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.
4 years ago
Listen 4:47Philadelphia-area health experts see shift in attitudes on vaccination in ‘post-COVID’ era
Misinformation, distrust in medical providers, politics and experiences during the height of COVID are playing into people’s views of vaccination, experts say.
1 month ago
Listen 7:44FDA approves two updated COVID vaccines
The new COVID vaccines are designed to keep the shots up to date with the virus, which keeps evolving to evade our immune systems.
2 months ago
Rethinking advice amid COVID summer surge: How long do you really need to isolate?
If you Google COVID isolation standards, you're likely to get a few different answers. So which one should you follow?
2 months ago
Listen 1:09In a pandemic milestone, the NIH ends guidance on COVID treatment
The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
7 months ago
Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend
According to the latest CDC data, only 13% of U.S. children have gotten the new shots and about 22% of U.S. adults have.
7 months ago
COVID and flu cases are on the rise as vaccination rates remain low, CDC warns
Experts are concerned that the number of flu and COVID-19 patients in hospitals could peak at around the same time and strain capacity.
9 months ago
A new normal? 6 stories about the evolving U.S. COVID response in 2023
This was the year many people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still here and there are lessons we haven't learned.
10 months ago
Last year, the CDC reported 6,461 COVID-related deaths in New Jersey, or about five times the number of people who died from the flu in the Garden State.
10 months ago
Listen 1:05A seasonal viral stew is brewing with flu, RSV, COVID and more
National data shows COVID-19 levels are moderate. In most of the U.S., levels of other respiratory viruses are low, although RSV is ticking up in some southeastern states.
12 months ago
Decades of ‘resilience’ led to Penn Medicine researchers’ Nobel Prize
Katalin Karikó Ph.D. and Dr. Drew Weisman Ph.D. won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine and their colleagues raised a glass to toast it in the hospital lobby.
1 year ago
Listen 1:30Karikó and Weissman met by chance in the 1990s while photocopying research papers.
1 year ago
This year’s COVID vaccine rollout is off to a bumpy start, despite high demand
Some people are finding pharmacies still don't have supply of the shots, and others are having insurance coverage troubles. Here's what's going on.
1 year ago
As they prepare to dole out newly updated booster shots, local health workers are trying to incorporate lessons learned from three years’ worth of vaccine campaigns.
1 year ago
Listen 4:03CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week
The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.
1 year ago
New COVID vaccines get FDA approval
The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older.
1 year ago