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WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk reached out to experts in the region to learn more about what residents need to know about the quickly evolving health crisis.

Kids under five may be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the end of June. Pediatricians in the region explain what you need to know.

Some people are eligible for second COVID-19 booster shots. But the advice around boosters can be confusing. Here’s what Penn experts suggest you know.

Fifty-three epidemiologists, pharmacologists, virologists, immunologists, and policy experts came together to nail down some strategies.

Pandemic restrictions are loosening up across the Delaware Valley. The CDC suggests that immunocompromised people confer with their doctors to decide if they should wear masks or not. But that has left some feeling left behind as they look to life ahead among the unmasked.

While the relationship between hypertension and the virus is complicated, some evidence shows long COVID can lead to “devastating” effects on blood pressure.

The Biden administration is providing free at-home swab tests for COVID-19. But they come with significant barriers for the blind community.

The new oral meds are in short supply around Philly, but doctors aren’t prescribing what’s available. Timing and risks are part of the equation.

The quality of the test depends on the person using it, experts say. Yet some counties find the information useful for seeing the bigger picture.

Get your first booster if you haven’t already, the experts say. WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk asked some of them what we know about additional shots.