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.
3 years ago
Listen 4:47More 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.
3 years ago
Side effects, transmission, efficacy: What do we know about the COVID-19 vaccine now?
WHYY’s Help Desk Health Desk looked into how ongoing research and months of real world distribution has changed what we know about the vaccine.
3 years ago
Listen 5:36Washington taps pastors to overcome racial divide on vaccine
Black residents make up a little under half of Washington’s population, but constitute nearly three-fourths of the city's COVID-19 deaths.
3 years ago
Philly opens three new mass vaccine sites Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
The rotating clinics will be located in Kensington, North Philadelphia, and West Philadelphia, with plans to vaccinate high-priority city residents eligible in Phase 1B.
3 years ago
Controls on vaccine exports ‘hold back’ pandemic recovery, warns incoming WTO head
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to lead the World Trade Organization. She talked about the WTO's role in improving vaccine access and says there's "no doubt" that WTO needs reform.
3 years ago
‘People want to live’: Huge turnout, long lines at Black Doctors Consortium’s 24-hour vaccine clinic
The “vax-a-thon” was Philly’s first 24-hour vaccine clinic and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium surpassed their vaccination goal before midnight.
3 years ago
Pennsylvania health systems believed they were following state orders when they used vaccines that were supposed to be set aside for people awaiting their second doses.
3 years ago
FEMA opening mass vaccination site at Pennsylvania Convention Center
The downtown Philadelphia convention center can handle vaccinating 6,000 people daily from the coronavirus, officials said.
3 years ago
230K vaccine doses bound for N.J. delayed by winter weather
New Jersey did not receive about 230,000 first and second COVID vaccine shots this week because of weather-related delays in other parts of the country.
3 years ago
The walk-in clinic will be open from noon Feb. 19 to noon Feb. 20, but only for those eligible in Phase 1B and from certain Philadelphia ZIP codes.
3 years ago
City Council passes resolution calling on mayor to activate the Linc as mass vaccination site
City Council passed a near-unanimous resolution calling on Kenney to turn the Eagles stadium in South Philadelphia into a mass vaccination site run by the city.
3 years ago
At a virtual town hall, issues of access for Montgomery County’s Latino communities — vaccine supply, language, and technology issues — were the focus.
3 years ago
Listen 1:13N.J. coronavirus update: 70% of eligible residents could be vaccinated by summer
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy offered a “Memorial Day to 4th of July window” to vaccinate the state’s target of 4.7 million adults.
3 years ago
Vaccine rollout mistake could affect first, second doses for more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians
Some providers administered first doses of Moderna vaccine that was meant to be dedicated to people receiving their second dose, the state said Wednesday.
3 years ago
Tracking COVID-19 vaccine in Philly: Can the city inoculate everyone by mid-summer?
Organizations around Philadelphia will have to nearly triple the pace of vaccination to achieve the goal.
3 years ago