COVID-19 Vaccines

Delaware’s largest hospital system says about 70% of its 14,000 employees and contractors are inoculated — but that’s not enough.

Mayor Kenney is expected to make a similar announcement soon.

“Don’t procrastinate, vaccinate” urges new Montgomery County campaign aimed at getting young people vaccinated.

In a letter sent Monday, PFT union president Jerry Jordan says he supports a “negotiated” COVID-19 vaccine requirement for his members.

Talk of breakthroughs has pushed into the conversation about variants and vaccinations. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked what we know about them.

The FDA has only granted emergency-use approval of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the agency is expected to soon give full approval to Pfizer.

All ChristianaCare employees must receive the first dose of the vaccine by Sept. 21, or the health system with terminate workers who don’t unless given an exemption.

The U.S. government has not approved booster shots against the virus, saying it has yet to see evidence they are necessary.

United Airlines has told its 67,000 U.S.-based employees that they will need to be inoculated against COVID-19 by late October to stay on the job.

Only 50% of adults in the city of Camden are fully vaccinated. Sixty-four percent of adults in the county are vaccinated. The goal is to get each area to 70% vaccination.

The requirement, which will be phased in over several weeks in August and September, is the most aggressive step it's taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by delta.

With requests for evidence of inoculation on the rise, here’s a look at what to expect when asked to prove your vaccination status.

New Jersey officials are requiring vaccinations for those who work in health care and congregate settings by Sept. 7 or be tested for COVID at least once a week.

Show your vax card, or dine outside.

A Pfizer clinical trial in younger kids is underway at Rutgers. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk talked to two families who signed up.