Health Seattle Now: Why vaccine incentives work Starting tomorrow, you could win a cool $250,000 from the state... assuming you're vaccinated, of course. Today we ask: Why do these vaccine lottery programs work? Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane
National The U.S. Is Sending At Least 80 Million Surplus COVID-19 Vaccines Abroad The White House says priority will be given to nations with vaccine plans already in place that target those most at risk of severe disease and the people who care for them. Tamara Keith Mark Katkov
National After Its Superspreader Rehearsal, A Community Choir Struggles To Sing Together Again A Skagit Valley Chorale rehearsal early last year became a deadly COVID-19 superspreader event. Now, the group is figuring out how to come back together and reforge the bonds of a community choir. Clare McGrane
Health A Vaccine Patch Could Someday Be An Ouchless Option Scientists around the world are working on a way to inject vaccines painlessly. The trick is to make the needles so small. they don't interact with the nerve endings that signal pain. Joe Palca
Health 20 Million Africans Are Due For Their 2nd COVID Shot. But There's No Supply In Sight African nations had been counting on Serum Institute of India for nearly all their COVID vaccines. Now the company says it won't be sending any more for months. And African officials are scrambling. Nurith Aizenman
Health Coronavirus FAQ: I Had COVID. Should I Get The Vaccine? While natural infection does seem to provide some immunity, studies suggest that it is short term. Vaccination, on the other hand, provides more robust immunity. Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
Health What Is This COVAX Program That The U.S. Is Pouring Millions Of Vaccines Into? President Biden said the U.S. is distributing them not to curry favor with allies, but to end the pandemic everywhere. And he's doing it through COVAX. Jason Beaubien
Health Reentry after a superspreader event Last March, the Skagit Valley Chorale experienced one of the most infamous superspreader events in the U.S. Now, the choir is working towards singing together again, but disagreements over vaccines is throwing a wrench in the plan. Clare McGrane Patricia Murphy
Government Avoiding 'political firestorm,' Seattle Police and Fire don’t track employees’ Covid vaccinations The city of Denver says nearly seventy percent of its police officers have received the Covid vaccine. So have eighty percent of the frontline caregivers at the University of Washington. But there’s no data on vaccination rates among Seattle’s first responders. Amy Radil
Health May 13th | The U.S. just began vaccine rollout for children aged 12-15. Here's what you need to know We answer your questions about the COVID-19 vaccination and children -- is it safe? What trials have been done? Will children under 12 years of age eventually become eligible? Then, we dive into all things Amazon with Brad Stone. And lastly, we speak with Chris Vance about his vision for a possible replacement of the Republican party. Bill Radke
