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A few years ago, Karen Clay and two other scientists studied the death rates for the 1918 flu pandemic in the U.S.

The question is whether loans, grants, tax credits and expanded unemployment benefits will be able to fully meet the growing demand for help

Stay-at-home rules raise lots of new questions: How to manage all those delivery bags? Dispose of sanitizing spray and paper goods, or reuse them?

Tenants' rights groups want to extend a moratorium on evictions, but landlords say they're feeling the financial burden too.

Another 4,331 New Jersey residents tested positive for coronavirus since Friday, and an additional 200 residents have died, the governor said.

A new federal loan program to help small businesses weather the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak got off to a shaky start Friday.

When an EMT fell ill with the coronavirus in Upper Merion Township, the department saw its ranks suddenly dwindle. In all, 22 emergency personnel, including the fire chief.

City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

A former hippie guru who lived the high life in Europe for years after murdering his ex-girlfriend in Philadelphia in the 1970s has died in prison.

Puzzle demand peaked during the Great Depression. With the economy in free fall and people under “stay at home’’ orders, puzzles are back in vogue.

Three separate sub-studies will launch next with the drug, widely used by people with autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

SEPTA is getting the emergency federal aid it needs to fill its coronavirus-depleted coffers. But experts say the money won’t be enough to make the agency whole.

The ShopRite on Oregon Avenue partnered with Mural Arts to create floor decals to show customers where they can safely stand during the pandemic.

The new guidance is raising concern that it could lead to a sudden run on masks.

New Jersey coastal residents should take precautions in advance of minor to moderate tidal flooding likely to occur Saturday morning.