COVID-19 Vaccines

The latest news and updates about the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in our region.

A nurse trains others on how to administer a COVID-19 vaccination at Philly Fighting COVID's vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Jan. 8, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Health Desk Help Desk

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.

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A medical technician performs a nasal swab test on a cyclist queued up in a line with motorists at a COVID-19 testing site near All City Stadium Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in southeast Denver. With the rapid spread of the omicron variant paired with the Christmas holiday, testing sites have been strained to meet demand both in Colorado as well as across the country

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Medicine

Public Health

Novavax files data with FDA to support COVID vaccine

The announcement comes shortly after the European Commission and World Health Organization cleared use of the Maryland-based company’s two-dose shot.

2 weeks ago

Vehicles are parked in front of a CVS Pharmacy in Mount Lebanon, Pa., on Monday May 3, 2021. CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the retail giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats. The company said Thursday, Nov. 18, that it will close about 300 stores a year for the next three years as it looks to reduce store count density in some locations.

Business

Health Care

Rite Aid and CVS to close stores in 2022. What is driving the downturn?

This year saw the consolidation of big pharmacy chains around the country, even as they played a crucial role in COVID-19 testing and vaccination.

2 weeks ago

Marvin Marcus, 79, a resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The deadline for hospital and nursing home workers in New York state to be vaccinated against COVID-19 arrived Monday with the prospect of severe staff shortages fueled by workers getting suspended or fired for refusing to be inoculated. All health care workers in New York state at hospitals and nursing homes are required to be vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Monday.

Aging

Public Health

Nursing home workers are urged to get boosters as COVID-19 cases soar

Health Secretary Xavier Becerra says the nation cannot afford another COVID-19 surge in nursing homes.

3 weeks ago

A health care worker holds doses of J&J vaccines

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Medicine

Public Health

New COVID studies show promise for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine booster

Two studies that have not yet been peer-reviewed indicate increased protection against the infectious omicron variant.

3 weeks ago

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Philadelphia

Public Health

Some Philly area parents worry about first weeks back from winter break, as omicron surges and CDC changes guidelines

Going virtual for two weeks would allow the virus to work its way through anyone who was infected over the holidays, they say.

3 weeks ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, wears a face mask as he arrives for the the White House COVID-19 Response Team's regular call with the National Governors Association in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, in Washington. Fauci says the U.S. should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel as coronavirus infections surge. To date the Biden administration has balked at the idea, anticipating legal entanglements. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Travel

Fauci: U.S. should consider vaccine mandate for domestic air travel

The top U.S. infectious disease expert says the U.S. should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel.

3 weeks ago

Miriam Palomino, right, receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson

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Public Health

Health Desk Help Desk

What did 2021 teach us about COVID-19?

The virus, vaccines, and variants had our attention all year long, from tweaking precautions and treating cases to boosters. There’s much more to know.

3 weeks ago

In this Oct. 18, 2021 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington

Supreme Court to hold special session on Biden administration’s vaccine requirements

The court plans to hear arguments on the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for large employers and a separate vaccine requirement for health care workers.

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