
States pass their own virus aid, not waiting on Washington
Governors and lawmakers say their state spending is targeted at Americans who remain desperate for help nearly a year after the pandemic began shuttering businesses.
4 years ago
FDA says J&J 1-dose shot prevents COVID; final decision soon
An analysis by U.S. regulators says Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19.
4 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in New Jersey
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem, or Mercer counties? WHYY has answers.
4 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers.
4 years ago
Here’s how to sign up to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Pennsylvania
Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties? WHYY has answers.
4 years ago
Philly Fighting COVID CEO lashes out at ‘competitors’ in apology email to donors
Andrei Doroshin did not elaborate on what he was sorry for. Instead, he pointed to unnamed “minor administrative decisions” as fodder used to discredit PFC.
4 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: Philadelphians with HIV/AIDS now eligible for vaccine
Cases have continued to fall over the past two months, and the city has seen an 80% decrease in weekly case counts since the peak in mid-December.
4 years ago
‘They spread nurses dangerously thin’: Pa. nurses unions unite to back bills on staffing levels
Unions from around Pennsylvania that represent health care workers are throwing their support behind a set of safe-staffing measures.
4 years ago
Pa. says it will allow public schools to postpone standardized tests until fall
After the federal government said states have to give tests, Pa. said it will comply, but give districts the option to test students early next school year.
4 years ago
‘The people live here’: First Philly-run mass vaccination clinics target underserved neighborhoods
Residents in Phase 1B say they’ve had a hard time signing up for COVID-19 vaccines. The city hopes to change that with three centrally located clinics.
4 years ago
More slots open at Dover speedway for second vaccination shots
The event at the speedway best known for NASCAR races had previously been open to a select group. Now anyone who has received the first shot can try to get an appointment.
4 years ago
‘To me he’s not a number’: Families reflect as US nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths
Family members of those who've died from COVID-19 reflect on the milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths, and how their individual loss fits within the magnitude of that number.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Large arenas can reopen Monday; Delayed vaccines arriving
The Prudential Center and other sports and entertainment venues that can hold 5,000 or more people can reopen Monday with limited capacity.
4 years ago
America’s pandemic toll: In one year, half a million lives
As the year unfolded, Associated Press photographers formed a pictorial record of suffering, emotion and resilience. It shows the year that changed America.
4 years ago
Why are negotiations over reopening Philadelphia schools dragging on so long?
Observers blame aging buildings and a history of distrust.
4 years ago