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.
3 years ago
Listen 4:47Pa. coronavirus update: Levine says Philly FEMA clinics offering ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
Pa.’s former Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, who now serves in that role at the federal level, visited the FEMA vaccination clinic in Center City.
3 years ago
Appointments no longer necessary at N.J. vaccine megasites
The N.J. Health Department announced that any residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine can get their shots at its six megasites without an appointment.
3 years ago
New blood tests should show how long a COVID-19 vaccine will protect you
Researchers are working on tests that can be performed using a blood sample that will determine not only whether a COVID-19 vaccine will work but also for how long.
3 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: Montco cases on the decline, vaccine clinic locations shuffle
With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back online, Montgomery County is changing some COVID-19 vaccination sites.
3 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Day and sleepaway camps will be back this summer
This summer, New Jersey’s sleepaway camps will be allowed to reopen. State health officials said there were no COVID outbreaks at day camps last summer.
3 years ago
South Jersey health departments resume use of J&J vaccine
After an 11-day pause, health departments across South Jersey said they will resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to reach the state’s most vulnerable residents.
3 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: Philly says providers can resume using J&J vaccine
Philly has notified vaccine providers they can resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Pa. is also increasing efforts to vaccinate residents who are unable to leave home.
3 years ago
What will the end of the COVID pandemic look like?
It’s been more than a year of physical distancing and change. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked when, and how, life will resume post-pandemic?
3 years ago
Listen 5:54The rarest of COVID vaccine reactions: One woman’s story of Guillain-Barre
You’re more likely to win the lottery than develop this severe COVID vaccine reaction. But for a Manayunk woman, the lowest of odds changed her life.
3 years ago
Listen 1:15From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
This stark access gap is prompting increased calls across the world for the U.S. to start shipping vaccine supplies to poorer countries.
3 years ago
CDC director recommends pregnant people receive COVID-19 vaccines
Pregnant individuals reported pain at the injection site more frequently than their nonpregnant counterparts but fewer follow-up symptoms such as headache, chills, muscle pain
3 years ago
US health panel urges restarting J&J COVID-19 vaccinations
A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.
3 years ago
Mass vaccination clinics this weekend aim to get jabs into thousands more arms. And Penn joins the growing list of universities requiring students to be vaccinated this fall.
3 years ago
Workers in Pa. prisons, COVID-19 hotspots, aren’t getting vaccinated. Here’s why that’s dangerous
Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.
3 years ago
Debate over ‘vaccine passports’ comes to New Jersey
A South Jersey lawmaker wants to ban the state from requiring “vaccine passports,” even though proof of vaccination is standard for schools and some jobs.
3 years ago