Health Care

This week; the rocky rollout of vaccines in the suburbs, how NJ Sen. Menendez will influence Biden, and who was Philly's Rosa Parks?

Community health workers get to know clients personally by asking them what they need to improve their health, and they raise vaccine trust in hardest-hit groups.

The complexes arrange the shots directly through pharmacies. Residents currently ineligible might receive vaccines along with their neighbors.

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

El Dr. Llera pone al servicio su experiencia al venir de Puerto Rico a Filadelfia para tratar a sus pacientes en la clínica Maria de los Santos Health Center, en Allegheny.

Dr. Llera uses his own experience coming from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia to help treat his patients at Maria de los Santos Health Center on Allegheny Avenue.

In an interview with WHYY, Kamala Harris talked about Philly’s FEMA site and balancing the need to get shots into arms with the need to do it fairly.

More than 200,000 people signed up for coverage in the first two weeks after President Joe Biden reopened HealthCare.gov as part of his coronavirus response.

Jefferson Health CEO Stephen Klasko said he expects the merger to close within the next six months. The combined system would have 17 hospitals.

If you've been delaying routine medical care, now's the time to catch up, doctors say. The consequences of missing some key screenings and health checkups can be lethal.

Americans of color looking for care for a loved one are more likely than whites to encounter discrimination, language barriers, and providers who lack cultural competence.

Lack of proper protections at the pandemic’s start eroded these Black health workers’ trust in medical systems. But they’re still getting vaccinated.

Online sign-up forms are frustrating many people, especially older ones now eligible for vaccines. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk spoke to a few of you.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized Johnson & Johnson's vaccine for emergency use Saturday, a day after an advisory panel voted unanimously in its favor.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.