Health

Delco’s health department could be created this month, but it won’t have any power until the Pennsylvania Department of Health gives the final stamp of approval.

After the FDA advisers give their recommendation, the agency itself will make an official decision on whether to authorize boosters.

The NJ gubernatorial race, nursing shortages and Sonia Manzano, who played the role of Maria on Sesame Street, on the new PBS show "Alma's Way, inspired by her life.

The FDA will scrutinize company data on the safety and effectiveness of the drug, molnupiravir, before rendering a decision.

In early tests, the drug reduced the chance of people being hospitalized for or dying from COVID-19 by 50%. What about safety?

Demand has been high as individuals, employers, and organizations use the tests as a relatively cheap and simple tool to monitor for infections.

Small business owners are left trying to strike a balance between staying safe and getting back to being fully open.

In the U.S., a widespread clinical practice requires patients with alcoholic liver disease to complete a sobriety period before they can get on the waiting list for a liver.

The lack of racial and ethnic diversity in bone marrow transplant registries can have life-threatening consequences.

The proportion of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations among vaccinated Pennsylvania residents has risen sharply over the past month.

Since Monday's deadly shooting at Jefferson Hospital, officials say they have been analyzing their safety procedures.

On Thursday, Pfizer and BioNTech formally applied for emergency use of a lower dose for 5- to 11-year-olds. Here’s what to expect:

Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move ...

After more than 15 years of multiple sclerosis, a patient travels to Mexico for a risky, experimental treatment called HSCT, against her doctor's advice.

The inability to hire and retain workers — in part driven by low wages due to low government reimbursement rates — was already a crisis, but now threatens to collapse.