COVID-19 Vaccines

The state’s largest hospital system says all workers must have at least one dose by Sept. 21 if they want to keep their job.

While the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia had planned on waiting until the vaccine got “full FDA licensure,” the rising threat of the delta variant upended those plans.

The district joins others in the region in getting vaccine doses to eligible students ahead of schools reopening for in-person learning.

The Kenney administration continues to avoid a mandate.

With little more than a month before school begins, Burlington County is partnering with school districts to get students fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Student athletes can receive free physical examinations, and other Philadelphia residents can get the COVID-19 shot or be tested for the virus.

Yes, that was the plan. Then along came the Delta variant. And now people who are vaccinated are wondering: Are there circumstances in which a mask would be advisable?

RWJBarnabas Health said Monday that it is extending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to all staff including all employees, new employees and medical staff.

Philly Counts has been working with 18 priority neighborhoods since January, when it pivoted from its 2020 census effort to help communities fight COVID-19.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in New Jersey, and Gov. Phil Murphy is telling people to please get vaccinated if they haven’t already.

These charts will update weekly.

A lot of teens are still deciding about the vaccine. People ages 12 and up have been able to get one since mid-May, but two out of three teens have not gotten their shots.

That means “that there will be more preventable cases, more preventable hospitalizations and more preventable deaths,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja.

In addition to urging residents to get vaccinated, Philly health officials strongly recommend that everyone — including those fully vaccinated — wear masks in public spaces.

The seven-day average of new cases has increased by nearly 70% to almost 30,000 per day; hospitalizations are up 36%.