vaccine

HPV Vaccine Herd Immunity

Long-term study on HPV vaccinations finds evidence of herd immunity

Children's Health

Pfizer asks FDA to approve COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 through 11

COVID-vaccines for children

Philly Vax Sweepstakes didn't influence vaccination rates in the city, Penn study shows

Philly Vax Sweepstakes

COVID-19 booster shots offered to immunocompromised patients by pharmacies, Black Doctors Consortium

COVID-19 Booster Shots for Immunocompromised People

Most unvaccinated Americans don't want the shot, AP-NORC poll shows

Vaccination poll

High-risk animals at Philadelphia Zoo to get experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Philadelphia Zoo COVID-19 vaccine

COVID booster shots might not be needed for Pfizer, Moderna vaccine recipients, new research shows

Immunity COVID-19

Pennsylvania's universal mask mandate ends Monday

Pennsylvania Mask Mandate

FEMA vaccination sites close in Philadelphia

FEMA Philadelphia

Homebound Vaccination Program aims to provide COVID vaccines to the elderly, people with disabilities

COVID-19 vaccine home visit

750,000 Pennsylvania teens are eligible for the COVID vaccine, shots could be administered soon

Pfizer Teens Approval

Free beer, donuts and more offered as incentives for getting COVID vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine incentives

Reading Terminal restaurant gets employees QR bracelets to show customers its staff has been vaccinated

ImmunaBand at Reading Terminal Market

Vaccine demand decreases in Philly after appointments open to all eligible adults

COVID-19 vaccine demand down

Pfizer asks FDA to approve its vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds

Pfizer Vaccine elligibility

Johnson & Johnson still on track to deliver vaccines after having to throw out 15 million doses

Johnson & Johnson vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine effective among pregnant, nursing women and their babies, study shows

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

New cervical cancer screening guidelines endorse the use of self-swab kits

Pediatric Cancer Lianna Munir

'We need to have another option'

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How to keep holiday stress in check this season

Light Lamp SAD

After a lifetime of seasonal depression, I finally tried light therapy. Here's what I learned

Shinges Vaccine Dementia

Shingles vaccine may offer an additional benefit — slowing the progress of dementia

Zipporah Washington Temple

Nurse who beat hard-to-treat cancer says she stayed strong by thinking of herself as a 'survivor'

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