Health

A health communications expert has developed a free online course to help people talk to those who are vaccine hesitant — and to fight misinformation with empathy.

The aim is to make it easier for those having mental health issues to access intervention services and, ideally, avoid interactions with police.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has indefinitely postponed the vaccine mandate for the city’s unionized employees.

The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.

Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots.

Toxic diet culture have you feeling down in the early days of New Year's resolutions? Tune into your body's needs to break the endless cycle of yo-yo dieting and food shame.

Americans love their pets — as many as seven out of 10 households are home to cats, dogs, birds… or more unusual animal choices. ...

In some cities, like Philadelphia, people run afoul of the law by keeping chickens. But back in the old days, it was the natural order of things.

Ten confirmed cases were linked to a November exposure to the virus, typically spread through poor hygiene. Three people died.

Now researchers in the U.K. have the first estimates for how long a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine will last. The findings are mixed.

The order means health care workers who are unvaccinated will have until Jan. 27 to get their first shot and until Feb. 28 for the second.

Members of the Medical Reserve Corps, both medical and non-medical volunteers, assist health care personnel with their workloads.

Hospital leaders report they are seeing a dramatic rise in patients, however, and urge individuals to seek testing away from the ERs.

Cases are down from their peak around Jan. 9, city Health Commissioner Bettigole said. Hospitalizations, which lag new cases, are up.