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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