How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost?
Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.
Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.
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 well-tolerated.
“Our war against the virus is not over yet, but this week we’re taking a major step toward our eventual victory,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said.
The vaccine is finally here. Here’s how some doctors are lining up to get immunized this week.
How many vaccine doses have been given in Illinois? Who’s getting inoculated first? Here are answers to the latest questions about the rollout.
Food insecurity is one of the nation’s leading health crises — and the pandemic is making things worse. U of I’s Craig Gunderson explains the issue.
The Pfizer vaccine is arriving in cities across the nation. Some Chicago frontline workers could be vaccinated as early as Tuesday.
Chicago’s frontline workers are bracing to receive the first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as early as this week.
“I feel like healing is coming,” critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said after receiving her shot. “I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history.“
Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, told NPR Sunday that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is on its way to sites in all 50 states, complete with dry ice and Bluetooth technology.