COVID-19 Vaccines

Weeks after the rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine, questions continue to pour in from readers and listeners on when it'll be more readily available.

Another post-holiday spike is likely as the new calendar year begins. But health experts also look forward to the vaccine rollout picking up steam.

China authorized its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use, adding a shot that could see wide use in poorer countries as the virus surges back around the globe.

Officials blame hospital logistics for the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine process in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Chester County, which handles the coronavirus response for both counties, says it’s ordering as many doses of the coronavirus vaccine as the state allows.

“We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the toughest during this entire pandemic.”

Dismissed by many, Dr. Katalin Karikó remained passionate about mRNA therapeutics.

While vaccines provide hope of a more normal 2021, Pennsylvania is not considering pulling back COVID-19 mitigation efforts prior to when they expire on Jan. 4.

More than 7,000 New Jersey long-term care facility residents and staff have died due to COVID-19, prompting a federal investigation.

What’s it like to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Some of the first people to receive it described how it felt to WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk.

While Pennsylvania facilities saw clusters of positive cases in the spring, the fall surge dramatically affected correctional facilities across the state.

Murphy noted that the increase in infections and hospitalizations after Thanksgiving was “better than we feared” but said it was no time for the state to let its guard down.

The governor said he wants the legislature to prioritize the funding to businesses that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.

The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.

We got the vaccine and so should you. That’s basically the message Delaware leaders are sending in a series of videos distributed by the state Division of Public Health.