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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Philadelphia teachers next for vaccine, after health care workers and nursing home residents
There have been 81,708 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Philadelphia, including 1,223 new cases recorded Tuesday, according to the health department.
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Delaware frontline workers debate whether to get COVID-19 vaccine
Delaware has begun giving out shots from its first batch of about 9,000 vaccine doses. The general public will likely have to wait until March.
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FDA analysis of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine finds it effective and safe
Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 95% effective and wel
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The COVID vaccine is here — what does that mean for Pa. schools?
Here’s what we know and don’t know about vaccine distribution and Pennsylvania’s schools.
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Black people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of them are the most distrustful of a vaccine.
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How Philly area hospitals plan to distribute the vaccine to their staffs
They’ve set up ultra-cold storage, prioritized who goes first, and created inoculation rotations so frontline workers can get shots when the doses arrive.
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