As local health leaders work to open more mass coronavirus vaccination centers for the public this month, some independent pharmacies are speaking out, saying they’ve been ready to serve in the region’s rollout plan but are being left behind. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Pennsylvania will reopen its health insurance marketplace, dubbed Pennie, for a special enrollment period Feb. 15 through May 15 to allow people affected by the coronavirus pandemic to select a new plan. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Plus changes that are coming to the process | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
Philly Counts believes that its grassroots network in underserved communities will help the city address an unequal rollout. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Like other homeless service providers, the Hub began screening and testing guests for COVID-19 in late March. Since then, they say they’ve been doing their best to keep the crisis under control. On Thursday, the health department told the Hub that they could start vaccinating some patients with leftover vaccines from the Stephen Klein Wellness Center, a Project HOME site. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The move comes days after WHYY News and Billy Penn reported that Philly Fighting COVID had established a for-profit arm, and that when the group pivoted from providing community testing to performing vaccinations, it left (Read more.)
The move comes days after WHYY News and Billy Penn reported that Philly Fighting COVID had established a for-profit arm, and that when the group pivoted from providing community testing to performing vaccinations, it left several partner organizations in the lurch. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Health Department says it’s planning a new mass vaccination clinic. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The city launched its own site, but said it will work with other organizations that’ve already collected personal data. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The health department, however, emphasized that the “due to extremely limited vaccine supply at this time,” people won’t be able to use the website to make appointments to get inoculated, and that it may be “weeks or months” before appointment scheduling is possible. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
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