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.
4 years ago
Listen 4:47
US shifts to speed vaccinations; won’t hold back 2nd doses
So far, the vaccine rollout has been primarily to health care workers and nursing home residents, and the slow pace has frustrated many Americans.
4 years ago
As N.J. ramps up vaccination effort, officials decry lack of federal drug supply
The Sewell facility and a second mega-site in Morris County opened Friday and were vaccinating people by appointment only. Another four mega-sites are planned.
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Pennsylvania announces new plan for vaccine rollout
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine and Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday issued an updated vaccination plan for the state.
4 years ago
Study suggests Pfizer vaccine works against virus variant
The study was preliminary and did not look at the two other major vaccines being used in the West — Moderna’s and AstraZeneca’s.
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‘I’m very happy to be here’: Hundreds of home health workers get vaccinated at Convention Center
The 2-day mass-vaccination site is for health workers unassociated with hospitals. The hope is to even out the racial distribution of vaccine recipients.
4 years ago
Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines
After a glow of hope when the first coronavirus vaccines were approved last month, the nation's inoculation campaign has gotten off to a slow start.
4 years ago
N.J. accelerates coronavirus vaccinations with first ‘megasites’
The Morris County site, in a former Sears store, will begin by giving shots to about 1,000 people per day. A Gloucester County site also opened Friday.
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Pre-register for the vaccine with Philly Fighting COVID, opening a clinic in Center City
When you sign up, you’ll get an alert as soon as your “phase” is eligible for inoculation.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Vaccination of first responders to begin
New Jersey officials have announced the start of the next phase of vaccinations against the coronavirus with police and fire professionals.
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‘Today we take the fight to the virus’: Montco opens first COVID vaccine clinic
Phase 1A health care workers who live or work in Montgomery County were inoculated by appointment only at the community college in Blue Bell.
4 years ago
Fighting vaccine skepticism, Philly fire department presses forward with shots
About 100 emergency medical workers have gotten a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But about half offered the vaccine have declined, officials said.
4 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: More doses of vaccine, faster distribution and more federal funding needed
The new COVID-19 relief package has funding for vaccine distribution but the money hasn’t arrived yet.
4 years ago
Listen 1:46
Confidence delivered with second shot of COVID vaccine
Frontline health workers in N.J. receive their second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine this week.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Fraction of vaccines distributed, two mega sites to open Friday
Gov. Murphy praised the state for administering 101,417 vaccinations by Monday, but that is just a fraction of the roughly 400,000 doses sent to New Jersey.
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Pa. coronavirus update: With holidays over, vaccination effort expected to ramp up
“What we need to do now is to continue all the mitigation efforts … stay at home, do not participate in large or small gatherings,” Levine said.
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