Nina Feldman
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More contagious COVID strain detected in Philly-Bucks County resident
The highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus was found in a woman in her 50s. She is now recovering.
4 years ago
Federal appeals court rules Safehouse supervised injection site would be illegal
Reversing the decision of a federal judge in Philadelphia, the appeals court panel ruled, 2-1, that Safehouse would violate U.S. law.
4 years ago
‘I’m very happy to be here’: Hundreds of home health workers get vaccinated at Convention Center
The 2-day mass-vaccination site is for health workers unassociated with hospitals. The hope is to even out the racial distribution of vaccine recipients.
4 years ago
Waiting several days for COVID-19 test results? Check with the lab
Part of the delay in delivering results may not be because of overwhelming test volume at labs, but slow communication to patients.
4 years ago
More than half of vaccine doses delivered to states in Philadelphia region have not been used
Officials blame hospital logistics for the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine process in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
Listen 5:43Have doubts about getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Here are some FAQs
WHYY’s readers and listeners shared their concerns. Our Health Desk Help Desk addresses them here.
4 years ago
Listen 5:38Vaccine FAQs: The who, what, where and when of distribution
Readers and listeners reached out with questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Our Health Desk Help Desk offers up the answers.
4 years ago
Listen 5:15Why the head of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium decided to get vaccinated
Dr. Ala Stanford has had the virus and thought she’d wait for natural antibodies to protect her. But she realized others would only see what she wasn’t doing.
4 years ago
Black people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of them are the most distrustful of a vaccine.
4 years ago
Listen 4:28How Philly area hospitals plan to distribute the vaccine to their staffs
They’ve set up ultra-cold storage, prioritized who goes first, and created inoculation rotations so frontline workers can get shots when the doses arrive.
4 years ago
Why contact tracing isn’t the COVID solution we thought it would be
Too many cases and hollowed-out public health budgets leave officials to ask even more of the people who get sick.
4 years ago
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