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New statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry shows hundreds of thousands of unemployment claims have been filed in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Gov. Carney issued a declaration formally extending the state of emergency order he first put in place on March 12.

A lack of tests is just one problem the state's coroners are facing as they take on the coronavirus.

Three weeks after announcing the PHL COVID-19 Fund, the city has released $2 million to frontline nonprofits.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the impact of coronavirus in a letter to all Philadelphians.

The “save-the-most-lives” approach will exacerbate the already-existing health care inequalities, argues Dr. Hannah McLane, an occupational medicine physician.

A study published in the journal Science now says the virus can infect both felines and ferrets. But there are some important caveats to the findings.

Winters along the Delaware River and its tributaries can lead to picturesque scenes of snow-topped phragmites swaying in the wind.

The NBA, NHL, MLB and NCAA have cancelled games during the coronavirus pandemic. Philly sports fans are trying to adapt.

Philadelphia churches have had three weeks to build their online chops for Holy Week, the biggest week of their calendar, during a pandemic.

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has ramped up savings, but it will be too little, too late to weather the financial wreckage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Philadelphia’s transit cops are “on edge” about managing the safety of the system while protecting themselves from coronavirus. At least two officers have tested positive.

Experts say COBOL was likely not written to be able to process the more than 500,000 unemployment claims New Jersey residents have submitted online.

Over the last two days, health care workers have demanded that the federal government provide the emergency supplies they need on COVID-19 front lines.

Reporters and photographers in the close confines of the West Wing have been taking precautions, leaving many seats in the normally-packed briefing room empty.