Philadelphia Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for All City Workers

Philadelphia Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for All City Workers

December 6, 2021 | On Nov. 19, the city of Philadelphia announced that all city workers must “complete a full schedule of COVID-19 vaccination(s)” by Jan. 14, 2022, or risk losing their jobs. This mandate follows the city’s announcements requiring all Philadelphia health care workers, college students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated by Oct. 15, 2021, and all nonunion workers to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 1, 2021.

As delta continues to surge in Pennsylvania, hospital officials urge vaccination

As delta continues to surge in Pennsylvania, hospital officials urge vaccination

December 4, 2021 | Omicron has been making headlines as cases of the new COVID-19 variant continue to be detected in the United States. While the strain is concerning, health officials are heeding that delta continues to fuel widespread transmission and is a problem now. That’s the current case in Pennsylvania, where the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 infections crossed 10,000 Friday for the first time since the state’s winter wave.

Children’s Playhouse Holds COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic For Kids: ‘I Feel Safer Sending Them To School Every Day’

Children’s Playhouse Holds COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic For Kids: ‘I Feel Safer Sending Them To School Every Day’

November 13, 2021 | A COVID-19 vaccine was held for children in South Philadelphia on Saturday morning. Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the Pfizer vaccine for children as young as 5 years old. “I think he’s ready to be vaccinated, to take his mask off, get back to normal, as close as we can get to normal,” Lisa Gochee, a mother, said.

Should an 11-Year-Old Wait to Get the Bigger Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?

Should an 11-Year-Old Wait to Get the Bigger Covid-19 Vaccine Dose?

November 11, 2021 | When Rachel Adams-Kaplan heard that the Covid-19 vaccines would soon be available for her children, she knew she would get her 7-year-old son vaccinated right away. She wasn’t so sure about her 11-year-old daughter. Children between 5 and 11 years of age began getting Covid-19 shots last week, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE ’s vaccine for that age group. Some 900,000 children in that age group had received a first dose through Wednesday, White House Covid-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said.

Philadelphia makes COVID-19 vaccine available to children ages five to 11

Philadelphia makes COVID-19 vaccine available to children ages five to 11

November 8, 2021 | Philadelphia has made the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine available for children ages 5 to 11 after the United States Food and Drug Administration authorized it for emergency use. On Nov. 3, the City of Philadelphia announced that the Health Department is working with vaccine providers to get children vaccinated in the same facilities as adults. The vaccine will be available at any city-run community clinic, as well as most pharmacies, pediatricians’ offices, and health centers free of charge.