Health Desk Help Desk
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.
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Chester County begins vaccinating its frontline health workers — and Delco’s
Chester County, which handles the coronavirus response for both counties, says it’s ordering as many doses of the coronavirus vaccine as the state allows.
4 years ago
Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate
“We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the toughest during this entire pandemic.”
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Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by UPenn, yet she persisted
Dismissed by many, Dr. Katalin Karikó remained passionate about mRNA therapeutics.
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Vaccinations begin at Pa. nursing homes as COVID mitigation efforts remain in place
While vaccines provide hope of a more normal 2021, Pennsylvania is not considering pulling back COVID-19 mitigation efforts prior to when they expire on Jan. 4.
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New Jersey long-term care facilities receive first COVID-19 vaccinations
More than 7,000 New Jersey long-term care facility residents and staff have died due to COVID-19, prompting a federal investigation.
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Health Desk Help Desk
Sore arms, role models, and relief: Philly region health care workers on the COVID-19 vaccine
What’s it like to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Some of the first people to receive it described how it felt to WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk.
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Advocates say incarcerated, homeless should rank high on COVID-19 vaccine priority list
While Pennsylvania facilities saw clusters of positive cases in the spring, the fall surge dramatically affected correctional facilities across the state.
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N.J. coronavirus update: ‘Don’t screw up Christmas,’ Murphy says
Murphy noted that the increase in infections and hospitalizations after Thanksgiving was “better than we feared” but said it was no time for the state to let its guard down.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Wolf calls for $145 million in small-business relief
The governor said he wants the legislature to prioritize the funding to businesses that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Pfizer to supply US with additional 100M vaccines doses
The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.
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Vaccines are coming, but the US still needs more testing to stop the surge
The U.S. conducts nearly 2 million coronavirus tests daily. A new analysis shows millions more are needed to protect the most vulnerable.
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Making the pitch: State leaders get their vaccine and urge Delawareans to follow suit
We got the vaccine and so should you. That’s basically the message Delaware leaders are sending in a series of videos distributed by the state Division of Public Health.
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‘There’s nothing to worry about,’ Biden says as he receives COVID-19 vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden publicly received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the death toll from the disease nears 320,000 in the U.S.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Not the year for ‘Christmas as usual,’ Murphy says
The COVID-19 transmission rate in New Jersey has dipped, but Gov. Phil Murphy says now is not the time to celebrate.
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Will you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Tell us why — or why not
Are you interested in getting the vaccine as soon as it's available, will you wait, or not get it at all? Let us know, and we’ll use your input to inform our reporting.
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