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Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside clinics are complicating the vaccine rollout. And older Americans and those without caregivers and computer skills are at a disadvantage.

Sudden demand flooded a county website and its phone lines. So CD Davidson-Hiers found herself in the middle of the chaos, fielding calls from residents eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

As oxygen shortages plague other countries, the U.S. has managed to avert acute shortages — in part, because the industry has figured out new ways of sharing and mobilizing.

Supply shortages of oxygen for hospitals have plagued many countries, but the U.S. has averted the most dire — partly because the industry figured out new ways to share resources and anticipate needs.

COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than WWII. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive. Historically, is it even a valid comparison?

The spread of new strains raises new questions as two COVID-19 vaccines continue their rollout across the U.S. and another vaccine candidate preps for regulatory review. Here’s what you need to know.

City officials gave coronavirus vaccines to Philly Fighting Covid, whose brash CEO had no health care experience. After a WHYY investigation, the city cut ties with the group over alleged misconduct.

Dr. Paul Stoffels, the chief scientific officer at Johnson & Johnson, tells NPR the company’s vaccine is very effective where it matters most: preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

Large corporations such as Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google want to help states with planning and logistics. But the potential of these partnerships is hindered by supply problems.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Samantha Artiga, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Racial Equity and Health Policy Program, about racial and ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.