
When will it be your turn to get the coronavirus vaccine? Here’s a guide
It’s hard to pin down a specific answer for any one person. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk created this interactive way to figure out where you stand.
4 years ago
Listen 4:47I’ve already had COVID-19. Do I need one vaccine shot or two?
How do the vaccines boost immunity? Do people who’ve had the virus even need a dose? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked about the research.
4 years ago
Listen 1:55To bridge the digital divide, Biden administration launches vaccine hotline
It's part of the administration's push to get 70% of adults in the U.S. vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4.
4 years ago
Vax Live concert raises $302 million in push for vaccine equity
The charity event has so far raised $302 million and secured over 26 million COVID-19 vaccines. The money will go toward vaccine delivery, testing and PPE.
4 years ago
States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes
From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what's been allocated to them.
4 years ago
Pa. rolls out new and improved online vaccine finder
Having trouble figuring out where to get vaccinated in Pa? Now, there’s a new and improved app to help you.
4 years ago
Delaware ends its vaccine waiting list
Since Jan. 20, more than 200,000 Delawareans signed up for the vaccine through the state’s waiting list. Now, as interest has waned, the list is ending.
4 years ago
Pennsylvania dropping vaccine provider map in favor of feds’
The state Health Department said Friday it will use vaccines.gov as its mapping source effective immediately.
4 years ago
More support easing vaccine patent rules, but hurdles remain
Activists and humanitarian institutions cheered after the U.S. reversed course Wednesday and called for a waiver of intellectual property protections on the vaccine.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Website, call center now available to book homebound vaccinations
N.J. has launched a website where homebound residents or their caregivers can request an in-home COVID-19 vaccination. The state’s call center can also assist.
4 years ago
Walkup COVID-19 vaccine appointments begin in Montco
These appointments can only be used for the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, or the single-shot dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
4 years ago
Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4
Already more than 56% of adult Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 105 million are fully vaccinated.
4 years ago
Capacity limits on Delaware restaurants, retail stores, churches to be lifted
Coronavirus rates have been on a steady decline, but are still well above the year’s lows recorded in mid-March.
4 years ago
Vincent Hughes, Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes host vaccination clinics
State Sen. Vincent Hughes and wife Sheryl Lee Ralph-Hughes are hosting five vaccination clinics throughout West Philadelphia as part of their #StopTheVirus campaign.
4 years ago
Advocates push for centralized homebound vaccine plan in New Jersey
As New Jersey officials push to get more residents vaccinated, advocates are calling for them to make it easier for some of the most vulnerable people to get inoculated.
4 years ago
Listen 3:31Philly teen confronts misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine
The director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center rebuts the memes and other misinformation (zombies!) circulating out there on social media.
4 years ago
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