Health Care

Updated weekly, our data dashboard tracks COVID cases and hospital capacity in Philadelphia and nearby counties in Pa., Del., and N.J.

The study was preliminary and did not look at the two other major vaccines being used in the West — Moderna’s and AstraZeneca’s.

We look at the vaccine rollout and why it's behind schedule as deaths, hospitalizations, and infections continue to surge.

When you sign up, you’ll get an alert as soon as your “phase” is eligible for inoculation.

Part of the delay in delivering results may not be because of overwhelming test volume at labs, but slow communication to patients.

Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.

The agreements bring pay increases and staffing adjustments for PASNAP members at four facilities in Delaware County.

We examine the legal and ethical issues raised by President Trump's leaked phone call. Then, why weren't we prepared for the pandemic and will we be next time?

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and others who go back on active duty can help protect frontline workers against COVID-19 and give vaccination efforts a shot in the arm.

Weeks after the rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine, questions continue to pour in from readers and listeners on when it'll be more readily available.

Officials blame hospital logistics for the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine process in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

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.

Nurses in overtaxed hospitals are afraid that people aren't taking precautions as coronavirus cases surge, and they especially fear what's next.

Patients will self-administer the tests, then hand them to workers through a plastic barrier.

WHYY’s readers and listeners shared their concerns. Our Health Desk Help Desk addresses them here.