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An on-again/off-again/on-again exemption means no special training is required for medical professionals to prescribe buprenorphine to up to 30 patients each.

Hallahan closed in June due to declining enrollment and financial woes. The Center City Girls’ Academy could replace it as early as September.

Chester County received close to $35 million from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program and has already helped about 1,000 families.

Philadelphia is kicking off a new effort to help fight what it calls a silent killer among Black men in the city: high blood pressure.

Yolanda Laney, Zachary "Zack" Clayton, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, and Seth Joyner lead the list of sports legends to be inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame.

Every vaccinated person in the city is eligible, but some prizes are set aside for ZIP codes where fewer than 50% of residents have received at least one COVID vaccine shot.

Prosecutors say they’ve connected six murders in the Wilmington area to the NorthPak gang. Fourteen defendants have been indicted on 120 charges.

In New Jersey, new case counts have plummeted and the state only reported 126 new cases Monday.

Some of the most and least racially inclusive U.S. hospitals are located in the same cities, according to a Lown Institute study.

Federal guidance supports employers’ right to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. But doing so can be a tough decision, and a legal gray area remains.

Long COVID effects are still unexplainable, and a cure is elusive. Some hope the vaccine will help. But doctors say that depends on the symptoms.

Philadelphia vocalist Shekhinah B. started the series as a way to create opportunities for Black women in an industry that has long exploited them.

The Sixers are trying to make the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2001.

The county and its 16 municipalities are using software that allows updates to projects focused on climate change, and even pandemics.

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes.